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NC Regulator: Can Duke Energy Charge All Coal Ash Costs?

Posted by Associated Press | Nov 27, 2017 | State

Regulators are deciding whether to set a precedent and allow the country’s largest electric company to charge North Carolina consumers the full, multi-billion-dollar cost of cleaning up coal ash dumps. The North Carolina...

Coal Ash is Focus in Duke Energy’s $478M Rate Increase Bid

Posted by Associated Press | Nov 20, 2017 | State

The nation’s largest electric company is fighting to persuade regulators that North Carolina consumers should pay 15 percent more on average, including nearly $200 million a year to clean up the toxic byproducts of burning coal...

East Chapel Hill High Celebrates New Solar Initiative

Posted by Kelly Fahey | Sep 19, 2017 | Pre-K - 12 Education

East Chapel Hill High held a Solar Kickoff event last Wednesday to celebrate their winning a grant to install solar panels at the school. The $300,000 grant was awarded to the school and seven other schools in the state by Duke...

Nearly 2,000 Duke Energy Customers Without Power in Western Orange County

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 7, 2017 | Safety

****UPDATE: The power was restored before nine o’clock Friday night.**** More than 1,900 residents in southwestern Orange County are without power Friday afternoon, according to the Duke Energy Outage Map. Nearly 1,000 of...

North Carolina OKs Lined Landfill for Duke Energy Coal Ash

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 7, 2017 | State

Environmental regulators have approved Duke Energy’s plan for a lined landfill at a coastal North Carolina power plant so coal ash can be deposited there. The state Department of Environmental Quality announced Friday the...

MLK Reopened in Chapel Hill After Duke Energy Transformer Replacement

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 9, 2017 | Traffic

****UPDATE: Chapel Hill Police officials said Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard has reopened to traffic as of 10:10 Thursday morning.**** Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard is closed Thursday morning where the thoroughfare...

Power Restored in Chapel Hill After Inclement Weather

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 7, 2017 | Weather

****UPDATE: Power has been restored to all customers in Orange County, according to Duke Energy.**** Residents across the community are waking up on Saturday morning to varying amounts of snow. A Winter Storm Warning remains in...

Power Outage Cuts First Day Short at Estes Hills Elementary School

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 29, 2016 | Featured, Pre-K - 12 Education

The first day of classes at Estes Hills Elementary School was cut short on Monday due to a power outage. Students were sent back home at 11 o’clock Monday morning – the first day of the new school year – due to the outage and...

State Epidemiologist Resigns in Wake of Well Water Debate

Posted by Staff | Aug 11, 2016 | State Government

Questions regarding the safety of well water near coal ash ponds have led to the resignation of the state epidemiologist and a slew of accusations against state administrators and scientists. The upheaval in the state’s...

Areas of Hillsborough to Experience Brief Power Outages

Posted by Aleta Donald | Aug 10, 2016 | News Around Town

Several areas of Hillsborough will experience brief power outages at the end of the week, due to repairs of electrical infrastructure. Duke Energy will be repairing failing infrastructure on Thursday and Friday. The repairs will...

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