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Duke has restored power to more than 1 million in North Carolina in the week since Helene hit, but a little more than 200,000 are still in the dark in the state’s hard-hit mountain areas ...
He and roughly 40 other families sued Duke Energy. They accused the power company of negligence and negligent infliction of emotional distress and settled the lawsuit last year.
As of 10 a.m. today, Duke Energy Ohio/Kentucky crews restored power for more than 100,000 customers, while nearly 21,000 continue to experience outages as a result of #Helene. Nearly all customers ...
In February 2021, Duke Energy in a filing to the North Carolina Utilities Commission advanced their planned closure for Unit 3 from December 31, 2021 to March 31, 2021. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Two additional units were retired in 2021, followed by another in September 2023, and the final in December of 2024.
The 1,065 megawatts (1,428,000 hp) power plant is owned by Duke Energy and its last generator was commissioned in 1991. The power station generates electricity by shifting water between an upper and lower reservoir. The upper Bad Creek Reservoir was created by damming Bad Creek and West Bad Creek while Lake Jocassee serves as the lower reservoir.
The McGuire Nuclear Station is a nuclear power plant located about 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Charlotte, North Carolina, on the state's largest lake, Lake Norman.It is a 32,500-acre (13,200 ha) lake created in 1963 by Duke Power for the Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station.
A viral TikTok video claims that flooding in North Carolina was caused by the release of water from a dam, not from Hurricane Helene. “Makes since [sic]! How can a town, 2000ft in elevation ...
Duke Energy Progress is the majority owner (81.7%) and operator of the Brunswick nuclear plant. The North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency owns the remaining 18.3%. In 2015, Duke Energy completed the process of buying the North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency's 18.3% stake at Brunswick nuclear power plant. [2] (Duke Energy ...