I am speculating, but I do live in central NC and have 5.6KW on my roof since 2013. Duke Power wants to get rid of all the promotional stuff for solar power here. I have been on net metering 1:1 getting paid the same as I pay. They are trying to end that. Some years ago they proposed paying us $0.02/KWH when we pay $0.11/KWH. That fell through. But Duke carries a lot of clout in the wholly, and egregiously conservative legislature here. They probably see an opportunity and are pushing it once again.
Free EV charging is just another energy angle that Duke has little control over and that is their MO: they like solar just fine as long as it is under their thumb, NC makes the second greatest amount of solar power after CA (could be dated info), but most of it is utility scale very little that is residential. Duke controls that and that is how they like it. On Sat, Jul 9, 2022 at 4:47 PM Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > That's pretty regressive. Do you suspect there is some strong lobbying > from the petroleum industry ? :) Fortunately, that's an extreme case > among the states. > Peri > > << Annoyed by leaf blowers ? https://quietcleanseattle.org/ >> > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "EV List Lackey via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> > To: ev@lists.evdl.org > Cc: "EV List Lackey" <evp...@drmm.net> > Sent: 09-Jul-22 10:25:51 > Subject: [EVDL] EVLN: NC wants to eliminate free EV charging > > >You couldn't make something like this up; nobody would believe it. On > >second thought, make that "nobody in a sane state or nation would believe > >it." > > > >PS - North Carolina already charges EV owners an extra $130 per year for > the > >privilege of helping clean up NC's air. > > > >> North Carolina Lawmaker Want to Scrap Free EV Charging Stations > >> > >> The 'Equitable Free Vehicle Fuel Stations' bill allocates up to > >> $50,000 to remove charging stations. > > > >> The bill ... includes a number of provisions intended to discourage > >> the installation of free electric vehicle (EV) charging stations ... > >> [it includes] up to $50,000 for "the purpose of removing any electric > >> vehicle charging stations that do not comply with the provisions of > >> this act." ... it requires both public and private locations where EV > >> charging is offered to provide "gasoline or diesel fuel for motor > >> vehicles through a pump to the public at no charge," so other drivers > >> can make use of those stations as well. > > > >Full story: > > > >https://www.pcmag.com/news/nc-reps-want-to-scrap-ev-charging-stations > > > >David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/sub/index.html > CONFIG: http://lists.evdl.org/options.cgi/ev-evdl.org > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > -- Michael E. Ross (919) 585-6737 Land (919) 901-2805 Cell and Text (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Tablet, Google Phone and Text -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20220709/e269c218/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/sub/index.html CONFIG: http://lists.evdl.org/options.cgi/ev-evdl.org ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
