North Carolina regulator considers another Duke Energy rate hike request
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A week after allowing Duke Energy a rate increase that includes charges for coal ash cleanup for about half its North Carolina consumers, state regulators on Monday began considering raising prices on an additional 2 million customers. The state Utilities Commission opened a hearing on the company’s request to charge an extra $539 million a year to customers of its Duke Energy Carolinas subsidiary in central and western North Carolina. That […]
