Kopano e sa tsoa thehoa ea lihlopha tsa bobuelli e thehile lets'olo la ho felisa taolo ea nako e telele ea Duke Energy holim'a boholo ba sistimi ea motlakase ea North Carolina ka tšepo ea hore ho lumella tlholisano lipakeng tsa lijenereithara tsa motlakase ho tla potlakisa phetoho ea matla a hloekileng le ho tlisa phomolo ea tšilafalo ho sechaba se tlokotsing.
Litho tsa Energy Justice NC kopanelo e kenyeletsa mekhatlo ea toka ea lehae, ea tikoloho, le ea naha ea tikoloho le ea sechaba. Har'a tsona ke 350.org, Appalachian Voices, Center for Biological Diversity, Down East Coal Ash Coalition, Food and Water Watch, Metsoalle ea Lefatše, le NC Environmental Justice Network. Setho se seng sa koporasi ke lefapha la boemo ba leholimo la NC WARN, le nang le nako e telele petelitsoe bakeng sa pheletso ho puso ya Duke.
Kopano e sa tsoa tšoara seboka sa boralitaba ho Raleigh ho phatlalatsa sebopeho sa eona le ho hlakisa lipheo tsa eona, tse kenyelletsang ho etsa hore liofisiri tsa mmuso le tsa lehae li khaotse ho amohela tumello ea k'hamphani. menehelo ea lipolotiki le ba khethiloeng ho NC Utilities Commission ba tla ema khahlanong le Duke le ho beha lithahasello tsa sechaba pele. Coalition e phatlalalitse hore e qala a kopo ea khetho ea matla North Carolina mme a mema batho ka bomong, mekhatlo le likhoebo ho saena. E boetse e re e ntse e phehella molao, leha e se e hlahisitsoe.
"Ponnopoly ea matla a Duke, moo matla a litšila e leng morena, a hloka ho fela," ho boletse Jean Su, molaoli oa matla Setsing sa Biological Diversity. "Mathata a boemo ba leholimo a hloka hore re tlohele libeso kapele kamoo ho ka khonehang, empa ho ts'oaroa ha Duke North Carolina ho emisa phetoho e hloekileng ea matla litseleng tsa eona."
E thehiloe Charlotte, North Carolina, Duke Energy ke mofani oa matla ka ho fetisisa oa US, o hlahisang karolo ea 90 lekholong ea motlakase o sebelisoang sebakeng sa habo bona. Hape ke eona e hlahisang carbon e holimo har'a lits'ebeletso tsa US, ho latela Energy and Policy Institute. Ka 2017, e e lokolloa hoo e ka bang lithane tse limilione tse 105 tsa carbon dioxide feela, ho theoha ho tloha ho limilione tse 153 ka 2014.
Joalo ka ha tlhahiso ea eona e theohang e bonts'a, Duke Energy e bile ho eketsa matla a eona a tsosolositsoeng lilemong tsa morao tjena. Ho ea ka tlaleho ea morao-rao ea ts'ebetso ea k'hamphani, mefuta e fapaneng ea tlhahiso ea eona ho latela bokhoni ba eona ke karolo ea 39 lekholong ea khase ea tlhaho le oli ea mafura, karolo ea 36 lekholong ea mashala, 18 lekholong ea nyutlelie, le karolo ea 7 lekholong ea matla a metsi le letsatsi. Empa bahlahlobisisi ba re Morero oa hona joale oa Duke ho ba le lisebelisoa tse nchafalitsoeng, ho kenyeletsoa le matla a fehloang ka metsi, li emela liperesente tse 14 tsa matla a eona a ho fehla ka 2030 ha ea lekana, ha ho nahanoa hore bo-ramahlale ba etelletseng pele lefatšeng ka boemo ba leholimo. ba lemositse hore batho ba na le lilemo tse 12 feela ho boloka ho futhumala ha lefatše ho fihla ho likhato tse 1.5 tsa Celsius, ho feta moo likotsi tsa komello, likhohola le mocheso o feteletseng li mpefalang haholo.
Babuelli ba matla a hloekileng le bona ba na le a nyatsuoa ts'epo e ntseng e hola ea k'hamphani ka khase ea tlhaho, eo boholo ba eona e leng methane - e khase e futhumatsang lefatše e matla haholo nakong e kgutshwane. Duke ke e mong oa balekane ba Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a morero oa likhang ka tse kholo litlamorao tsa toka ea tikoloho e neng e tla tsamaisa khase e robehileng ho tloha West Virginia ho ea North Carolina. Khase e ngata haholo ea tlhaho e luthela sepakapakeng nakong ea ho cheka, lipalangoang, le polokelo hoo tšebeliso ea eona bakeng sa ho fehla motlakase e leng bonolo. e senyang ho feta ho boemo ba leholimo lilemong tse mashome tse tlang ho feta ts'ebeliso ea mashala.
Li-monopolies li laola Boroa
Ho tsosolosa 'maraka oa motlakase oa North Carolina ho tla bolela ho felisa maano a nako e telele a tlohetseng Boroa haholo ntle le tlhōlisano har'a lik'hamphani tsa motlakase.
Motlakase o ile oa hlahisoa ka lekhetlo la pele bakeng sa kabo ea khoebo lilemong tsa bo-1880, 'me mathata a moruo hammoho le ts'ireletso a ile a lebisa taolong ea indasteri - pele ke bomasepala, hamorao ke linaha. Ka potlako indasteri e ile ea nkoa e le "monopoly ea tlhaho" e sebetsang ka mokhoa o atlehileng haholo haeba palo ea bafani 'marakeng o itseng e ne e lekanyelitsoe, haeba indasteri e ne e "mahanngoa ka ho toba" (ho bolelang hore lik'hamphani tse tšoanang li hlahisa matla le mekhoa e sebetsang ea kabo), le haeba sebopeho sa litšenyehelo se ne se laoloa ke mmuso oa naha.
Moetso oo o entsoe ka molao ke ba Molao oa Public Utility Holding Company oa 1935, molao oa bohlokoa oa mehleng ea New Deal o ileng oa hlaha ka lebaka la lipatlisiso tsa mmuso tse mabapi le Wall Street Crash ea 1929 le Pherekano e Khōlō ea Moruo, e neng e kenyelletsa ho putlama ha 'muso oa sechaba o ileng oa felisa ba nang le kabelo ba 600,000. PUHCA e ne e tšehelitsoe ke Rep. Sam Rayburn oa US oa Texas le US Sen. Burton Wheeler oa Montana, bobeli ba Democrats.
North Carolina, tsamaiso ea hajoale ea taolo ea ts'ebeliso e thehiloe ho thehoeng ha marang-rang a literene tsa kamora Ntoa ea Sechaba. Bongata bo ntseng bo hola ba literene le matla a ho laola li ile tsa susumetsa barekisi ba likepe ba mahaeng hore ba batle taolo e eketsehileng ea mmuso ho boloka litefiso li le tlase, e leng se ileng sa lebisa ho thehoeng ha 1891 NC Railroad Commission, e ileng ea tla ho okamela lik'hamphani tsa telegraph, mohala, steamboat le canal hammoho le bafani ba motlakase. . NC Utilities Commission e ile ea qetella e tsoile 'me kajeno e boetse e laola lik'hamphani tse fanang ka khase ea tlhaho le metsi, har'a litšebeletso tse ling.
Empa ho qala ka bo-1970, litheko tse phahameng tsa peterole, mathata a tikoloho le boqapi ba theknoloji li ile tsa etsa hore ho nahanoe bocha mofuta oa tšebeliso e le 'ngoe feela. Ha a arabela, Congress e fetisitse letoto la melao e ileng ea e tlosa ka katleho - ka mohlala, ka ho lumella lik'hamphani tse sa sebetseng ho rekisa matla ho lits'ebeletso ka litheko tsa mebaraka, le ka ho fana ka tumello ho balaoli ba matla a mmuso ho lumella ho tsamaisoa ha matla a motho oa boraro holim'a lithapo tsa lisebelisoa.
Boiteko ba ho hlophisa bocha bo bile le tšitiso ka mor'a Mathata a motlakase California ea 2000-2001, moo lik'hamphani tsa matla - tse etelletsoeng pele ke Enron e thehiloeng ho Houston, eo hamorao e ileng ea senyeha - e ile ea theha khaello ea phepelo ea maiketsetso ho phahamisa litheko 'marakeng oa tlhōlisano oa naha, e leng se lebisang ho tingoeng ha motlakase le lipelaelo mabapi le matla a marang-rang a mahala. Empa ka 2005, tokiso e ne e boetse e le tafoleng e le Congress fetisa molao hore, har'a lintho tse ling, e hlakotse molao oa 1935 oa ho theha mohlala oa utility monopoly.
Kajeno, linaha tse ntlafalitseng mebaraka ea tsona ea motlakase ho lumella tlholisano har'a bafani ba motlakase li tsepame ka leboea-bochabela le New England, joalo ka ha ho bonoa 'mapeng o tsamaeang le ona Univesithi ea Texas ho Austin Energy Institute e tlaleha. Empa South e ntse e busoa ke monopolies.
Ha Arkansas le Virginia ba qala mosebetsi oa ho lokisa mebaraka ea motlakase, boiteko boo bo ntse bo eme. Arkansas hajoale ha e fane ka khetho ea tlholisano, ho latela Mokhatlo oa Amerika oa Competitive Energy Suppliers, ha Virginia e fana ka khetho feela bakeng sa bareki bao e seng ba bolulo libakeng tsa tšebeletso ea Matla le Dominion ea Appalachian, le bakeng sa bareki ba bolulo ba batlang karolo ea 100 lekholong ea matla a tsosolositsoeng le bao lisebelisoa tsa bona li sa faneng ka eona. Georgia e lumella khetho ea motlakase feela bakeng sa bareki ba kholo ba khoebo le ba indasteri.
Ebile, naha e le 'ngoe feela e ka Boroa e nang le khetho ea' nete ea motlakase ke Texas, moo bareki ba bolulo libakeng tse ngata ba ka khethang har'a bafani.
Bakhethi ba Florida ba lekanya
Empa ho latela mohlala oa ts'ebeliso ea linaha tsa Boroa ho tobane le mathata - eseng North Carolina feela. Ho boetse ho na le boikitlaetso bo ntseng bo tsoela pele ba ho hlophisa bocha 'maraka oa motlakase Florida, moo Duke Energy e leng sebapali se seholo, se sebeletsang likarolo tse ka leboea le tse bohareng tsa naha joalo ka puso ea libaka.
Komiti ea lipolotiki e thehiloeng Alachua, Florida e bitsoang Citizens for Energy Choices hajoale e ntse e leka ho beha phetoho ea molaotheo ho voutu ea 2020 ho bula 'maraka oa mmuso oa motlakase tlholisanong. Sehlopha se ne se hloka ho bokella batho ba 76,632 ba saenneng ho tiisa mantsoe a tlhahiso ea bona bakeng sa tlhahlobo ea Lekhotla le ka Holimo-limo la naha; eona e rometse 79,132 mesaeno e nepahetseng ka Pherekhong. Tlhahiso ena e kopa hore mebaraka ea motlakase e rekisoang ka bongata le ea mabenkele naheng e "be le tlholisano ka botlalo." Boikemisetso ba batšehetsi ba thathamisitsoeng haholo-holo ke likhoebo tse nyenyane.
Haeba lekhotla le amohela mantsoe, Citizens for Energy Choices ba tla hloka ho fana ka bonyane ba saena ba nepahetseng ba 766,200 pele ho la 1 Hlakola, 2020, ho fumana tlhahiso ea khetho ea November 2020. Ho feta, mohato ona o tla hloka tumello ea liperesente tse 60 tsa bakhethi, 'me o tla hloka hore lekhotla la ketsamolao la mmuso le fetise melao ea ho kenya tšebetsong tlhophiso.
Baahi ba Likhetho tsa Matla e ngolisitsoeng le mmuso ho qetela ka September 'me ba sebelisa chelete e fetang $1.1 milione ho fihlela ka Jan. 31. Sehlopha se fumana chelete ea sona ho Coalition for Energy Choice, mokhatlo o sa etseng phaello oo bafani ba oona ba sa ipatleleng liphatlalatso tse tlamang. Ho hanyetsa tekanyo ea likhetho ke sehlopha se bitsoang Floridians for Affordable Reliable Energy, bao boto e kenyeletsa setho sa boto ea phethahatso ea naha ea AFL-CIO, mookameli oa mehleng oa Democratic Party, le mopresidente oa Hillsborough County Democratic Black Caucus. Bahanyetsi ba bang ba kenyelletsa Florida Chamber of Commerce le Associated Industries ea Florida.
Bahlahlobisisi ba tekanyo ea Florida ba qotsa matšoenyeho mabapi le ho khoneha. Leha ho le joalo, liphuputso li hlahisitse liphuputso tse hanyetsanang mabapi le kamoo tlhophiso e amang litefiso tsa bolulo. A tlaleho 2015 'marakeng oa tlholisano oa Texas o fumane bareki ba bang ba lefshoa hanyane ha ba bang ba lefa lidolara tse likete ho feta bareki ba ts'ebeliso ea motlakase ba ikemetseng. Empa ke American Public Power Association tlhahlobo ea morao-rao ea data federal ho tloha 1997 ho 2017 fumane phapang e nyenyane ka thekiso ea theko ea motlakase e eketseha ka monopoly vs. linaha tsa tlhōlisano; ka sebele, le karolelano ea theko ea thekiso ea motlakase bakeng sa bareki ba bolulo ke lisente tse 11.25 ka kilowatt-hora naheng ea tlholisano ea Texas le lisente tse 11.29 Florida e ikemetseng. Ho sa le joalo, babuelli ba khetho ea motlakase supa ho data ho bonts'a litheko tsa motlakase li ntse li theoha liprofinseng tse nang le tlholisano - 'me li ntse li nyoloha ka mokhoa o makatsang tsamaisong ea monopoly ea Florida.
Ntho e hlakileng ke hore, bonyane North Carolina, batho ho pholletsa le lipolotiki ba ka thabela phihlello e kholo ea matla a hloekileng. A phuputso e lokollotsoeng ka 2017 ke Conservatives for Clean Energy e fumane hore karolo ea 63.9 lekholong ea North Carolina Democrats, 53.9 lekholong ea bakhethi ba sa kopaneleng, le karolo ea 25.7 lekholong ea Rephabliki e re tšehetso ea matla a macha a hloekileng ke ea bohlokoa ho bona. Likarolo tse nyane haholo tsa lihlopha tsena li boletse hore tlholisano e ntseng e eketseha har'a bafani ke ntho e tlang pele - empa ho feta kamoo ho neng ho boleloa hore ba ts'ehelitse lipatlisiso tsa oli le khase tse tsoang kantle ho naha, tse fumaneng matla a lipolotiki naheng lilemong tsa morao tjena. Le ha ho se lihlopha tse ikamahanyang le maemo tse keneng Energy Justice NC ho fihlela joale, John Locke Foundation, sehlopha se etelletseng pele sa maano a ts'ireletso, tšehetso ea lentsoe bakeng sa ho felisa puso ea Duke ka mor'a hore k'hamphani e tšollele molora oa mashala ka 2014 Nokeng ea Dan.
"Re lokeloa ke tokelo ea ho ikhethela hore na ke mofuta ofe oa matla le hore na ke k'hamphani efe ea motlakase e re loketseng," ho boletse Amy Adams oa Appalachian Voices.
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