Duke Energy

The company says it’s to meet rising energy demands across the Carolinas.

It’s now at an average of 3.7% over the next two years. It’s up to the North Carolina Utilities Commission to decide whether or not to approve the proposal.

Environmental advocates are mobilizing against a proposed Duke Energy natural gas project in Davidson and Davie counties.

Dozens of residents spoke out against proposed Duke Energy rate hikes at a hearing in Winston-Salem, with some warning that higher power bills are already forcing families to choose between electricity and food.

The U.S. Department of Energy is offering $1.9 billion in funding for transmission upgrades, including replacing conductors, installing better technologies to monitor the grid and transmitting power across regions.

Extremely low temperatures are driving up energy use across the Carolinas, straining the electrical grid. There are currently more than 5,000 outages, with many concentrated in areas previously impacted by Hurricane Helene.

The utility is taking another step toward transforming Belews Creek into a nuclear power site, asking federal regulators to review the location for future reactors.

The Southern Environmental Law Center plans to bring an upcoming Duke Energy program before the North Carolina Court of Appeals. The program, called Clean Energy Impact, is supposed to allow companies and individuals to buy energy certificates to support North Carolina’s clean energy transition.

Energy experts gathered in Raleigh this week to discuss how North Carolina’s energy grid — and ratepayers’ wallets — will handle the incoming wave of new data centers.

Duke Energy's most recent carbon reductions and resource plan proposal suggests delaying retirements of three NC plants that can burn coal.