Duke Energy

Business and residential customers of Piedmont Natural Gas could see their rates go up Nov. 1 under an agreement the company reached last week with customer groups and the state's utility consumer advocate.

Duke Energy has officially put two of its buildings in uptown Charlotte on the market as part of a plan to cut its Charlotte office space by 60%.

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.

A group of North Carolina businesses concerned about climate change says lawmakers should start over on an energy reform bill making its way through the General Assembly.

Duke Energy earned a profit of $765 million during the second quarter of 2021, boosted by higher electric rates and growth in energy usage — including by people who are still working at home. That was a rebound from a loss in the same quarter a year ago.

Duke Energy is helping the city of Austin, Texas, meet its carbon-reduction goals by selling power from a solar farm that began commercial operation this week. It's one of two projects now up and running that bring Duke's total renewable energy output above 10,000 megawatts.

Rebates for rooftop solar panels continue to gain popularity among Duke Energy's North Carolina customers, even as the company cuts the size of the rebates.

The future of North Carolina's energy system has been up for debate this week as state leaders discuss the best way to shift away from fossil fuels — and how fast to do it. With global temperatures rising and weather patterns changing, the question is an important one not just for North Carolina, but for the planet. But there's lots of disagreement. WFAE climate reporter David Boraks joins "All Things Considered" host Gwendolyn Glenn to talk about this week's legislative and administrative actions and what they could mean for the state's energy business.

A Republican-backed energy reform bill that passed the North Carolina House of Representatives early Thursday is facing opposition from the governor, environmentalists and some businesses.

Several coal-fired power plants operated by Duke Energy's North Carolina subsidiaries would transition to alternate fuels by the end of 2030 and a renewable-energy procurement program would be expanded in legislation unveiled Tuesday by House Republicans.