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When severe weather rolls in or the lights go out, lineworkers mobilize. Their jobs are unlike any other – chasing storms, climbing poles, understanding the intricacies of the energy grid, and being prepared no matter the circumstances.

A building products manufacturer is bulking up in Granville County via an expansion.

As Duke Energy prepares to seek bids for a fresh round of major solar projects in North Carolina, the company said Monday a newly completed 195-acre operation in Surry County has begun power generation.

Duke Energy filed a proposal last month with North Carolina regulators to solicit an additional 700 MW of new solar capacity within North Carolina and South Carolina, bringing its total planned solar solicitations in the Carolinas to more than 1,300 MW this year.

The Duke Energy Foundation is accepting applications through May 31 for $500,000 in grants to help strengthen North Carolina small businesses through its Hometown Grant Revitalization Program.

Local leaders in Rowan County were very hopeful that this “rabbit” wouldn’t run, but would instead find a home near China Grove. “Project Rabbit” was the codename used to describe a massive economic development project commissioners and officials worked to lure to the area.

Online workshops are set for the second week of April for residents of the Albemarle and Cape Fear regions to discuss and identify areas subject to damage or loss due to climate hazards such as hurricanes, flooding and high winds.

Company to create 7,500 jobs at Chatham County’s Triangle Innovation Point Megasite

The Duke Energy Foundation recently awarded a grant to the Rutherford County Library Society to support the county’s new bookmobile project.

For the last two years, Duke Energy has worked with key solar industry and environmental groups to reach a compromise on a plan to revamp net-metering policy in the utility’s core Carolinas territories.