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Rising fuel costs and the hot summer months have caused local electric bills to soar -- and that's led to a 15 percent jump in the number of Florida residents and businesses who can't pay.

Orbit Energy is taking off with a Sampson County facility now ready to produce electricity from hog waste and plans to seek $4.5 million in financing from institutional investors to get another two plants off ...

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While the U.S. nuclear industry is pushing plans to build seven new nuclear reactors -- all of them south of the Mason-Dixon line -- its regulators have failed to adequately enforce fire regulations at existing ...

A congressional watchdog has warned that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been lax in enforcing fire safety at Progress Energy's Shearon Harris nuclear plant as well as other nuclear facilities.

Shares of utility companies opened modestly higher Wednesday as the broader market gained ahead of a government report on factory orders, which could help the markets get a clearer picture of how higher energy ...

Houses are growing larger and filled with more electronic gadgets, but the people living in them are using less energy, a retired Duke University economist says.

Clyde Cooper's Barbecue in downtown Raleigh on Davie Street is dwarfed by the new RBC Plaza.

The North Carolina Symphony will continue to call Raleigh home through 2030, Mayor Charles Meeker announced Monday.

As North Carolina's population continues to grow, the state's electric utilities have come up with a projected demand forecast that requires additional nuclear and coal fired plants.

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Storms passed through the Capital City on Friday, leaving behind some damage. A tree fell into a home on Winnona Court in Raleigh, tearing through the side.

Published: Friday, June 27, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 27, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. For opponents of new power plants, the third time was a charm.

Peter Scott will retire this year as Progress Energy's chief financial officer, the Raleigh-based utility announced this morning.

Going "green" will soon be taking up a big chunk of land on the SAS Institute's campus.

Charles Kirkman doesn't object to the tall towers or the humming high-voltage power lines strung between them that will likely cut across his farm in a few years.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday kept alive a seven-year-old case by a former Progress Energy nuclear plant worker who claimed she was unfairly laid off because of health problems.

U.S. Rep. Mark Udall over the last year repeatedly advocated and voted for tax breaks for power companies that use renewable sources.

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Monday rejected, without comment, an appeal by Progress Energy Inc.

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