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Major Firms, White House Launch Smart Cities Initiative

September 15, 2015September 15, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Bank of America, General Electric, Duke Energy, Autodesk, Microsoft and Cisco Systems are among the founding partners of the White House’s smart cities initiative announced yesterday that will invest more than $160 million in federal research and leverage more than 25 new technology collaborations to help local communities. The smart ... Read more »

Duke Energy Settlement: Spend $4.4M on Environmental Projects, Cut Coal Emissions

September 11, 2015September 11, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Duke Energy will spend $4.4 million on environmental mitigation projects and pay a $975,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement reached with the EPA and US Department of Justice. The settlement, announced yesterday, resolves long-standing claims that Duke violated the federal Clean Air Act by unlawfully modifying 13 coal-fired ... Read more »

Duke Energy Begins Submitting Groundwater Assessment Reports

August 12, 2015August 11, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Duke Energy has begun submitting comprehensive groundwater assessments to the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) for each of the 14 coal plants in the state. Duke Energy says it and NCDENR will use this science and engineering, along with other information, to determine how best to ... Read more »

Walmart, Others Seek to Back Out of Florida Energy-Efficiency Program

July 27, 2015 by Karen Henry

Walmart and the Florida Industrial Power Users Group, which represents large electricity users, have submitted a proposal to the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) that would allow them to opt out of the state’s 35-year-old conservation program, South Florida’s NMC-2.com reports. The proposal would separate the energy-efficiency payments and the ... Read more »

Power Sector Emissions Continue to Drop

July 15, 2015July 14, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The largest electric utilities in the US — including Entergy, Hoosier Energy and Xcel — have seen significant reductions in global warming pollution in recent years, according to an analysis of power plant air pollution emissions. The report — a collaborative effort between Ceres, Bank of America, four power producers ... Read more »

Duke to Close 12 Additional Coal Ash Basins

June 26, 2015June 25, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Duke Energy says it plans to close an additional 12 coal ash basins in North Carolina and reused the material in lined structural fills or permanently disposed it in lined landfills. The announcement brings to 24 the total number of Carolinas basins the company is prepared to close by removing ... Read more »

Disney World Builds Mickey Mouse-Shaped 5 MW Solar System

May 29, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

Duke Energy is building a solar system for Disney World on about 20 acres near the park. The Disney-controlled taxing district in the area voted to accept a 15-year agreement with Duke, reports the Orlando Sentinel. Duke is leasing the land from Disney, and the amusement park will buy the ... Read more »

Duke Energy, USF Launch Solar Battery Research Initiative

May 22, 2015 by Karen Henry

Duke Energy Florida and the University of South Florida (USF) St. Petersburg have launched a solar battery project aimed at exploring better ways to store solar energy. Funded by a $1 million grant from Duke Energy, the solar battery project is already underway with the installation of a solar PV ... Read more »

Duke Energy Fined $102M for Clean Water Act Crimes

May 18, 2015May 18, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Three subsidiaries of Duke Energy, the largest utility in the US, pleaded guilty to nine criminal violations of the Clean Water Act at several of its North Carolina facilities and agreed to pay a $68 million criminal fine and spend $34 million on environmental projects and land conservation to benefit ... Read more »

Ohio Regulators Continue to Defend Deregulated Markets

April 8, 2015 by Josh Kessler

Retail Energy Buyer has reported on the proceedings in Ohio where utilities asked regulators to approve long-term contracts for aging power contracts, circumventing standard wholesale market rules. This could have impacted wholesale customers throughout the PJM market region. In February, the Public Utility Commission of Ohio (PUCO) rejected AEP Ohio’s ... Read more »

Blue Sphere Breaks Ground on Waste-to-Energy Project

March 26, 2015April 1, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Waste-to-energy company Blue Sphere has broken ground on both its first waste-to-energy project and new US headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. The facility will produce 5.2 MW of clean energy from food waste that would normally end up in local landfills. That electricity will then be sold to Duke Energy ... Read more »

Duke Will Contest NC ‘Regulatory Overreach’, $25M Fine

March 25, 2015March 25, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Duke Energy yesterday said it will contest the civil penalty issued by North Carolina environmental regulators related to the L.V. Sutton Steam Electric Plant in Wilmington. Earlier this month the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources fined Duke Energy $25.1 million for groundwater violations at the Wilmington facility. ... Read more »

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