Duke Energy sees 'aggressive' carbon reduction enabled by new state legislation

摘要

Duke Energy Corp. is planning for "aggressive" carbon reduction undernew state, and potential federal, legislative mandates, the company'schief executive said Nov. 4.The recently passed North Carolina House Bill 951 aims to speedretirement of coal-fired units in the state and increase efforts toreduce carbon emissions by 70% by 2030 from 2005 levels, leavingthe specifics of generation mix to reach that goal up to regulatorsand utilities.