Duke Energy touted its ongoing “clean energy transformation” through its five-year, $59 billion growth capital plan during the company’s second-quarter earnings call.

Opponents of the proposed Southeast Energy Exchange Market renewed calls for a technical conference on energy market policy in the Southeast.

The sponsors of the Southeast Energy Exchange Market urged FERC to OK their plan to expand bilateral trading and reject calls for broader market changes.

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.