20140957 Ver 2_We do not need it_20170724

Strickland, Bev
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Subject:ACP - We do not need it
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is wrong and unnecessary. It touts economic benefits for eastern NC that are not sustainable.
Construction brings temporary jobs but these jobs evaporate when construction is done. We should be encouraging
clean, sustainable forms of energy for eastern NC where real job growth occurs.

Methane from fracked gas is 100 times more polluting than CO2. Instead of building pipelines, we should be encouraging
the growth of wind and solar farms.

Pipelines leak. Period. There is risk to people, ground water and wetlands. The Marcellus Shale’s gas may also be
running out. So we do not need to build an expensive, dangerous pipeline to burn fuel that hurts our chances of surviving
on the planet.

Duke Energy supports the ACP because of its rate model based on construction of gas-fired plants. The plants benefit
shareholders and not the consumers. The ACP is not what we should be doing to preserve our children and
grandchildren’s chances for a livable planet.

Thank you for the opportunity to comment.

Vickie Atkinson
361 Wild Ginger Rdg
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
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