Comments on: Duke Explores Rooftop Solar, Because It “Slows” Electricity Demand

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:37:00 +0000

Yes, he’s been featured as a solar champion by SEIA.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:36:00 +0000

lol.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:53:00 +0000

Duke has made some interesting changes under Roger’s direction. They dropped their plans to build new nuclear and bought wind turbines.

Now they apparently see the future coming at them again and are willing to morph into a solar installation and backup company. They can probably also be a successful storage company as large scale storage should be cheaper than small, individual residence storage.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:50:00 +0000

And the world passes old Ned by….

By: San Diego Loves Green – Nation’s largest Utility company poised to get into Rooftop Solar market

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:40:27 +0000

[…] (While Californian utility companies like San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California are opposed to rooftop solar installations – because they cut down on their profits – Duke Energy is poised to get into the business. The following article was written by Nicholas Brown and published in Clean Technica on March 6, 2013) […]

By: Ned

Ned — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:25:00 +0000

Sounds like a made up story to me a lot of solar baloney.

By: Ivor O'Connor

Ivor O'Connor — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:58:00 +0000

He don’t want no coal buddies thinking he’s turned green but he ain’t about tuh let no profits float on by.

By: sean

sean — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:41:00 +0000

sounds like a diversification strategy – both network operator and solar installer – a bet both ways. If solar keeps making money then shrink your network operations.