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…...

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…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (582+ words) RALEIGH - North Carolina House lawmakers are moving quickly to pass a bill placing restrictions and regulations on data centers, mandating more nuclear power, and speeding up the permitting process for new plants. Reps. Matthew Winslow (R-Franklin) and Dean Arp (R-Union)…...

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…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (558+ words) BECKLEY — On Friday, Raleigh County directed fresh grant money to nonprofits and service groups that feed families, move seniors and keep recovery work local. At a public grant distribution at the Raleigh County Commission office, officials handed out a $300,000 award…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1516+ words) The windowless buildings rising across North Carolina look more like warehouses than engines of climate change. Across the state, proposals for hyperscale data centers built to support artificial intelligence and cloud computing are driving unprecedented demand for electricity and water....

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (611+ words) Rapid Q4 2025 expansion benefits communities, customers by enabling remote work, gaming, streaming, agriculture and telehealth CONCORD, N.C., April 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kinetic today announced a major broadband expansion in North Carolina, delivering multi-gig fiber internet to an additional 7,600 homes across 40 communities in the…...