N.C. utilities panel sets public hearing on Duke-Progress merger

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The N.C. Utilities Commission scheduled a limited public hearing on the proposed $26 billion merger between Progress Energy and Duke Energy. Environmental and advocacy groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, filed comments urging regulators to impose conditions on the merger, warning that the combined utility would increase coal emissions through joint power plant dispatching and requesting a $50 million renewable energy contribution.