Tell your lawmakers: Protect NC residents, support S266 veto

Are you willing to see costly unpredictable jumps in your electric bill so that Duke Energy can pay for speculative investments and construction costs, and buy more fossil fuel?

Gov. Josh Stein vetoed Senate Bill 266 because it would add $23 BILLION in unnecessary utility bill increases on families and businesses to pay for power plant fuel, according to an independent analysis by N.C. State researchers.

Contact your N.C. representative and senator TODAY and tell them to STAND WITH STEIN'S VETO and protect North Carolinians from S266! Be sure to personalize your message for maximum impact.

S266 was originally a bill to help victims of Hurricane Helene, but a rushed rewrite means it would now impose massive new utility bill increases on families and businesses across the state. Price-gouging Duke Energy customers across North Carolina doesn't help Hurricane Helene victims or anyone else.

The hurried passage of the bill and lack of serious analysis prevented lawmakers from fully understanding its implications. But now they have a choice: Sustain the veto and side with average North Carolinians, or vote to enable a massive transfer of wealth from families and business to a financially healthy monopoly utility.

With S266, Duke Energy wants its customers to shoulder the risks and volatile costs of its new gas-burning power plants as it walks away from a promise it made just four years ago to invest in cost-controlled renewable energy and reduce its carbon emissions.

Governor Stein stood up for us by vetoing S266. Tell your state legislators to stand up for you, too, by upholding his veto and telling Duke Energy to keep its promises.

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Please protect me and all your constituents from unpredictable, unfair electric rate increases and continued air pollution by supporting Governor Stein's veto of Senate Bill 266.

This bill originally was written to help residents of western North Carolina rebuild homes and businesses after Hurricane Helene. A rushed rewrite of S266 quickly changed it from helping storm victims to threatening massive new utility bill increases for families and businesses across North Carolina.

An independent analysis by N.C. State says this legislation would add $23 billion in fuel costs onto captive utility customers who have no choice but to pay Duke Energy for their electricity. I don't understand why households and families are being asked to pay more for the electricity we consume while big corporations pay less.

Not only does S266 enable Duke Energy to massively increase utility bills, it allows the utility to walk away from the carbon reduction target it agreed to just four years ago in exchange for making it easier to raise rates. Duke took full advantage of that glide path, and now it wants to break its promise and take even more of our money while increasing its pollution.

S266 was pushed through the legislative process without giving you and your colleagues the time and thoughtful analysis you needed to fully understand its implications. But now you have a choice: Sustain the veto and side with average North Carolinians, or vote to enable a massive transfer of wealth from families and business to a financially healthy, monopoly utility.

I pay my bills. I keep my promises. Please make Duke Energy do the same by refusing any attempt to override Governor Stein's veto of Senate Bill 266.

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