CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Six protesters were arrested after hanging a sign from the Duke Energy building in uptown Wednesday.
The protesters ascended two 20-feet tall tripods in front of Duke Energy’s headquarters with a banner between them that read “Duke Energy: no dirty rate hikes.” Protesters were all wearing t-shirts that said,"Be a good neighbor."
The protesters are responding to the recent rate hike that Duke Energy has been placed on customers. In January, the North Carolina Utilities Commission approved an overall seven percent rate increase for Duke Energy's 1.8 million customers.
All of the activists were from North Carolina and the protest took place outside the headquarters as Duke employees were arriving for work, according to a press release from Greenpeace.
Greenpeace activists also protested on top of the 400-foot stack of Progress Energy’s Asheville coal plant earlier this week.
Below is the list of demonstrators who were arrested:
Annie Vereen, 30: Obstruction of sidewalk, Resist obstruct and delay. Possession of obstruction device
Brady Bradshaw, 21: Resist ,obstruct and delay, Trespassing, obstructing sidewalk, Possession of obstructing device
Emila Wicker, 21: Obstructing sidewalk, Resist obstruct and delay, Possession of destruction device
Monica Embrey, 24: Resist obstruct and delay, Obstruct and block sidewalk (City Code Sec 15-27 (b)
Vanessa Haugh, 21: Resist obstruct and delay, Obstruct and Block Sidewalk, (City Code Sec. 15-27 (b)
Steve English, 61: Resist obstruct and delay Block Sidewalk and City Code 15-27 (b)
