State regulators say minimum requirements on interregional transfer capacity could produce cross border transmission where Order 1000 failed.

Solar installers in North Carolina agreed to a phased reduction in net metering rates under a compromise with Duke Energy that is now before state regulators.

Duke Energy filed a proposal with the North Carolina Utilities Commission that presents four broad paths to reducing carbon emissions by 70% by 2030.

Duke Energy and TotalEnergies will pay a combined $315 million to lease 110,000 acres off North Carolina that could produce 1.3 GW in offshore wind.

Duke Energy's net income declined in the first quarter despite a whopping increase in sales compared to a year ago because of the costs of winter storms.

A second meeting of FERC and state regulators trying to spur transmission buildout exposed differences over expanding the definition of transmission benefits.

The key climate policy stories that bear watching in the Mid-Atlantic region in 2022 make up a short but high-impact list that includes offshore wind, how quickly the region’s investor-owned utilities will decarbonize and Glenn Youngkin. The clean energy landscape in the Mid-Atlantic region got a major shake-up in November when Republican Youngkin edged out …

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A proposed agreement between Duke Energy and solar advocates would lower the net metering rate residential rooftop solar owners receive for their excess power.

Renewable power advocates are concerned by concessions N.C. legislators made to utilities in return for the carbon-reduction goals of House Bill 951.

North Carolina law has upped the ante on utility carbon emissions reductions — requiring a 70% cut by 2030.