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.

Environmental and consumer advocacy groups said passing Senate Bill 266 and allowing Duke Energy to miss the 2030 emissions-reductions target would actually cost customers billions of dollars ...

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.

The current state law requires Duke Energy to reduce carbon emissions by 70% of 2005 levels by 2030.

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.

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 ...