Duke Energy is awful

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Federal funding to keep coal-fired power plants open. Years ago, I worked at a coal-fired power plant. It had three units with a combined capacity of 2500 MW. When I was there the entire headcount for the facility, which--in addition to the power plants--included a barge unloading facility and a coal preparation plant, was about 400 people. That entire facility has been demolished and replaced with combined cycle natural gas plants, with the same electrical generation capacity. The current headcount for the new facilty is 35 people. While the price of natural gas is much more variable than coal, currently natural gas costs less (in cents per MBTU) than coal. The concept of "let the market decide" has been completely abandoned by the Republican Party, if it ever was a real belief.
 
I actually get money back every year from Wake Electric since it's a co-op. It's not much, but you can tell they just aren't all about making more and more profit like Duke Energy is. Oh, and don't forget about them dumping coal ash into the water supply.
 
CarolinaFever said:
I actually get money back every year from Wake Electric since it's a co-op. It's not much, but you can tell they just aren't all about making more and more profit like Duke Energy is. Oh, and don't forget about them dumping coal ash into the water supply.
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Same with piedmont in south Orange
 
CarolinaFever said:
I actually get money back every year from Wake Electric since it's a co-op. It's not much, but you can tell they just aren't all about making more and more profit like Duke Energy is. Oh, and don't forget about them dumping coal ash into the water supply.
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Where do you think Wake Electric buys its power? It buys the bulk of its electricity from Duke Power.
 
CarolinaFever said:
I actually get money back every year from Wake Electric since it's a co-op. It's not much, but you can tell they just aren't all about making more and more profit like Duke Energy is. Oh, and don't forget about them dumping coal ash into the water supply.
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GoHeelsweeeehoooo said:
I have duke power - only option where I live but I have gas heat so my power bill isn't that bad
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Get ready for that gas bill! Mine jumped 40% month over month.
 
05C40 said:
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Federal funding to keep coal-fired power plants open. Years ago, I worked at a coal-fired power plant. It had three units with a combined capacity of 2500 MW. When I was there the entire headcount for the facility, which--in addition to the power plants--included a barge unloading facility and a coal preparation plant, was about 400 people. That entire facility has been demolished and replaced with combined cycle natural gas plants, with the same electrical generation capacity. The current headcount for the new facilty is 35 people. While the price of natural gas is much more variable than coal, currently natural gas costs less (in cents per MBTU) than coal. The concept of "let the market decide" has been completely abandoned by the Republican Party, if it ever was a real belief.
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If the employee ratio between a coal powered plant as opposed to a gas plant is 10 to 1, there’s no way in hell anybody is building a coal powered plant. There is no way to economically justify it.
 
Patb78 said:
If the employee ratio between a coal powered plant as opposed to a gas plant is 10 to 1, there’s no way in hell anybody is building a coal powered plant. There is no way to economically justify it.
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Uh, you reckon that's why they aren't being built anymore and haven't been for a while?
 
05C40 said:
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Federal funding to keep coal-fired power plants open. Years ago, I worked at a coal-fired power plant. It had three units with a combined capacity of 2500 MW. When I was there the entire headcount for the facility, which--in addition to the power plants--included a barge unloading facility and a coal preparation plant, was about 400 people. That entire facility has been demolished and replaced with combined cycle natural gas plants, with the same electrical generation capacity. The current headcount for the new facilty is 35 people. While the price of natural gas is much more variable than coal, currently natural gas costs less (in cents per MBTU) than coal. The concept of "let the market decide" has been completely abandoned by the Republican Party, if it ever was a real belief.
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Yeah but were they using regular old coal or the new clean coal
 
Patb78 said:
I know I stated the obvious. You just wonder what the coal industry hopes to gain from this policy change.
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They get it
Major Coal "users" are not going to plan an increase in coal consumption. Now Coal fired Power Plants may put off switching over to gas a year or two because it is painful employment wise and it costs real money up front to switch
 
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