Duke Energy attorney compares rate hike to price of Big Mac, fries and Coke
RALEIGH, N.C. — Duke Energy customers facing a rate hike regardless of how much electricity they use shouldn’t be too worried, because it’s just the price of a McDonald’s value meal each month, a company attorney said Monday.”One extra Big Mac, fries and a drink,” Duke Deputy General Counsel Bo Somers said during the company’s ongoing rate increase hearing before the North Carolina Utilities Commission.Somers was pushing back against claims that the company’s rate hikes, […]
