Source: Travis Fain, WRAL, 4/16/19

A bill from Duke Energy that could change the way state regulators approve rate increases for the company cleared the first of several committees it needs to go through this session to become law. The Senate Finance Committee passed the bill without dissent but focused only on the bill's less controversial section. A hearing on a second section, which has drawn opposition from environmental groups, the clean energy industry and ratepayer advocates like AARP, is slated for a hearing in the Senate's Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources Committee as soon as Wednesday morning.

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