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

Environmental critics who want cleaner energy sources to come online sooner urged Stein to veto ... emissions or 100% renewable energy targets, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. The ...

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 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 ...

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.

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

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… ...

The new memo from N.C. State professors says the fuel costs to power new natural gas plants could be a key price driver for ...

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.