Cross posted on EnvironmentNC ______________________________ The environmental extremists and other far left organizations are pushing an alternative to Duke?s Save-A-Watt energy efficiency program. They ?cleverly? call it NC SAVE$. The…
RALEIGH – The current controversy over Duke Energy’s Save-A-Watt program highlights problems linked to all government-mandated energy-efficiency plans. That’s the assessment of a John Locke Foundation analyst whose new Spotlight…
I’ve waited patiently to hear Duke Power CEO James Rogers explain his Save-a-Watt program. How consumers would have incentives to save energy. Turns out that was never Save-a-Watt’s intention. Both…
Becki, You have it right–the Save A Watt program and the program proposed by NC WARN and others simply means higher costs. I do want to stress that I’m against…
Duke Power?s new Save A Watt program was the subject at the utility hearings today reports the Charlotte Business Journal. Save-A Watt is a mandated energy efficiency program allowed under…
An energy expert named Richard Spellman has added more fuel to the fire of criticism targeting Duke Energy’s Save-A-Watt program. Regular readers in this forum know that Daren Bakst has…
Most of these groups opposing Save-A-Watt (including the Public Staff) were nowhere to be found when it came to opposing the energy efficiency measures in Senate Bill 3. Generally, they…
If today’s public protests have you questioning the value of Duke Energy’s proposed Save-A-Watt program, Daren Bakst’s recent column on the topic will likely add to your concerns.
It appears to be too little too late, but the Public Staff, the alleged consumer advocate for electricity consumers, has woken up to what we have been saying for a…
If you’ve followed Daren Bakst’s work, you know his concerns about Duke Energy’s Save-A-Watt program. Now U.S. News is drawing attention to the program: But some argue bolder measures are…
The article on SB 3 is pretty amusing given that it is “identifying” problems that JLF pointed out months ago. Note: In this post, I have added words in brackets…
As I wrote over at EnvironmentNC.com, Governor Easley signed the utility welfare bill into law (SB 3). Most people think of this as a renewable energy bill, but it does…