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More than 700 income-qualified North Carolina families will save energy and money through free home energy makeovers provided by Duke Energy's Helping Home Fund.

A total of 36 electric power outlets will help trucks at the Merchants Distributors, LLC (MDI) distribution center in Hickory cut costs and lower air emissions as part of a Duke Energy $320,000 electrification project.

Duke Energy today announced the proposed location for a third coal ash reprocessing unit at its Cape Fear Plant in Moncure, N.C.

Company officials say that compared to a year ago, average bills for residential customers could drop 3 to 4 percent in Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky. That equates to roughly $3 to $5 of savings per month.

Duke Energy Progress helped homebuilders and home energy raters in the Triangle, Wilmington and Asheville areas construct 3,800 new energy-efficient homes in 2016.

Dock owners on Lake Keowee and Lake Jocassee have until Sept. 1, 2018, to remove and properly dispose of unencapsulated foam floatation on their docks.

Fourteen organizations spanning 27 counties in North Carolina and South Carolina will receive more than $1.1 million in new grants from Duke Energy's Water Resources Fund to support environmental and wildlife programs.

More than 25,000 gallons of truck fuel is projected to be saved annually as part of a $300,000 Duke Energy project to fund electrification at a North Carolina truck stop.

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West received a $50,000 grant from Duke Energy Foundation in support of Monarch of the Skies, an exhibition about golden eagles and their habitats.

Beginning May 1, 2017, qualifying government agencies and nonprofit organizations are encouraged to submit applications for Duke Energy habitat enhancement programs in North Carolina and South Carolina.