Duke Energy Corp.’s two North Carolina power utilities and Piedmont Natural Gas are expanding efforts to hire local and diverse contractors as the Hire North Carolina program is rolled out for major construction projects. That also includes increased reporting on their hiring success.
The program was mandated for major utilities in the state last year by the N.C. Utilities Commission. It applies only to the state’s largest utilities — the Duke (NYSE: DUK) companies and Dominion Energy Inc.’s…



