Source: WUNC, 12/3/21


Duke Energy electric customers in North Carolina will see a new line-item charge on their bills to repay $1 billion in special bonds the company issued last week to repay the company for its infrastructure repairs after 2018 and 2019 storms. Starting with December's bills, a storm-recovery rider will be charged to the 3.5 million electric customers that the Charlotte-based utility serves in the state to cover $1.3 billion in principal and interest that's now due over 20 years, Duke Energy announced Thursday. 

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