A report warning of asset stranding at Duke Energy has come out this week from the independent Energy Transition Institute, which is a non-profit that helps public sector organizations lower their risk. It entirely agrees with our consistent opinion that Duke Energy spends management time trying to offload costs onto its customers, with legal shenanigans and constant warring with state energy commissions. As a result its ingrained habits of sticking with fossil fuels for way too long, is going to wreck its balance sheet – unless its gets permission to re-charge losses on stranded assets to the consumer once again. This time it will not be so easy. This report is a breath of fresh air, starting with the incontrovertible…