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JEFF JACKSON TO ANNOUNCE RUN FOR 2022 U.S. SENATE RACE: North Carolina state Sen. Jeff Jackson is expected to announce today that he is running for the U.S. Senate in 2022, the latest candidate to enter what could be a large field to replace outgoing Sen. Richard Burr. Jackson, a 38-year-old Democrat from Charlotte, is in his fourth term in the state Senate. A former Gaston County prosecutor, Jackson is a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve and an Afghanistan war veteran. Burr, a Republican, announced during his 2016 campaign that he would not seek a fourth term in the Senate. Jackson, whose state Senate district was redrawn into a more competitive seat for 2020, spent the final weeks of his race at out-of-state training with the Army National Guard and off the campaign trail. Marisa took over the campaign for the final week.
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Duke Energy announced a settlement with the North Carolina Attorney General, North Carolina Utilities Commission Public Staff and the Sierra Club on Monday that could resolve how the utility will pay to clean up its coal ash.
The proposed settlement, filed with the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) on Monday, details how the utility will allocate the costs of its coal ash clean up, and will reduce expenses by about $1.1 billion over the next 10 years, compared to the previous plan. It will also allow the utility to earn a return on equity off the cost of the cleanup, but at a lower rate than it had originally proposed.
Secure Futures Opens Office in Charlotte, NC
New Operation Will Help Meet Demand for Commercial Solar Power in North Carolina Market Dominated by Utility Solar
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Secure Futures Solar, a commercial-scale solar power developer based in Staunton, Va., has recently opened an office to offer distributed solar power systems to schools, hospitals and businesses in North Carolina. The new office will be staffed by two veterans of solar power and energy businesses. The Charlotte office will seek to develop the substantial untapped market for commercial solar power in one of the nation s top three solar states.