The two aging coal plants at Cayuga station might live on, despite Duke Energy’s proposal earlier this year to retire them in favor of natural gas units. In a settlement reached with Reliable ...

Natural gas-fired combustion turbines with a combined capacity of 850 megawatts slated for site where Buck Steam Station once ...

The project would add more than 470 megawatts to the aging facility’s 1005-megawatt capacity. Cayuga has operated for 55-plus years and is the oldest coal-fired facility in Duke’s Hoosier fleet.

Duke Energy’s original plan was to close the aging Vermillion County coal plant and build a new, $3 billion natural gas plant to serve its growing customers.

Duke Energy estimates the project at its Vermillion County station will cost at $3.33 billion. The electricity utility serves about 900,000 customers in 69 Indiana counties.

It’s set to close in 2038 instead of 2035, following an announcement in October from the owner, Duke Energy. But the changes do not constitute a coal comeback in this country.

Duke Energy in February revealed its plans to build natural-gas units at the site of its coal-fired Cayuga Generating Station. Duke Energy estimates the project at its Vermillion County station ...

Duke Energy pleaded guilty in 2015 to federal environmental crimes after an investigation found the company allowed coal ash dumps to leak into water supplies. The company agreed to pay $102 ...

Nearly 1,000 union workers at Duke Energy Indiana are set for an “imminent work stoppage” over a contract dispute with the Plainfield-based utility.