The North Carolina General Assembly voted to override Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s veto of SB 266, which allows Duke Energy ...

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Two Charlotte Democrats who voted Tuesday to roll back Duke Energy's carbon emissions reduction mandate have accepted ...

Duke Energy would be allowed to avoid a fast-approaching climate change goal and charge North Carolina customers now for future power plants under the terms of a bill on the way to Gov. Josh Stein.

It eliminates Duke Energy's carbon reduction mandate and allows the utility to charge consumers for building new power plants ...

Among its provisions, the bill would release Duke Energy from a goal set by law in 2021 to achieve a 70% drop in the amount of carbon dioxide released by power plants in North Carolina from 2005 ...

Senate Bill 266, which the House rebranded as " The Power Bill Reduction Act," scraps an interim carbon dioxide emissions reduction goal for Duke Energy and also shifts how much different groups ...

N.C. Gov. Josh Stein on Wednesday vetoed a bill designed to let Duke Energy delay planned cuts in carbon emissions from its power plants in the state. The bill also would allow the electric ...

Lawmakers approved SB 266, letting Duke Energy charge customers before building plants. If signed, bill eliminates 2030 emissions targets while keeping carbon neutrality by 2050.

The legislature overrode the governor’s veto, canceling Duke Energy’s interim carbon reduction goal of 70 percent by 2030.

Among its provisions, the bill would release Duke Energy from a goal set by law in 2021 to achieve a 70% drop in the amount of carbon dioxide released by power plants in North Carolina from 2005 ...