Source: Bruce Henderson, NEWS & OBSERVER, 1/18/12

Duke Energy agreed in a legal settlement announced Tuesday to retire more than 1,600 megawatts of old coal-fired power plants, making enforceable the shutdown plans Duke had previously revealed.
The settlement removes the last legal challenges to Duke's newest N.C. coal-fired unit, at the Cliffside plant in Rutherford County about 60 miles west of Charlotte.

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