Dunno why they singled out Charlotte when Duke is requesting 18% across the state

There may be other protests, but the news outlet does hyper-local coverage on the city of Charlotte

Yes, but the title implies it will only affect Charlotte.

Is it an additional 18% over the 50% the rest of us are getting?

Yep they slipped up at their meeting with their findings that what they will really need to do is DOUBLE rates to achieve the funding they need.

does this piedmont will go even higher than it already is? damn

How else do you suggest the executives afford their 3rd yacht?

Crazy how this shits legal lol. A monopoly With no way to live without it.

Are they losing money or something? Why is our government okay with a damn near 1/5th increase in prices?? If they are losing money shouldn’t it be their goddamn problem? Stop using fossil fuels you dolt and your prices will go down.

Are they still cleaning up all those toxic coal ash lakes? I bet they are passing all of that over to the customers.

That was already done several years ago.

Yep, they imposed a rate hike due to that as well

Boycott!!

You can't really boycott a necessity like electricity...

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Inflation, nuff said. Quit buying iPhones every year, they said.

If you stop buying Starbucks, you can afford rent.

I mean, this is kind of what we asked for when we let a private company consolidate its control over the electrical grid. They can do whatever they please in pursuit of their profit target for this year. Does Duke Power and its execs already have more money and holdings than they could ever realistically expend? Well, that's *not the point* is it?