Duke Energy News

I have been bearish on most large listed American utilities like American Electric Power , Southern Company , Atlantic Power , Duke Energy etc.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission calls for Duke to engage the community and local government in the licensing process, to determine how to balance the "best future" for the projects for the next 30 to 50 years.

From the Canary Coalition: The North Carolina Utilities Commission will be holding a series of six public hearings on Duke Energy's latest request for a rate increase.

A state environmental agency is seeking a court injunction against Duke Energy over groundwater that may have been contaminated by coal ash from a Charlotte-area power plant.

A Duke Energy Carolinas electricity rate increase that took effect last year will stay in effect while state regulators review it under a state Supreme Court order.

Monday night, nuclear regulators tried to calm fears about a huge crack found on one of Duke Energy's nuclear reactors in Wake County.

Just a reminder that you can get power outage information on our website at duke-energy.com/indiana/ outages/current.asp. You can also follow Duke Energy Storm on Twitter and like Duke Energy Storm on Facebook for Emergency notifications, safety and storm preparedness tips and outage information and restoration updates on major storms.

We humans are creatures of habit to one extent or another. So I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that more and more CEOs have picked up a certain hand gesture in the last few years and are using it when they speak in public.

In a story May 16 about a shutdown at the Shearon Harris nuclear power plant, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the reactor vessel contains superheated steam.

This week's Charlotte Business Journal lists N.C.'s Top 100 public companies, ranked by market value.

Through Saturday. Bette Davis came for dinner and stayed … and stayed … and stayed! Duke Energy Theatre, 345 N. College St.

The Catawba Nuclear Generating Station on Lake Wylie is shown in this 2007 file photo.

Duke Energy reduced its carbon emissions in 2011 by about 6.6 million tons from a year earlier, but the Charlotte-based utility remained the nations third-largest carbon emitter, says a new report on the industry.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Monday raised its outlook for Duke Energy Corp.

Utilities are the classic "widow-and-orphan" stocks-meaning they are slow and steady providers of dependable income.

Canadian Solar Inc., , one of the world's largest solar power companies, Duke Energy Renewables, Integrys Energy Services and Community Energy Solar announced the completion of two 1-megawatt AC solar power projects in Sterling, Massachusetts.

HQ: Richmond, Va. 2012 total compensation: $8.2 million 2011 total compensation: $12.2 million Change: - 32.6 percent 2011 rank: 2 FirstEnergy Corp.

Duke Energy worked last week moving high water through the Catawba-Wateree Basin and encouraging lakeside residents to use caution in low-lying and flood-prone areas.

I recall the days when I was a rookie at Merrill Lynch. In the 1990s one of the oldest pitches a broker can make is selling shares in the local power company.

Duke Energy Corporation recently reported its first quarter earnings and discussed the following topics in its earnings conference call.