Duke Energy’s $10 million ‘3-hour tour’ « Green Hell Blog

“That was a major achievement,” said Duke spokesman Tom Williams. “I would say that was a major example of our [lobbying] presence paying off for our customers.”

Maybe Duke meant “paying off from our customers,” since Duke Energy has already applied to increase electricity rates 12.6% ($500 million) in anticipation of carbon cap legislation.
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In reality, Rogers has done nothing but betray his shareholders and customers:

Hot Air » Blog Archive » California budget goes 10 whole weeks before collapsing

How did California overestimate its tax revenues for the coming year? Part of the answer is political. By overestimating income tax revenues, the legislature allowed itself to avoid further budget cuts, or for that matter, tax increases. The latter would have brought California’s overburdened taxpayers to the capital with pitchforks, torches, tar, and feathers, and the legislators know it.

C3: Does Increase In CO2 Cause Global Warming? Simple Bar Chart Reveals Problem With AGW Hypothesis

Do levels of CO2 and global temperatures have a reliable 'cause and effect' relationship? NO. Has the world experienced high global temperatures with low levels of CO2? YES. Has Earth experienced low temperatures, global cooling, with high levels of CO2? YES. Are present temperatures and CO2 levels "unprecedented" versus past levels reached during historical climate periods? NO.

Markets vs. Special Interests | GlobalWarming.org

Ludwig von Mises explained the reason for all of this corrupt behavior with a single sentence back in 1949: “It is precisely the fact that the market does not respect vested interests that makes the people concerned ask for government interference.”