The bill also would have allowed Duke Energy to bill customers for the construction cost of plants that haven't yet been ...

The vetoes set up yet more political battles between the Republican-led state legislature and the Democratic governor, who has also vetoed other bills to amp up immigration enforcement and repeal the ...

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein has vetoed a bill that would repeal an interim greenhouse gas reduction mandate for power ...

Why it matters: Senate Bill 266, if passed, would eliminate an interim goal that mandates Duke Energy reach a 70% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030, while keeping in place a longer-term goal ...

The bill would have eliminated a 2030 emissions-reduction target for Duke Energy — and caused the utility to build less ...

CHARLOTTE — Duke Energy will not meet North Carolina carbon emissions goals by 2030, according to a recent filing. READ MORE: Duke Energy’s Bad Creek hydro plant just got 25% bigger.

North Carolina lawmakers have approved a bill to let Duke Energy delay planned carbon-emissions reductions and also allow the utility to charge rate-payers for new power plants before they’re built.

North Carolina legislators finalized a bill Thursday that would eliminate an interim greenhouse gas reduction mandate set in a landmark 2021 law, while still directing regulators to aim to cancel ...

That said, Duke Energy is bound by a bipartisan 2021 state law to reduce its GHG emissions by 70% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels. By 2050, the utility must reach full carbon neutrality.

North Carolina legislators have finalized a bill that would eliminate an interim greenhouse gas reduction mandate set in a landmark 2021 law, while still directing regulators to aim to cancel out p… ...

Duke Energy agreed in 2021 to cut its carbon emissions by 70 percent by 2030. However, now they say they can't meet that plan.

Scope 1 emissions account for 30% of Duke’s campus emissions. Since 2007, Duke has reduced its campus energy use by 42% despite growing its physical footprint by 3 million square feet.