3+ week, 1+ day ago   (474+ words) After Hurricane Helene left more than 700,000 Duke Energy customers in North Carolina without electricity, rising power bills are sharpening a question for many households: how would they handle the next major outage? In parts of North Carolina not served by…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (339+ words) WhiteFiber (NASDAQ: WYFI) agreed Monday to pay $60 million in cash for two industrial properties in Yadkin County, North Carolina. Subject to customary conditions, the acquisition should close during the fourth quarter. The planned NC-2 and NC-3 data-center campuses would provide…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (641+ words) North Carolina's demand for electricity is rising faster than many new power plants can be built. Duke Energy is increasingly relying on battery storage to help meet that growth, making facilities such as its Knightdale battery installation a larger part…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (347+ words) RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina’s top officials are challenging the state’s largest electric utility to legally cement its promise to protect everyday consumers from the soaring energy demands of tech data centers. “Duke just promised the federal government that it won’t shift…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (406+ words) North Carolina's fight over data centers is broadening into a wider debate over artificial intelligence, energy demand, and who should bear the cost. Gov. Josh Stein wants to wind down the state's generous data center incentives, contending that households should…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (514+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — Dominion Energy will purchase 32 acres in a Virginia Beach business park for an onshore substation and grid connection point to serve a wind farm project planned off the coast of North Carolina. The land sale in Corporate Landing…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (633+ words) As North Carolina prepares for a surge in electricity demand from data centers, manufacturing and population growth, some energy experts and policymakers are looking at microgrids as a way to improve reliability, reduce strain on the power grid and keep…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (105+ words) CHARLOTTE — A new bill in the North Carolina Statehouse hopes to lower your energy bills. House Bill 1192, known as the Energy and Housing Affordability Act, calls for utilities, including Duke Energy, to share the cost of the fuels, such as…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (459+ words) North Carolina regulators have ordered Duke Energy to pause its next round of solar development, delaying decisions on new projects as the state finalizes a broader long-term energy plan. In an order, issued April 23, the North Carolina Utilities Commission directed…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (338+ words) Your summer electric bill keeps climbing, and now researchers know one reason why. A new University of Cambridge study analyzing satellite data from 2004 to 2024 found that AI-focused data centers create significant heat islands, raising local land surface temperatures an average…...