The proposed settlement would shift an estimated $1.1 billion in expenses away from customers during the next decade to the nation's largest electric utility and its shareholders.
If you live close to a Duke Energy coal ash pit, what should you do in cast of emergency? If a dam wall bursts, who should you call? Could your home or business be impacted?
One of Duke Energy's two North Carolina operating divisions said Thursday it wants to raise electricity rates by an average of 14.9 percent to pay for cleaning up coal ash pits, transmission system upgrades and converting to more natural gas.
Neighbors living near Duke Energy's unlined coal ash pits around North Carolina are being offered payment of future water bills plus a $5,000 "goodwill" payment
University researchers say a cancer-causing heavy metal found in water wells near coal ash pits and other industrial sites is much more widespread and naturally occurring than previously thought.
Recently released court documents seem to suggest Gov. Pat McCrory's office was instrumental in a change to a public advisory about the safety of well water around Duke Energy coal ash ponds. McCrory's camp and state agencies say that's not the case.