CHARLOTTE – Duke Energy has filed an additional $56 million proposal of Phase II programs to continue the electrification of transportation in North Carolina, which would lead to more than 1,000 new charging ports or stations for electric vehicle charging in the state.
This proposal comes six months after the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) approved a $25 million Phase I electric transportation project and the NCUC instructed Duke Energy to organize a collaborative stakeholder process, then file paperwork with the Commission on any stakeholder-developed pilot programs.
“Throughout the electric transportation industry, increasing the number of public charging stations and overcoming consumer anxiety about battery range remain obstacles in increasing and sustaining EV adoption,” reads the proposal filed in May 2021. “Given the possible benefits of increased EV adoption to all utility customers, utilities have been and are a natural choice to provide infrastructure
Residents of south DeKalb County are trying to stop an industrial development next to their neighborhoods. They say the project never should have been permitted and that it threatens people’s health and property values in their area. The fight has escalated to a lawsuit, with a backdrop of political turmoil in a
Communities of Color in Eastern North Carolina Want Wood Pellet Byproducts Out of Their NeighborhoodsâAnd Their Lungs
Belinda Joyner describes her home of Northampton County as a dumping ground for undesirable usesâhog farms, landfills. Northampton was also slated to host the Atlantic Coast Pipelineâs compressor station before the project was canceled.Â
When Joyner stood at a podium in the North Carolina legislative building on Wednesday, she was most concerned about wood pellet facilities.Â
âWe have other states that have taken into consideration the cumulative impact, the health impact, on these communities and theyâre saying no to these companies that are coming,â Joyner said. âYou know what? North Carolina has become a cesspool, because everything that everyone else doesnât want, we donât have the laws to protect us.âÂ