North Carolina utilities commission

Duke Energy officials apologized Tuesday for a series of outages on Christmas Eve that affected approximately half a million customers. Company officials say some of the outages were longer than expected because of a failure of automation that required crews to restore the power manually.

Duke Energy says it's on track to stop generating electricity with coal by 2035. That includes the Belews Creek site in Stokes County, one of its largest…

Duke Energy says it plans to ask state regulators again for approval to increase customers' electric bills. This time it's to help pay for damage and…

A longtime state government veteran is among those nominated by Gov. Roy Cooper to become special trial court judges, who often are brought in to handle…

State regulators got an earful from residents who say they don't want to pay for costs associated with coal ash cleanup across the state. The North…

North Carolina residents will get their say on Duke Energy's request to raise electricity rates to help pay for coal ash cleanup. A public hearing is…

Charging North Carolina consumers the full, multibillion-dollar cost of cleaning up coal ash dumps is comparable to tire stores charging customers an…