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The study, prepared for the N.C. Waste Awareness & Reduction Network, says bills could climb between 50 percent and 100 percent if the two utilities complete their plans.
NC Warn is an anti-nuclear organization. So obviously they are against any expansion of nuclear power in NC and will present any data that shows it in a negative light.
They are going to at least double, as that is what the POTUS said he planned on doing, in an effort to be more "green". This evidently is what people think they want. I can't wait to hear all the complaining when their bills do double or triple.
That's not good news! We have Progress Energy in FL and our rates went up about 50% over the past year! Everyone is compalining about it. In the winter or summer, my bills used to average $180, now they are up to about $250.
And I don't think it's necessarily a bad idea. Until we start paying the true cost of these resources, we won't feel compelled to conserve. Think about gasoline over the last few years. Everyone kept buying big trucks and SUVs until gas prices reached a pain point...
That said, we've got to figure out how to help those on fixed incomes and very low incomes to make sure they have the basic needs met.
I think it's unrealistic to expect them to do anything but double (or worse). Ever hear of cap and trade? Just a middle class tax increase. But don't worry, soon the $15 extra per week if you're married will hit your paycheck (until it expires in two years).
And I don't think it's necessarily a bad idea. Until we start paying the true cost of these resources, we won't feel compelled to conserve. Think about gasoline over the last few years. Everyone kept buying big trucks and SUVs until gas prices reached a pain point...
That said, we've got to figure out how to help those on fixed incomes and very low incomes to make sure they have the basic needs met.
You just proved other posters points. Gas prices rose due to supply and demand. People got the message and started buying less gas guzzlers and started conserving more. That's the way the system in this country and set up to work.
It is not set up to work by government artifically inflating prices to pass their social agendas and "make" people switch by pricing them to the gills, in order to seem like they are making a difference for the environment. If the market says it's time to switch energy sources then it will be time. By the governement trying to artifically make it the right time, they will only hurt the people and themselves in the long run.
I spent a month in Costa Rica summer before last studying Spanish. It really is amazing how much we as Americans waste compared to other countries. The group of us that went stayed with doctors, lawyers, and other well off professions. These were middle to upper class families who do not use dryers, ac/heat (of course their weather is more temperate), and use very little water. You are lucky to get hot/warm water for even 10 minutes when you shower. It was an adjustment and I got use to it, but if I had to go to that extreme again I would. I already don't use the ac/heat when it's not needed. It amazes me how many people do use it when it's nice outside. I only run the dishwasher when it is absolutely full. I could work on my showers being less than 10 minutes though.
So yes, I do think I could survive if the power bill doubled. Luckily, my boyfriend is getting ready to close on his house which was a short sale and the savings more than cover the power bill anyways.
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We have Progress Energy in FL and our rates went up about 50% over the past year! 
Everyone is compalining about it. In the winter or summer, my bills used to average $180, now they are up to about $250. 
