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Office of Consumer Counselor reverses stance on Duke Energy’s Edwardsport plant

Posted on July 8, 2011 by John Blair

July 8. 2011-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor. In a shocking reversal of position, the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC) has reversed its support for the Duke Energy Edwardsport power plant fiasco. Just last November 3, OUCC head, David … Continue reading →

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Activist ( John Blair ) shows 98 cents worth of outrage at Duke Energy annual meeting

Posted on May 7, 2011 by John Blair

May 6, 2011-by John Downey in the Charlotte Business Journal Indiana activist John Blair provided the most dramatic moment at Duke Energy’s annual meeting Thursday, tearing his dividend check to pieces to express his outrage with CEO Jim Rogers. It cost him 98 cents. … Continue reading →

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Duke deal still tainted by coziness

Posted on February 28, 2011 by John Blair

February 28, 2011-An Editorial Opinion in the Indianapolis Star. While federal, state and Marion County authorities look into the chummy relationships between Duke Energy executives and state regulators, the taxpaying and rate-paying public may already have seen enough. Last week … Continue reading →

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SW Indiana has two of nation’s to ten Carbon Dioxide emitting plants- Gibson #5, Rockport #10

Posted on February 20, 2011 by John Blair

February 20, 2011-By John Blair, valleywatch.net editor. A new report, released late last week shows that US power plants increased  their emissions of climate change causing, carbon dioxide by 5.56 percent in 2010 over that released in 2009. The Environmental … Continue reading →

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Duke scandal widens. Governor’s office slow to respond to “public records” request.

Posted on February 1, 2011 by John Blair

February 1, 2011-by John Russell in the Indianapolis Star. Even the Office of Utility Consumer Counselor seems interested. Consumer advocates are demanding that the state appoint an outside investigator to look into whether Duke Energy Corp. used undue influence to … Continue reading →

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