Ever since the take over the time it takes for the power to come back on once it goes out has increased dramaticly. Prior years it usually only took 15-20 before the power comes back on. this year. It's taken 2 hours +. and from last night until now it was abouit 16 hours. I've never EVER waited that long in the dark before.

Pay your bills on time :-P

I cringe every time I see "Duke Energy" on the trucks - it's even on the CGE building.  ticks me off

It is pretty depressing. I guess it makes me somewhat conservative but I liked the familiarity of it. Cinergy sounds a lot better and they managed to incorporate the name of the city into the name of the company and  the company is now relocated :(

Lawsuit accuses Duke Energy Ohio of kickbacks to some customers

LISA CORNWELL / December 8, 2006

 

A former manager at Duke Energy Ohio has filed a lawsuit accusing the utility of paying millions of dollars in kickbacks to large industrial customers to win their approval of a 2004 rate increase.  John Deeds, 33, of Mount Carmel, was "abruptly terminated" in May shortly after he asked his superiors in writing about large payouts totaling $20 million in 2005 to unnamed large industrial and commercial customers, according to the lawsuit.

 

Deeds' lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court, is seeking lost pay, compensatory damages and up to $40 million in punitive damages and attorneys fees.  "We believe the allegations are totally without merit, and we intend to defend against them vigorously," said Steve Brash, a spokesman for Duke Energy Ohio, which operated as Cinergy Corp. until it was acquired by Duke Energy in April.

 

Read full article here:

http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/cleveland/index.ssf?/base/business-7/1165625684250770.xml&storylist=cleveland

Duke kicks off renewable energy program

July 16, 2007 | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER

 

Duke Energy Corp. has launched its "GoGreen" program for residential and business users. The program will allow consumers to purchase energy generated by wind or solar power sources at an additional charge of 2.5 cents per kilowatt, or $2.50 per 100 kilowatts, according to a news release.

 

Duke will designate 200 kilowatt hours per month of "green energy" per customer, and customers will have the option of purchasing another 100 kilowatt hours.  The surcharge reflects the higher cost of providing energy from renewable sources, the company said.

 

Read full article here:

http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2007/07/16/daily11.html

All signed up for the Go-Green program and Power Manager  :-) I am really glad they offer these programs.  Who else here is Going Green???

The Power Manager is a no brainer. Most times your AC isn't even on when the cycling is in effect and it is only off for a very short period of time. Plus Duke pays you for it.

Duke near deal with Ohio on Save-A-Watt energy plan

Program aims to reduce power generation demand

Business Courier of Cincinnati - by John Downey

 

Duke Energy Corp. is still waiting for North Carolina regulators to rule on its Save-A-Watt energy-efficiency program. But that doesn’t mean the company’s efforts are on hold.  Duke appears close to a deal with Ohio regulators that will put elements of the program – designed to reduce demand for power generation – in place there. The deal, however, will significantly cut the amount of money Duke gets for Save-A-Watt savings in Ohio compared with its N.C. proposal.

 

“Duke’s projects will move forward, but with more consumer protections in place so that only fair and reasonable rates are paid by consumers,” said Ohio Consumers’ Counsel Janine Migden-Ostrander in announcing the settlement.  The Ohio agreement in some ways favors cutting peak-hour demand for power through load-shifting rather than cutting consumption by conservation.

 

Read full article here:

http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/11/17/story18.html

Duke recently installed new digital electric meters in Cincinnati.  Do these have the capability to do peak pricing?  It seems like a waste if they are going to implement peak pricing later and replace all the meters again.

CG&E did this back in the mid-90s. It used to get a little toasty on summer afternoons when they would dial it back at peak usage.

For efficiency, ‘smart grid’ efforts, Duke seeks stimulus in Ohio

Business Courier of Cincinnati - by Dan Monk

 

Duke Energy Corp. is seeking more than $380 million in federal stimulus funding for six initiatives to promote energy efficiency and deploy its “smart grid” distribution network in Ohio.

 

The funding requests are outlined in proposals submitted to Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland’s statewide clearinghouse on stimulus requests. Duke also plans to file separate applications with the U.S. Department of Energy and local governments that have spending control over energy-efficiency and conservation block grant funding, said John Finnigan, vice president of regulatory and government affairs in Duke’s Cincinnati office.

 

Read full article here:

http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/04/20/tidbits1.html

No way. Now how many jobs would this produce. They already want to raise rates from the storm we had.

Duke powers up solar plan

The Enquirer, May 8, 2009

 

Duke Energy, the utility provider for Greater Cincinnati, will build 100 to 400 electricity-generating mini solar power plants throughout North Carolina over the next two years in one of the first large-scale initiatives of its kind in the U.S.

 

Chief executive Jim Rogers said the company's $50 million proposal will install solar panels on the roofs and grounds of homes, schools, office buildings, shopping malls, warehouses and industrial plants in 2009.

 

The solar sites will generate enough electricity to power 1,300 homes - electricity that will flow directly from the solar sites to the electrical grid that serves all customers.

 

Duke will own the electricity generated and pay a rental fee to property owners who have the panels.

 

Duke Energy has 4 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky.

Duke has probably determined that it is cheaper for them to rent the rooftop space and "own" the power than to "buy" the power from individuals who have set up their own rooftop solar panels and are selling it back to Duke using net metering.  Net metering varies from state to state however, and I'm not sure how it works in Ohio.

I agree with the shift to nuclear power. As an environmentalist, I disagree with many of my colleagues on their stance with nuclear energy. It's clean, and 1 kilogram of nuclear power can power a reactor much, much, much longer than 1 ton of coal can in a coal power plant.

 

Duke plans nuclear shift

By John Eckberg, Cincinnati Enquirer, May 26, 2009

 

Duke Energy may be building its last two coal plants and plans to instead shift to nuclear power, chief executive James Rogers said on Tuesday at a Copenhagen summit on climate policies.

 

Rogers, head of the energy company that provides utilities throughout Greater Cincinnati, Indiana and Northern Kentucky, said his company - the third largest U.S. generator of electricity from coal and the third largest from nuclear - would focus on nuclear because of carbon capture regulations designed to reduce global warming, according to a Reuters story.

 

Click the link above for the full article.

Wow, bold stance by Duke. Good for them. I agree with you 100% Sherman. The waste generated by nuclear facilities is scary, but it's in such tiny amounts that all nuclear plants can store it on their own premises indefinitely.

 

Wind and solar are the ultimate answer, but we're decades away from reaching that level with either technology. Nuclear will help bridge the gap.

Well, to an extent. The USEC operates the only uranium enrichment facility in the United States, the gaseous diffusion plant in Paducah, Ky. It's a good facility and all, but there are literally thousands of rusting barrels of spent nuclear waste sitting outside in an open lot, and a major earthquake from the New Madrid fault could spell disaster for the region. It's also an aging facility and will probably be phased out for the American Centrifuge Demostration Facility (ACDF) at Piketon (Ohio). The ACDF was a very similar facility to Paducah's, although it closed about a decade ago and was demolished and rebuilt. The ACDF will host the next-generation of enrichment technology.

Sources: Duke plans Ohio nuclear plant

 

An announcement by Duke Energy and state and federal officials about plans for Ohio’s first nuclear power plant in more than 20 years is expected Thursday morning at the federal government’s uranium enrichment facility in Piketon in Pike County, according to reports.

 

Gov. Ted Strickland, Senator George Voinovich and Rep. Jean Schmidt along with executives from several energy companies are expected to participate in an announcement about a “new clean energy partnership” at the Piketon facility, according to an advisory from USEC Inc., which operates the Piketon facility and is building a uranium enrichment facility there.

 

Read full article here:

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090616/BIZ01/306150028/1055/NEWS/Duke+planning+OH+nuclear+plant?

Duke to study 6 sites for development potential

By Mike Boyer • [email protected] • August 18, 2010

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20100818/BIZ01/8190322/

 

The sites are:

 

1) The 700-acres east of Interstates 71/75 at the Richwood interchange in Boone and Kenton counties.

 

2) The 230-acre Marydale site, southwest of Houston Road and Donaldson Highway near I-71/75 in Erlanger.

 

3) The 244-acre site at 2251 Wayne Madison Road, Butler County.

 

4) About 340 acres at the Franklin Business/Shaker Industrial Park, at I-75 and Ohio 123 in Warren County.

 

5) Clough Point, a 79-acre site near McMann Road and I-275 in Clermont County.

 

6) Harrison Commerce Center, a 135-acre site off I-74 at the Dry Fork exit in Hamilton County.

 

Posted on Monday, 09.15.14

Duke Energy to spend $500M for more solar power 

BY EMERY P. DALESIO

AP BUSINESS WRITER

 

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Duke Energy plans to invest $500 million in solar power to meet North Carolina's requirement that more of its electricity come from renewable energy, the country's largest electricity company said Monday.

 

The Charlotte-based company said it will build three generating facilities of its own and buy power from five other facilities built by investors in order to meet its requirement that renewables produce 6 percent of its 2015 retail sales. The new solar arrays will produce 278 megawatts of electricity, the company said.

 

"That's why we're doing this, for renewable portfolio standard requirements," said Rob Caldwell. Duke Energy's vice president of renewable generation development.

 

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/09/15/4349641/duke-energy-to-spend-500m-for.html#storylink=cpy

A group called NOPE! Cincy has been formed to oppose a proposed Duke natural gas pipeline that would cut through Cincinnati. Has there ever been a better name for a group of NIMBYs?