State regulators in Raleigh began testimony on Duke Energy’s request to build its plant on the same site as another one.

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

Duke Energy would be allowed to avoid a fast-approaching climate change goal and charge North Carolina customers now for future power plants under the terms of a bill on the way to Gov. Josh Stein.

A state law passed in 2021 requires Duke Energy to eliminate 70% of its 2005 carbon dioxide emissions by 2025 unless the N.C. Utilities Commission approves certain exemptions.

A move away from clean energy in Washington and Raleigh could make it more difficult for N.C.'s large, expensive offshore ...

Due to HB 951, which passed in 2021, North Carolina requires Duke Energy to meet two emissions deadlines. By 2030, the utilities company is supposed to reduce its emissions by 70% of 2005 levels.

Monday, Republican senators introduced a bill entitled “Energy Security and Affordability Act,” SB 261, which would repeal state requirements for Duke Energy to meet carbon reduction by 2030.

On Monday, Duke Energy submitted a proposal to the North Carolina Utilities Commission on how to lower its carbon emissions. The Charlotte-based energy company is required under House Bill 951 ...

Duke Energy filed the proposal, which recommends a pathway to reducing carbon emissions 70% by 2035. The plan also offers two other pathways to hit that reduction target by 2030 and 2033 ...

Charlotte-based Duke Energy pledged Tuesday to release no net carbon emissions by 2050, becoming what the company says is the largest U.S. power generator to make that commitment.

Duke Energy would be allowed to avoid a fast-approaching climate change goal and charge North Carolina customers now for future power plants under the terms of a bill on the way to Gov. Josh Stein.

A state law passed in 2021 requires Duke Energy to eliminate 70% of its 2005 carbon dioxide emissions by 2025 unless the N.C. Utilities Commission approves certain exemptions.