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PLAINFIELD, Ind. — Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) has reached a settlement agreement with the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor and key consumer groups on a proposal to begin modernizing its electric grid to create an intelligent power delivery system. The initiative – called “smart grid” – would employ advanced digital technology to save energy, [...]

PLAINFIELD, Ind. — The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission today approved Duke Energy’s revised cost estimate of $2.35 billion for its clean coal gasification power plant under construction in southwest Indiana. The commission also approved the company’s $17 million request to study capturing a portion of the plant’s carbon dioxide emissions. Duke Energy would like to [...]

PLAINFIELD, Ind., — Duke Energy Indiana (NYSE: DUK) today proposed a sweeping modernization of its power delivery system including the installation of more than 800,000 new digital “smart meters” — one for virtually every home and business in each of the 69 counties served by the state’s largest utility. The five-year initiative — called “Smart [...]