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Regional divisions Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress supplies electricity to 4.6 million residential, commercial and industrial customers in North Carolina and South Carolina. The ...
For Duke Energy to be held accountable, more leaders need to stand up for North Carolinians and demand answers for the shortcomings of a company that has its hands on most every energy-related ...
The utility proposed the natural gas turbines in a 2023 update to its carbon dioxide reduction plan, The (Raleigh) News & Observer previously reported. Duke Energy says it needs the turbines to ...
[69] [70] Duke Energy was prosecuted, pled guilty to nine charges of criminal negligence, [71] and agreed to pay $102 million in fines and restitutions. [72] Duke Energy was also ordered to close all of its 32 ash ponds in the state of North Carolina by 2029. [73]
North Carolina regulators, following an investigation, reached an agreement with Duke in which the company was required to choose a new CEO by the middle of 2013. Good was selected by a board composed of both Duke and Progress members. [4] Lynn Good became CEO of Duke Energy on July 1, 2013. [4] Good was also elected to the Duke board.
Duke Energy apologized for the incident and announced detailed plans for removal of coal ash at the Dan River site. [5] Workers were only able to remove about ten percent of the coal ash that was spilled into the river, but cleanup is ongoing and Duke Energy plans to spend around 3 million dollars to continue the cleanup efforts. [3]
Duke Energy completed repairs on substation equipment damaged in shootings over the weekend on Wednesday and restored power to all but a fraction of the thousands of customers who lost electricity ...
Duke Energy later pled guilty to criminal negligence in its handling of coal ash at the Dan River Plant and at other facilities, and paid substantial fines. [7] In addition, the states affected launched a lawsuit on July 18, 2019, asking that the court declare Duke Energy responsible for the damage done to the environment by the spill.