Energy Report
A digest of regional energy news
Coal-friendly Wheeler Nominated to Lead EPA
President Trump nominated former coal lobbyist and current Acting U.S. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to lead the agency in January.
North Carolina Solar Rebates in High Demand
All of Duke Energy’s North Carolina residential solar rebates, which reduce the cost of panel installation by up to 30 percent, were claimed in less than a day
Groups File Lawsuit Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mine in West Virginia
Environmental groups claim in a federal lawsuit that Republic Energy is illegally operating a strip mine on Coal River Mountain by using a state permit that expired in 2011.
N.C. Lowers Risk Rating of Coal Ash Pits
Duke Energy may now be able to cap six toxic coal ash dumps in North Carolina in place instead of transporting the material to lined landfills after state regulators classified the dumps as “low risk.”
