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Duke Energy meteorologists today modeled the latest forecast for an approaching winter storm and project the heavy wet snow, sleet and freezing rain will result in approximately 500,000 power outages or more for homes and businesses in the Carolinas.

Los meteorólogos de Duke Energy han modelado el pronóstico más reciente de la tormenta de invierno que se acerca, y proyectan que la nieve húmeda, el aguanieve y la lluvia helada causarán aproximadamente 500,000 cortes de suministro eléctrico en residencias y establecimientos comerciales de Carolina del Norte y Carolina del Sur.

La tormenta de principios de diciembre que viene acercándose a Carolina del Norte y Carolina del Sur trae este fin de semana una combinación de precipitaciones invernales peligrosas, lo cual probablemente causará cortes de suministro eléctrico prolongados en algunas zonas a medida que la nieve y el hielo derriban árboles, ramas y cables eléctricos.

Duke Energy’s 1.8 million customers in Florida are now receiving 1,640 megawatts of cleaner-burning, highly efficient energy from the company’s new state-of-the-art combined-cycle natural gas plant in Citrus County, Fla.

More than 50 supporters attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony today for Duke Energy Renewables’ Shoreham Solar Commons Project, a 24.9-megawatt facility near Brookhaven, N.Y.

Piedmont Natural Gas today announced two rate changes in South Carolina, which together will decrease the average residential customer’s bill by approximately $16 per month compared to last winter.

Duke Energy Renewable Services, an operations and maintenance organization for wind and solar asset owners across the U.S., has won recognition for its high standard of operational excellence in 2018.

Piedmont Natural Gas is educating customers on how to recognize Piedmont service technicians as part of an awareness campaign to protect customers against utility scammers.

Duke Energy – a founding member of Utilities United Against Scams – is continuing its efforts to remind customers of the tactics that scammers use to steal money from customers, and to inform them on how they can guard against falling victim to utility imposter scams.

Work to modernize power plants and generate cleaner electricity, responsibly manage coal ash, improve reliability and continually enhance service is at the heart of a request by Duke Energy Carolinas to change customer rates in South Carolina. The request also includes nuclear project development costs.