Coal Ash

On February 2, 2014, a stormwater pipe underneath the ash basin broke, sending 39,000 tons of coal ash and 27 million gallons of ash pond water into the Dan River. The spill ultimately led to largest coal ash clean up in U.S. history.

Lawmakers in Raleigh are considering a bill that could make it easier to permit new nuclear plants and extend deadlines for Duke Energy to clean up coal ash dumps at its North Carolina plants.

Duke Energy says it expects to reduce energy generated by coal to just 5% of its total by 2030 and to eliminate coal entirely by 2035.

Duke Energy has reached financial settlements totaling $215 million with a group of insurers it sued four years ago to recover costs for cleaning up coal ash.

Duke Energy has reached confidential settlements with two of a group insurance companies it sued four years ago over coal ash cleanups. Duke sued after the companies refused to help pay for multi-billion-dollar cleanups required by state and federal laws at coal-fired power plants.

State environmental regulators will hold an online public hearing Tuesday on Duke Energy's plans for a new landfill to handle coal ash from the Allen Steam Station in Belmont.

Duke Energy has reached a settlement with North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein that reduces how much customers will pay toward the cleanup of Duke’s coal ash sites.

State environmental officials have approved Duke Energy's cleanup plans for coal ash pits at the Allen Steam Station in Belmont.

Duke Energy has begun processing coal ash for recycling at two new plants in Salisbury and Goldsboro, and a third is expected to come online by year's end in Chatham County. They're required by state law, as part of Duke's coal ash cleanups, but also could help the concrete industry.

State environmental officials are investigating a sinkhole in a parking lot in Mooresville where coal ash was used as fill. The Department of…