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.

At Duke, Walker led the Clark Scholars Program and BRiDGE incubator. But decades before he was an accomplished entrepreneur and professor, he was a wide-eyed first-year at Duke with an interest in ...

It eliminates Duke Energy's carbon reduction mandate and allows the utility to charge consumers for building new power plants before construction is completed.

RALEIGH, N.C. — 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 ...

The North Carolina General Assembly voted to override Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s veto of SB 266, which allows Duke Energy to change the way it finances new construction.

NC lawmakers voted Tuesday to override the governor’s veto of SB 266 and allow Duke Energy to charge consumers in advance for the construction of more fossil-fuel power plants.

The North Carolina General Assembly voted to override Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s veto of SB 266, which allows Duke Energy to change the way it finances new construction.

The North Carolina General Assembly voted to override Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s veto of SB 266, which allows Duke Energy to change the way it finances new construction.