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The grid operators that draw power from the plants said they never asked for them to remain open, and consumers may have to ...
The life of a new natural gas plant — to replace the Cayuga Generating Station in Vermillion County — could extend past 2050, which is when the larger Duke Energy corporation hopes to have net ...
Duke Energy intends to submit an application to South Carolina’s Public Service Commission (PSC) for approval to build a ...
Duke Energy is proposing a three-year extension for the Gibson power plant in southwest Indiana, the second-largest coal-fired power plant in the country. Gibson, originally scheduled to close in ...
The Allen Steam Plant site is the largest coal ash remediation site in the state and as a result, most of the property is dedicated to that remediation process. Duke Energy will excavate 19.8 ...
PORT SHELDON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A Consumers Energy representative is scheduled to speak during Wednesday night’s Port Sheldon Township board meeting, offering an update on the upcoming ...
(Bloomberg) — Duke Energy Corp. plans to extend the life of its largest coal-fired power plant, pushing aside its climate goal to shutter all facilities that burn the dirty fuel by 2035. The utility ...
The utility's latest resource plan also scales back Duke's near-future expansion of renewable energy sources and added new gas-fired plants to replace coal units in Vermillion County. Nate Gagnon ...
Coal ash is the byproduct of coal combustion. Duke Energy started storing coal ash in unlined, onsite coal ash ponds when it built the plant in the 1960s. Now there are millions of tons of it there.
HE WAS KIND OF CORRECT WHERE HE SAYS PROBABLY MORE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN AT COAL FIRED PLANTS AND HAVE, OVER THE YEARS THAN EVER HAS BEEN NUCLEAR. PEOPLE OFTEN PANIC AT THE WORD NUCLEAR. DUKE ENERGY ...
Two consumer advocacy groups are split on Duke Energy’s proposal to close the Cayuga coal plant. But they both said a new, $3 billion natural gas plant isn’t the right thing for Duke’s ...
The company plans to shut down the coal-fired plant on May 31, 2025—years ahead of schedule—as part of its transition to cleaner energy sources. The closure has sparked concern among some ...