Duke to Replace North Carolina Coal Plant With Gas

摘要

Duke Energy plans to retire a major coal-fired power plant in Asheville, North Carolina, by 2020 and replace it with a natural gas-fired unit that will be ready by the end of 2019. The project is part of a program to modernize the company's electricity generation and transmission system in western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. The program is intended to reduce environmental impacts, improve system reliability and minimize longterm costs for customers.