Carolina

North Carolina regulators have granted Duke Energy Corp. a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct two 280 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle units in Buncombe County near Asheville, NC.

FERC staff will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) for the Transco to Charleston Project, an 80,000 Dth/d pipeline project in South Carolina, the agency said Friday.

Duke Energy plans to buy its Charlotte, NC, neighbor and Atlantic Coast Pipeline project partner Piedmont Natural Gas in a $4.9 billion cash deal that it said would give it “a growing natural gas platform.” Including debt, the value of the deal is $6.7 billion.

In an eleventh hour move last week before adjourning for the next seven months, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill to make crystal clear earlier legislation invalidating local ordinances that regulate oil and gas activities, including hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

The board of commissioners of rural Stokes County, NC, has adopted an ordinance establishing a three-year moratorium on oil and natural gas development, including hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

Another coalition has formed in relation to a utility-backed plan to construct the 550-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline, this time in support of the project, with more than 100 businesses, labor organizations and other groups pledging to raise awareness about the project’s benefits.

Another coalition has formed in relation to a utility-backed plan to construct the 550-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), this time in support of the project, with more than 100 businesses, labor organizations and other groups pledging to raise awareness about the project’s benefits.

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed a bill into law designed to help Duke Energy convert one of its coal-fired power plants in the state to natural gas…

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed a bill into law designed to help Duke Energy convert one of its coal-fired power plants in the state to natural gas, as the power giant moves forward with plans to excavate coal ash from 24 sites across the Carolinas.