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

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.

Senate Bill 266 also shifts some costs of purchased power from industrial to residential customers by changing how they're calculated.

A bill that would have impacted utility costs and the state’s climate goals has been vetoed by Governor Josh Stein. READ MORE ...

Duke Energy recently proposed replacing two aging coal units with natural gas plants. New proposal could be pathway to keep ...

Duke added gas-fired units at Belews Creek in 2020 and 2021, allowing the station to evenly divide generation for energy-producing turbines between gas and coal.

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 vetoed legislation that in part would repeal an interim greenhouse gas reduction mandate for ...

The average FirstEnergy household overpaid an estimated $455 for a fee that the Ohio Supreme Court eventually deemed unlawful ...

Business Lawmakers finalize controversial energy rule that would have major effects on utility bills: 'Bad for all' There's less urgency for Duke Energy to phase out polluting fuels.