Duke Dump ALEC @ DNC 2012-09-05

Leaving another event, I saw this on the street in Charlotte. Whit Jones said they'd just had a demonstration demanding Duke Energy dump ALEC. Also that he had encountered Duke CEO Jim Rogers and asked him when Duke would dump ALEC. Rogers was uncommittal. Here's Jones' blogged account of that encounter:

In short, I asked Duke's CEO Jim Rogers if he would listen to the over 100,000 people who are calling on him to have Duke Dump ALEC and stop funding voter repression. He responded that "he'd be listening," and when I pressed him for a commitment to drop ALEC he said "I'm not going to give you [a commitment right now] but you can trust that I'm paying attention to what you're saying, and you'll know in due time."

Here's video of the event.

Rogers' face falls when he first recognizes Jones; then Rogers puts on the CEO face and acts all cheery. That's why he gets $8.8 million a year.

I asked Jones how I could help. His blog entry links to 2) Swarm Duke's Facebook Page: which includes some good suggestions.

Hey, the same thing could work with Southern Company! SO has a little-known facebook page, with links to all its subsidiaries, including Georgia Power and Georgia Power Green Energy. Funny how Georgia Power Green Energy has three times the Likes of Georgia Power. We could ask them all to dump ALEC.

-jsq