CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – 90% of the storm-related power outages resulting from Hurricane Helene are expected to be restored across the Carolinas by Friday, Duke Energy says. Across the region, approximately 259,

Duke Energy announced Thursday that they expect to have power restored to all but 154,000 customers in the Upstate and western North Carolina by Friday night.

Hundreds of thousands of Duke Energy customers in the Carolinas were still without power Friday in the wake of Hurricane Helene, which caused severe flooding and destruction in parts of the region. As of 9:44 a.

Duke Energy said Thursday it plans to delay the retirement of its largest coal-burning power plant, scuttling its efforts to be free of the fossil fuel by 2035.

Duke Energy Corp. plans to delay the retirement of its largest coal-fired power plant, pushing aside its climate goal to shutter all plants that burn the dirty fuel by 2035.

Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) said Thursday it plans to delay the retirement of its largest coal-fired power plant until at least 2038, after previously committing to shutter all plants that burn coal by 2035.