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

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

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

The General Assembly killed the state’s 70% emissions target, approving an energy bill some analysts say will raise power ...

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The bill also would have allowed Duke Energy to bill customers for the construction cost of plants that haven’t yet been built.

As North Carolina lawmakers prepare to override Gov. Josh Stein’s veto of a controversial energy bill, constituents are ...

A Duke study says axing North Carolina’s 70% climate goal could add $23 billion to fuel bills by 2050. Other analyses predict ...

Both the N.C. House and Senate have scheduled override votes Tuesday on the 14 vetoes issued by the governor over the past ...

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 ...

A 2019 law requires Duke to slash carbon dioxide emissions 70% from 2005 levels by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050.

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