Climate Power Launches North Carolina Paid Campaign As Utility Rates Skyrocket 

Through direct mail and digital ads, this campaign will educate North Carolinians on who is responsible for driving up their utility bills

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Washington, D.C.  – In response to the news that Duke Energy is seeking to hike utility rates across North Carolina, Climate Power is launching a new education campaign to inform North Carolinians about the Trump policies that have fueled these rate hikes and encourage residents to make their voices heard. North Carolinians have already faced an 8% utility rate hike in the last year thanks to Trump and Republicans in Congress’s clean energy cuts, and now rates are poised to spike even higher. The multi-prong, five-figure educational campaign includes a new website, direct mail distribution to over half a million households, and digital ads encouraging North Carolinians to attend a rate hike hearing and make their voices heard. The mail is already arriving in the mailboxes of more than 525,000 North Carolina homes. 

“Republicans in Congress and President Trump have slashed clean energy production, shut down factories, and left North Carolinians to foot the bill,” said Climate Power Senior Advisor Jesse Lee. “We’re making sure that North Carolinians understand who is responsible for rising energy costs, so they can use their voices to demand accountability and transparency for the utility rate hikes pinching their wallets.”

Skyrocketing utility costs are becoming a top issue across the country. 84% in a recent survey  said their utility costs have gone up over the past year, more than said the same for any of the other costs tested.

Duke Energy has raised rates by 22% since 2020 and is now proposing an additional 15.8% to 18.5% hike, which would cost North Carolina families as much as $343.92 more per year. This campaign breaks down the real drivers behind rising energy costs, from Duke Energy’s profits to the Trump administration’s energy policies and other factors pushing bills higher — so North Carolinians know who is responsible for the increases hitting their pocketbooks.