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Duke Energy Foundation announces $500,000 in microgrants for South Carolina first-response organizations to improve local resiliency and help residents prepare for and recover from significant weather events.

Duke Energy, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Nucor today announced agreements to explore new and innovative approaches to support carbon-free energy generation and help utilities serve the future energy needs of large businesses in North Carolina and South Carolina. The announcement was made at the White House Summit on Domestic Nuclear Deployment.

Duke Energy Carolinas has reached a settlement agreement with almost all parties, including certain consumer, environmental and industrial groups in South Carolina, for its rate review request filed in January of this year – the first such request by the company since 2018.

A las 9 a.m., Duke Energy restableció el suministro eléctrico a más de 180,000 clientes afectados por las severas tormentas que ocurrieron el miércoles por la noche y el jueves por la mañana.

Duke Energy Progress is seeking to reduce customer bills to account for the cost of fuel used to generate electricity for South Carolina homes and businesses. If approved by the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (PSCSC), the average monthly residential bill would decrease by 4.1% beginning Aug. 1.

Duke Energy Progress customers in South Carolina will save $35 million in repair costs from a series of historic storms from 2014 through 2022 thanks to innovative legislation allowing the company to securitize the costs through the sale of lower interest rate bonds.

Recent turbine upgrades at Bad Creek pumped-storage add a total of 320 megawatts of carbon-free energy to the company’s system and brings the total capacity of the station to 1,680 megawatts.

When the lights go out – whether it is from severe weather, vehicle accidents or animal interference – lineworkers respond by getting the lights on for our customers and communities.

When Duke Energy creates a work zone on a roadway, it is important that the public take steps to protect themselves and those working.

In recognition of National Safe Digging Month, Piedmont Natural Gas and Duke Energy are reminding customers and professional excavators to call 811 before digging to protect the nation’s underground utility infrastructure.