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Despite intensified quest for global energy access and sustainable solutions, Nigeria and other African countries are left behind.

Read more about World still falls short of ensuring equitable access to energy: Report on Business Standard. During the last decade, a greater share of the global population gained access to electricity than ever before, but the number of people without electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa actually increased

During the last decade, a greater share of the global population gained access to electricity than ever before, but the number of people without electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa actually increased. Unless efforts are scaled up significantly in countries ...

Duke Energy Carolinas says customers will see a 0.7% average increase in rates now that regulators have given final approval on its rate request.

by Nyamekye Daniel, The Center Square  | April 19, 2021 06:00 PM Print this article The North Carolina Utilities Commission has approved a partial rate increase for Duke Energy Progress, which covers electricity service in the Asheville area and eastern North Carolina. Duke Energy Progress requested a 12.3% rate increase – equalling about $463 million – in October 2019, the commission said. The company implemented a temporary rate increase in September, wh...

NC panel signs off on Duke Energy orders on rates, coal ash Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Friday, April 16, 2021 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina Utilities Commission has signed off on orders involving Duke Energy‘s two electric subsidiaries in the state over their 2019 rate increase requests and a plan for how the company will pay to get rid of coal ash stored in the state. Th...

Sat, 04/17/2021 - 09:23 RANDOLPH COUNTY MAN, TEXAS WOMAN IN CUSTODY FOR CAPITOL BREACH: Bennett was a QAnon devotee from small-town North Carolina, according to court records. She was a musician, lifestyle coach and essential oils guru from San Antonio. In a series of videos and photographs posted real-time from the day, the couple strolled through the Capitol and posed inside the Senate chambers. Williams mugged for the camera both inside the iconic building and outside on its grounds. “TODA...

Key Points On Wednesday, March 10, 2021, the U.S. Senate confirmed Michael Regan as the next EPA Administrator. Although Regan and most of the Biden-Harris administration’s other high-level EPA officials have fairly limited private sector experience, they are known as seasoned, pragmatic leaders who bring substantive expertise to their roles. Over the next four years, expect Regan’s team to oversee significant regulatory action and increased enforcement across all media, all while prioritiz...

Reply (Shutterstock) IRMO-SEVEN OAKS, SC — The monumental power failure in Texas caused by unseasonable cold showed how extreme weather can push an electric grid to the brink. The average U.S. power customer loses electricity for 1.5 to 2 hours annually even before extreme weather events are taken into account, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. As the Texas experience showed, hurricanes, snowstorms, heat waves and other extreme weather events can make such out...

Reply (Shutterstock) GREENVILLE, SC — The monumental power failure in Texas caused by unseasonable cold showed how extreme weather can push an electric grid to the brink. The average U.S. power customer loses electricity for 1.5 to 2 hours annually even before extreme weather events are taken into account, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. As the Texas experience showed, hurricanes, snowstorms, heat waves and other extreme weather events can make such outages ...