BELEWS CREEK, N.C. — Duke Energy is moving forward with a groundbreaking plan to add a nuclear energy reactor to the Triad. There are already three nuclear power plants in North Carolina ...

Duke Energy has since added a unit in the plant that uses natural gas to the original coal unit. Small modular reactors typically have about a third the power production capacity of traditional ...

Utilities, including Duke Energy ... coal-fired power plants were linked to 460,000 deaths nationwide, with the highest risks in the eastern U.S., including North Carolina.

Lee Delk, a teacher and Duke Energy customer, expressed his frustration over rising power bills, stating, "If the power bill ...