A 50-megawatt, four-hour battery energy storage system (BESS) was launched at the old coal plant on Wednesday, marking the beginning of the utility’s investment in that form of energy. The new storage system costs about $100 million, according to a news release.

On Wednesday night, future Duke basketball power forward Cameron Williams tallied an eye-popping 22 points before halftime to help his St. Mary's Catholic High

As North Carolina continues decarbonizing its energy supply, giant batteries are one tool for keeping the lights on when the sun isn’t shining and the wind stops blowing. Duke Energy has brought a 50-megawatt battery online at the site of the former Allen coal plant in Gaston County.

North Carolina’s predominant utility is backing away from a long-held plan to double the size of its largest pumped storage hydropower plant — just as data centers and other voracious energy users threaten to stretch power supplies to their limit.

As a significant winter chill sweeps in, Duke Energy is committed to helping customers manage energy costs during the coldest months of the

Duke Energy said Jan. 2 that this month it will start implementing rate changes to customer bills that reflect investments made to recover from Hurricane Helene, strengthen the grid against storms and outages,

South Carolina regulators approved rate increases for Duke Energy electric bills across Upstate. An additional Hurricane Helene charge was also approved.

Cameco and Duke Energy both make a compelling case for a nuclear energy investment, but one of them is a much better dividend play.

The South Carolina Public Service Commission approved a rate hike for Duke Energy customers, but it was significantly less than the company requested.