Senate Bill 261, sponsored by top Republican Senate leaders, including former Duke Energy executive Sen. Paul Newton, seeks to eliminate Duke Energy's obligation to meet the state's 2030 carbon reduction goal. The bill, which is being fast-tracked in the GOP-controlled legislature, would also allow utilities to charge customers for new natural gas or nuclear plants while they are still under construction, a financing approach that has led to financial losses for ratepayers in other states....

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