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Energy News Network: N.C. regulators approve controversial Duke Energy plan that lets large customers chip in for solar projects
Originally designed as a way for customers to help pay for renewable projects Duke is already mandated to build, a revised proposal will allow some customers to speed up construction of new solar farms by about two years.
North Carolina regulators have approved a controversial green tariff proposal from Duke Energy, rejecting protests from critics who argue it won’t bolster the company’s transition to zero-carbon electricity. The revised tariff, called Green Source Advantage Choice, has backing from the Carolina Industrial Group for Fair Utility Rates, an association of some of Duke’s largest customers. An outgrowth of a May agreement between the utility and Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Nucor, that program could allow participating customers to spur new projects, such as solar-battery storage combos or small nuclear energy, that provide carbon-free electricity around the clock.
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