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Duke Energy asks for rate increase of more than 13%

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009


Duke says the increase is necessary for coal fired power plant upgrades, but acknowledges it could be hard on customers.

Note also that as of January, North Carolina pays the second highest price for coal of any state in the the United States.

Read the article at CharlotteOberserver.com

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