Duke Energy

Duke Energy Carolinas seeks rate hike in SC

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

Utility company Duke Energy Carolinas is seeking to raise utility rates in South Carolina, the company's parent company Duke Energy Corp. said Tuesday.

Duke Energy Uses Stimulus Bucks for Wind Batteries

Domestic Fuel (Free subscription) | yesterday

A $22 million grant … thanks to the federal Stimulus Bill … will help Duke Energy research using batteries to store wind energy from a Texas wind farm. This story from UPI says the North Carolina company will match the U.S. Department of Energy grant to design, build and install batteries for the storage of wind [...]

• Duke Energy Receives $22 Million Federal Grant For Wind Energy Storage - Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh

Duke Energy Carolinas seeks rate hike in SC

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Utility company Duke Energy Carolinas is seeking to raise utility rates in South Carolina, the company's parent company Duke Energy Corp. said Tuesday.

Duke Energy Receives $22 Million Federal Grant for Wind Power Storage

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) intends to match a $22 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to design, build and install large-scale batteries to store wind energy at one of its wind farms in Texas.

Duke Energy Indiana Files Cost Update for Clean Coal Gasification Power Plant

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

PLAINFIELD, Ind., Nov. 24, /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Duke Energy Indiana today said that design modifications and growth in the scope of its Edwardsport coal gasification plant under construction in southwest Indiana are projected to add approximately $150 million, or 6 percent, to the project's $2.35 billion cost.

Duke Energy Receives $22 Million Federal Grant For Wind Energy Storage

Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | yesterday

November 25, 2009 (FinancialWire) Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) said it plans to match a $22 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to design, build and install large-scale batteries to store wind energy at one of its wind farms in Texas. The batteries at Duke Energys Notrees Windpower Project in Ector and Winkler counties, Texas, will store excess wind energy and discharge it whenever...

Duke Energy Carolinas seeks rate hike in SC

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

Utility company Duke Energy Carolinas is seeking to raise utility rates in South Carolina, the company's parent company Duke Energy Corp. said Tuesday.

Duke Energy Carolinas seeks rate hike in SC

Rocky Mount Telegram - Business (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Utility company Duke Energy Carolinas is seeking to raise utility rates in S...

• Duke Energy Carolinas seeks rate hike in SC - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Duke Energy Carolinas seeks rate hike in SC - Seattle Times

Duke Energy Carolinas Reaches Settlement Agreement on Rate Increase and Incentive for Energy Efficiency Efforts in South Carolina

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

It's Not Too Late To Profit From Duke Energy (DUK)'s New High

MarketIntelligenceCenter.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) hit a new 52-Week high of $16.28 so far today. Currently the stock is up $0.11 (0.68%) to $16.21 on 4,379,153 shares traded. Today's high is up $4.49 from a 52-Week Low of $11.72. Duke Energy stock has been showing support around $15.95 and resistance in the $16.23 range. Technical indicators for t...

With Duke Energy’s James Rogers

NEI Nuclear Notes (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

The Council on Foreign Relations has an interesting interview up with James E. Rogers, Duke Energy’s CEO. Right at the start, interviewer Roya Wolverson notes that Duke is the country’s third largest producer of carbon emissions and stands to be a “loser” in any climate change legislation. Rogers takes that on directly: We know the transition is going to be expensive....

Duke energy boss on nuclear energy and jobs

NEW PAPYRUS (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

In the November 20 Wall Street Journal Environmental Capital blog , Duke Energy boss, Jim Rogers argues that nuclear power will probably replace coal in the long run in the US by 2050. Additionally, he argues that nuclear power creates more jobs than wind and solar and at a higher level of pay: "In an operation of a nuclear plant, there [are] .64 jobs per megawatt. The wind business–and...

Duke Energy: Securing U.S. Energy Supplies

Climate and energy (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Jim Rogers, CEO of Duke Energy–the third largest utility in the United States and one of the country’s biggest carbon emitters, is one of many voices in the utility industry calling FOR cap-and-trade. In the interview below, Rogers outlines his reasons for supporting emissions controls – and how partnering with China, and developing more nuclear [...]

Duke Energy Wants to Own Every Piece of the Smart Grid

SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Greentech Media submits: By Jeff St. John Jim Rogers, CEO of Duke Energy ( DUK ), wants to own every piece of the smart grid, all the way down to the energy portals in customers' homes and the solar panels on their roofs. Complete Story »

Shining the Light on Smart Grid Investments: A Duke Energy Case Study

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- New study results released today by Jackson Associates indicate that many utilities and state agencies are struggling to evaluate the cost effectiveness of smart grid initiatives with unreliable elasticity-based models and that much of the uncertainty surrounding estimated financial benefits can be removed by applying agent-based models.