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Duke Energy's third-quarter net income fell by about half on one-time costs, part of a parade of results reported by the utility sector Friday that illustrated how they had to grapple with a slow economy and cool summer weather.

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Unfortunately, the big news probably won't affect Charlotte since Duke Energy didn't get the funds, Progress Energy did.

A statement of Opinion by Avram Friedman, Executive Director of the Canary Coalition, http://www.canarycoalition.org Why I chose to be arrested in Raleigh on October 24 On Saturday, October 24 there were thousands of demonstrations around the world, in more than 130 nations, millions of people, gathering to focus attention on the climate ...

Duke Energy Corp. has received a stimulus award of $200 million for "smart-grid" improvements in Ohio and Indiana.

George Acker, Duke Energy's southern region director for government and community relations, has been appointed to the Tri-County Technical College Commission, the governing board of the College.

Appalachian leaders are seeking ways to use alternative energy initiatives to spark the 13-state region's long-sluggish economy.

Duke Energy crews fixed a utility pole in east Charlotte early Sunday morning after a driver struck it.

New joint development agreement intends to focus on utility-scale solar farms and commercial distributed generation plants.

A hearing by electric regulators on Duke Energy Corp.'s request to raise its base rates in North Carolina has been delayed.

Duke Energy and attorneys representing North Carolina consumers say they've reached a deal that would raise customers' average bills annually in the state for the next two years.

19 6:50 pm Tweet This! http://mync.com/site/43383/ Advocates for conservation and the poor want regulators to block or temper a proposed rate increase upon Duke Energy customers in North Carolina.

Badger Meter Inc. said Monday that its third-quarter net income increased on a decline in sales because of lower costs and strong pricing.

Duke Energy has NOT left the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and has no intention of leaving.

James E. Rogers, the chairman, C.E.O. and president of Duke Energy, says it's one thing for a leader to say 'Go take this hill' but quite another 'to be there when the hill's being taken.' Corner Office Every Sunday, Adam Bryant talks with top executives about the challenges of leading and managing.

Duke Energy Carolinas has agreed to cut its $484 rate increase request "significantly" as part of a proposed settlement reached with the Public Staff of the North Carolina Utilities Commission .

WASHINGTON The city of Charlotte and Duke Energy jumped into the water war between North and South Carolina on Tuesday, arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court that they, not the state, can best protect the energy company's and Charlotte's interests in the Catawba River.

In a separate project from its solar rooftops program, Duke Energy installed panels in June to provide power to some Charlotte homes.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the Carolinas water war Tuesday afternoon during a taut hearing that ran like clockwork, lasting just over an hour.

Duke Energy said Tuesday that it had selected a Highwoods Properties industrial site in Greensboro to be one of four locations for a solar energy project.

Jim Warren at a Charlotte protest against the coal unit being built at Duke's Cliffside Steam Station in April A Durham environmental group maintains its drumbeat opposition to Duke Energy initiatives, opposing now the utility's proposed contract to provide 1,000 megawatts of power capacity to five cooperatives in Upstate South Carolina.

Duke Energy, the third-highest CO2 emitter among U.S. utilities, has much at stake as Congress crafts legislation to control greenhouse-gas emissions.

Amory Lovins, chairman of the Rocky Mountain Institute, says the world economy is already shifting from fossil fuels to sustainable energy.

Siemens Energy broke ground Thursday on a $50 million expansion next to its Charlotte manufacturing plant that will house a previously announced addition of 200-plus jobs.

Get the latest news alerts: Follow LTW at Twitter. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke Energy are teaming up for a wind turbine project that will be used to study the potential of wind as an alternative source for electricity.

Health-care providers in North Carolina are getting their first batch of the swine-flu vaccine.

Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a long-awaited draft rule on greenhouse gas emissions after the Obama administration decided that draft Senate energy legislation did not go far enough in trying to reduce heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions.

From The Charlotte Observer, Sept. 29 Researchers at UNC Chapel Hill have concluded what many North Carolinians have long surmised: Strong winds in the coastal region mean there's a potential for large-scale wind energy generators - offshore and perhaps in part of eastern Pamlico Sound.

A North Carolina utility watchdog group wants regulators to reject a deal allowing Duke Energy to sell power to South Carolina electrical coops.

Electric utilities, facing a myriad of continuous changes in their industry, mostly remained flat or slightly down in their earnings this recession.

Power companies used to have one simple task: providing inexpensive, reliable electricity to light up cities, power factories, and keep the economy humming.

The U.S. Supreme Court kicks off its term Monday and its very first case involves the Charlotte area's water battle.

Duke Energy today announced it will purchase 'green energy' credits from two North Carolina companies that will use solar power to produce hot water and to heat and cool buildings.

BeaconEquity.com announces an investment report featuring energy company Dynegy Inc.

A Duke Energy Corp. wind-power project in Wyoming has started to generate electricity.

PG&E Corp. quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Nike Inc. and Johnson & Johnson criticized the group for its stance.