On May 8, 2012, Duke Energy, Progress Energy and the Public Staff filed with the North Carolina Utilities Commission a Supplemental Stipulation that establishes a framework by which Duke/Progress can (or cannot) recover the costs of its mitigation p ...[Read more]

On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, the North Carolina Attorney General's Office released a Consumer Protection Report on Hydraulic Fracturing.  The report focuses on the impact fracking will have on landowners and potential consumer protection issues.  Some ...[Read more]

On Friday, April 20, 2012, the City of Orangeburg filed comments with FERC opposing the mitigation plan proposed by Duke and Progress.  The City asserts that the plan is not proper mitigation and accuses Duke/Progress of concealing the true nature o ...[Read more]

Landowners or developers will have a much better opportunity to challenge questionable determinations that they have disturbed wetlands without the required permit.  The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a decision that a compliance order to restore wet ...[Read more]

The Energy Policy Issues Committee of the Legislative Research Commission proposed a two-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas at its meeting on April 18, 2012.  The moratorium would allow the development of “state of the art” regu ...[Read more]

The 9th Annual Sustainable Energy Conference registration ends on April 13.  The conference sports a broad agenda and is sponsored by the State Energy Office.  This year's theme is Sustainability: Optional No Longer, which forecasts the spirited deb ...[Read more]

On April 14, 2012, FERC issued a letter requesting that Duke provide additional information relating to the mitigation plan filed on March 26, 2012.  FERC requested additional information on the proposed transmission expansion projects that Duke/Pro ...[Read more]

On March 30, 2012, Dominion North Carolina Power filed a petition for a general rate increase with the North Carolina Utilities Commission.  Dominion is requesting to increase its annual revenue by $63.7 million, with new rates to go into effect Jan ...[Read more]

On March 27, 2012, a Wake County Superior Court judge declared parts of the new annexation law passed by the North Carolina General Assembly unconstitutional.  Attorneys for various North Carolina towns argued that the petition process whereby sixty ...[Read more]

On March 26, 2012, Duke Energy and Progress Energy filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") a new mitigation plan designed to address the competition concerns raised by the proposed merger.  The mitigation plans was con ...[Read more]