Angry Charlotte Residents Grill State Lawmakers At Packed Coal Ash Meeting

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--Anger and outrage at a packed meeting organized by the environmental watchdog group, "We Love Mountain Island Lake" in Northwest Charlotte Monday night.

"When I hear you apologizing for Duke, that worries me and I'm skeptical," said one Charlotte resident.


The residents grilled state lawmakers after Duke Energy's CEO Lynn Good told an audience at Queens University on Friday that customers should have to pay the costs of dealing with the ash now. "There's no way that I can support putting the clean-up on the backs of rate payers and taxpayers," said one Charlotte resident at the meeting.


Duke Energy has until Saturday to let Governor Pat McCrory know how it will pay for the clean up.

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