News Releases

Duke Energy is making a $1 million investment in the Cape Fear, N.C., region to promote the ongoing quality and health of public waterways in the area.

Duke Energy today posted proposed closure plans for 36 ash basins that are regulated by the federal Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) rule.

We are gratified that Duke University's independent research supports and validates the robust scientific study that experts have conducted at our facilities.

As we have been communicating for several days, historically high flood waters in the Neuse River have covered three inactive coal ash basins at the H.F. Lee Power Plant in Goldsboro, N.C. Today, engineers confirmed that some material, including coal ash, eroded and was carried by flood waters outside one of the berms of an inactive basin.

Since the weekend, Duke Energy crews have reduced the number of customer outages caused by Hurricane Matthew from roughly 1.4 million to fewer than 60,000 – a company record pace for restorations in similar storms.

A portion of the earthen cooling pond wall at the H.F. Lee Plant in Goldsboro, N.C., experienced a break in the early afternoon today following historic flooding this week from Hurricane Matthew.

Duke Energy today announced plans to remove coal ash from three basins at the Buck Steam Station in Salisbury, N.C., and safely recycle the valuable material for concrete.

 Duke Energy today issued the following statement regarding Governor McCrory's veto of Senate Bill 71 in North Carolina.

Duke Energy today issued the following statement regarding passage of Senate Bill 71 by the North Carolina General Assembly.

Duke Energy today issued the following statement regarding Senate Bill 71, a measure moving through the North Carolina General Assembly that would, among other things, reconstitute the Coal Ash Management Commission and address water supply to ash basin neighbors.