Durham Tech Reopening Orange County Campus Monday
****UPDATE: Durham Tech’s Orange County campus is scheduled to reopen on Monday, July 16,...
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Duke Energy
NC Consumers Could See $5 Billion Coal Ash Cleanup Bill
A string of decisions by state regulators means electricity consumers could see a multibillion-dollar bill to clean up mountains of waste Duke Energy created by spending decades burning coal to produce power.
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Crews Working to Restore Power Across Orange County After Overnight Storms
More than 500 customers are without power Monday morning, according to Duke Energy, after a strong...
Read MorePower Being Restored After Overnight Outages in Chapel Hill
A transformer reportedly caught fire early Tuesday near the Hong Kong Buffet adjacent to Fordham Boulevard causing “a widespread power outage,” according to Chapel Hill Police. The power outage came amid storms that...
Read MoreNorth Carolina Court Upholds Group’s Solar Power Violation
The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday quickly rejected a challenge to regulators who decided a clean-energy advocacy group broke electric-service rules by selling solar power to a church. The justices heard oral arguments...
Read MoreAttorney General Challenges Regulators Over Coal Ash Charges
North Carolina’s attorney general on Wednesday challenged regulators for allowing Duke Energy to start charging consumers hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up coal ash dumps and add a potential profit margin. State...
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Chapel Hill Roadway Reopens After Down Power Line Repaired
****UPDATE: The roadway has reopened as of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.**** Part of Pritchard Avenue is...
Read MoreCarrboro High School Dismisses After Power Outage
Carrboro High School dismissed students early Friday due to a power outage at the school. Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools officials tweeted just after 12:40 p.m. Friday that the power outage was causing the early...
Read MoreDuke Energy Wants End of Case to Clean Tainted Groundwater
A state appeals court will hear whether it should allow a five-year-old lawsuit trying to force Duke Energy Corp. to clean up groundwater contaminated by its North Carolina coal ash pits. The Charlotte-based electricity utility...
Read MoreDuke Energy Won’t Force Neighbors to Waive All Legal Claims
Neighbors of Duke Energy Corp.’s unlined coal ash pits in North Carolina went to court after the company said their $5,000 “goodwill” payments required them to give up future health claims linked to contaminated well water, but...
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