Duke Energy signs pledge to shield ratepayers from data center costs

Duke Energy joins the Trump administration's Ratepayer Protection Pledge to prevent households and small businesses from bearing the cost of power infrastructure for data centers. North Carolina Democrats call for legally enforceable rate structures requiring data centers to pay separately and in full.

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