The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission approved a rulemaking that could result in the state joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

Public interest and consumer groups asked Congress to order an independent study on the impact of FERC wholesale market policies on costs and reliability.

Clean energy advocates mounted new attacks on the Southeast Energy Exchange Market, saying it would offer a fraction of the benefits of an organized market.

Five of Duke Energy’s seven coal-fired plants in North Carolina would be replaced by energy storage and natural gas under a bill before the state House.

Sponsors of the Southeast Energy Exchange Market responded to a FERC deficiency notice with changes to increase transparency and allay market power concerns.

Duke Energy proposed spending $56 million to add 1,000 EV charging ports and fund 60 electric school buses in North Carolina.

Duke Energy rejected hedge fund Elliott Management’s proposal to break up the company into three regionally focused, publicly traded utilities.

The momentum of the post-COVID-19 recovery and Duke’s progress to a net-zero system by 2050 were key themes in the company’s first-quarter earnings call.

Duke Energy’s shareholders are fine with CEO Lynn Good also continuing to serve as chair of the company’s board of directors.

The Duke Energy Accountability Coalition has called for shareholders to vote CEO Lynn Good off the company’s board of directors during its annual meeting.