Coal Ash

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…

The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a new rule for how coal-fired power plants can dispose of wastewater contaminated with coal ash, which…

About 45 residents showed up for a public hearing Thursday night in Belmont. They asked questions about Duke's plans to transfer coal ash from the Allen…