Clean energy investments in North Carolina ballooned from $56.5 million in 2007 to $19.8 billion in 2020, according to a new report.

Five of Duke Energy’s seven coal-fired plants in North Carolina would be replaced by energy storage and natural gas under a bill before the state House.

A North Carolina environmental panel approved a plan to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative while GOP legislators in Pennsylvania sought to block such a move.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper called for 2.8 GW of offshore wind by 2030 and 8 GW by 2040, citing clean energy goals, economic development opportunities.

Duke Energy proposed spending $56 million to add 1,000 EV charging ports and fund 60 electric school buses in North Carolina.

Duke Energy rejected hedge fund Elliott Management’s proposal to break up the company into three regionally focused, publicly traded utilities.

The momentum of the post-COVID-19 recovery and Duke’s progress to a net-zero system by 2050 were key themes in the company’s first-quarter earnings call.

The Duke Energy Accountability Coalition has called for shareholders to vote CEO Lynn Good off the company’s board of directors during its annual meeting.

N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper signed on to a letter to President Biden, urging “all new passenger cars and light-duty trucks sold are zero-emission no later than 2035.”

The North Carolina Senate has begun the confirmation process for Dionne Delli-Gatti, nominee for secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality.