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 Article | 11.05.2025

See How Your State is Making Unsung Clean Energy Progress

From small towns to big cities, take a look at just a few of the unexpected clean energy success stories from across the Southeast.

 Article | 11.03.2025

Duke Energy Risks Misleading Its North Carolina Customers and Blocking Solar Growth

Duke Energy is in the process of rolling out two new solar programs for customers, but the problem is that they take customers’ money without building any new solar.

 Article | 10.28.2025

“Solar in the Southeast” Eighth Edition Report Shines Light on Continued Growth

Read on for a summary of SACE’s latest report, “Solar in the Southeast”, to get the latest on this low-cost, clean resource in Southeast utilities and states. The report unpacks data and key...

 Article | 10.20.2025

NCUC’s Approval of Second Big Gas Plant Is Based on Speculative Load Forecasts but Will Have Real Rate Impacts

Costly, polluting gas plant across from elementary school in Person County could expose Duke customers to significant rate increases

 Article | 10.02.2025

Is Duke Energy Becoming a Gas Empire?

Duke Energy is setting the stage to control a significant amount of gas pipeline and storage capacity. This warrants serious scrutiny by regulators.

 Article | 09.26.2025

Pipeline Safety: An Urgent Update

North Carolina communities rightfully have pipeline safety concerns. Recent events are not alleviating those concerns.

 Article | 09.22.2025

Our Community’s Future is Worth More Than Another Pipeline

Forsyth County unanimously opposed the Transco Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, citing health, safety, and community risks. Critics warn the $1.5 billion pipeline threatens neighborhoods,...

 Article | 09.19.2025

Resilience and Reliability: Solar + Storage in the Southeast

Duke Energy is piloting PowerPair, an incentive program in North Carolina to expand ‘virtual power plants’ that can bolster resilience and take strain off of centralized power plants.

 Article | 09.17.2025

Duke Energy Is Running Coal Plants Too Much, Costing Ratepayers

Between the Duke Energy Progress gas plant docket and fuel cost docket, we found that Duke's dispatch of coal units is limited but still too much, costing ratepayers

 Article | 09.10.2025

New Report Confirms the Southeast Electric Vehicle Market Shows No Signs of Slowing Down, Yet

The 2025 Transportation Electrification in the Southeast Report crunched the data, revealing strong electric vehicle market momentum even as the political landscape shifts.