The group, Consumers' Research, outlined its concerns in a new letter to the North Carolina Utilities Commission and takes aim at the company’s so-called “climate agenda,” which they say is driving up utility prices for residents in the state.
The campaign seeks to target customers of Duke Energy, the Charlotte-based utility provider that services roughly 2.8 million residents in the state. In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Hild noted that Duke Energy plans to increase consumer costs by nearly 20% over the next three years — something he says is directly the result of the new ESG policies, which include retiring fossil fuel plants earlier than expected, and installing a network of EV chargers across the state.
“Their business model should be delivering affordable energy and reliable energy for their consumers,” Hild said of the interview. “And it says something that the CEO sees that as the core of their mission, rather than focusing [primarily] on consumers.”
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