State regulators have agreed to combine the rate-hike hearings for Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress in addition to proposing a procedure for that hearing to be held starting in late July.
Both utilities have filed proposals to substantially raise rates. Recognizing that the Covid-19 pandemic has made ordinary schedules for proceedings impossible, the utilities agreed to delay the hearings. In doing so, they voluntarily waived their right to impose the rates unilaterally if the commission…
