Biden’s 2035 Green-Grid Timeline Tough to Meet, Duke CFO Says

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Should Democrat Joe Biden prevail in the U.S. presidential election, his goal of a carbon-freeelectricity grids by 2035 would be “challenging” to meet, Duke Energy Corp. Chief Financial OfficerSteve Young said.Biden has made eliminating the grid’s greenhouse gas emissions within 15 years the centerpiece ofhis $2 trillion plan to address climate change and create jobs. But Young, in an interview Thursday,said that timeline may be too ambitious. Duke, which serves more than 7 million customers, has itsown plan to zero out the company’s carbon emissions by 2050.