ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, April 9 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: For the second time this year, a typical Duke Energy Florida customer will see lower electric bills, this time because of a rate reduction the company is proposing to begin in June to reflect anticipated lower fuel prices. The company filed a fuel midcourse rate request today with the Florida Public Service Commission to account for lower projections for natural gas costs. Under the proposal, a typical Florida r  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, April 9 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) is implementing PowerPairSM, a new incentive-based pilot program for installing home solar generation with battery energy storage in its Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress service areas in North Carolina. The company received approval from the North Carolinas Utility Commission (NCUC) for the program on January 11, 2024. The one-time incentive-based program, designed to help  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, April 9 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) today announced it has reached an agreement to sell its 50% ownership interest in Pioneer Transmission LLC (Pioneer) to John Laing Group (John Laing), an international investor and active manager of core infrastructure assets. Pioneer, a joint venture with American Electric Power (AEP), is a 42.5-mile, 765-kilovolt transmission line with its associated substation assets. The line was p  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, April 9 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) is implementing PowerPairSM, a new incentive-based pilot program for installing home solar generation with battery energy storage in its Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress service areas in North Carolina. The company received approval from the North Carolinas Utility Commission (NCUC) for the program on January 11, 2024. The one-time incentive-based program, designed to help  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, April 9 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) today announced it has reached an agreement to sell its 50% ownership interest in Pioneer Transmission LLC (Pioneer) to John Laing Group (John Laing), an international investor and active manager of core infrastructure assets. Pioneer, a joint venture with American Electric Power (AEP), is a 42.5-mile, 765-kilovolt transmission line with its associated substation assets. The line was p  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Reps. Matsui, Huffman, Sarbanes and 45 other members of the House of Representatives issued a strong letter in support of the U.S. Forest Service's effort to protect mature and old-growth forests through a Nationwide Old-Growth Amendment, calling for multiple provisions to be stronger. The national old-growth forest plan amendment proposed in December, which followed calls for strong protection for America's oldest forests   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 9 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Michelle Revels Dr. Mohsen Taheri Andani, an assistant professor in the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been chosen as one of the co-leads for the newly established Center for Scientific Machine Learning for Material Sciences. Texas Southern University spearheads this collaborative initiative that also includes the University of Mic  more