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Piedmont Natural Gas today announced the opening of a new compressed natural gas refueling station in Fayetteville, N.C. – a sign of growing demand as more companies choose clean, affordable natural gas to fuel their car and truck fleets.

Thirteen organizations spanning 42 counties in North Carolina and South Carolina will receive more than $900,000 in new grants from Duke Energy's Water Resources Fund to support environmental and wildlife programs.

Duke Energy's 11 nuclear generating units posted strong operating performance in 2017, providing the Carolinas with nearly 90 billion kilowatt-hours of carbon-free electricity -- enough to power more than 7 million homes.

Piedmont Natural Gas has been designated a 2017 Utility Customer Champion, according to a report based on surveys of more than 50,000 customers of the nation’s 130 largest utilities. Piedmont’s score on the index was high enough to place it fourth among all utilities – natural gas and electric – nationwide.

Piedmont Natural Gas today announced a $100,000 grant to its Share the Warmth program in an effort to help low-income households in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Duke Energy Carolinas customers set a new all-time peak record for energy usage on Friday, Jan. 5. The unofficial peak record is now 21,623 megawatt-hours in the hour ending at 8 a.m.

The new year brought in a blast of cold weather, and Duke Energy is offering some tips for managing your energy costs.

Duke Energy is joining the U.S. utility industry effort to help rebuild electric infrastructure and restore power to the island of Puerto Rico.

Duke Energy Carolinas customers who paid a bill at one of the company's 550 authorized walk-in payment processing centers between 2008 and 2017 may be affected by a potential compromise of personally identifiable information, according to PayPal Holdings, who recently acquired TIO Networks, which is the company who owns the network used to process payments made at those locations.

Duke Energy offers holiday and seasonal money-saving tools and tips.