"Championing working families." Governor vetoes controversial bill that could have driven up energy costs: 'This bill fails ...

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

N.C. Governor Josh Stein has vetoed a bill designed to let Duke Energy delay cuts in carbon emissions from its power plants in the state. ... Reaction to Stein’s veto of Senate Bill 266.

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 ...

Gov. Roy Cooper wants Duke Energy to put more renewable energy resources like solar and wind into ... A 2019 law requires Duke to slash carbon dioxide emissions 70% from 2005 levels by 2030 and ...

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.

Lawmakers approved SB 266, letting Duke Energy charge customers before building plants. If signed, bill eliminates 2030 emissions targets while keeping carbon neutrality by 2050.

A compromise energy bill between Gov. Roy Cooper and the N.C. General Assembly moved forward in the N.C. Senate on Tuesday. Here, Duke Energy lineworkers are shown loading trucks in preparation ...

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 ...

Duke Energy Corp., which plans to shutter all of its coal operations across six states by 2035, says it is expanding its decarbonization efforts by including some indirect greenhouse gas emissions ...

A compromise energy bill between Gov. Roy Cooper and the N.C. General Assembly moved forward in the N.C. Senate on Tuesday. Here, Duke Energy lineworkers are shown loading trucks in preparation ...