Today, Duke Energy joined the federal administration’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge, a set of commitments to make sure that data centers and other large energy users “build, bring, or buy the new generation resources and electricity needed to satisfy their energy demands, and pay for all new power delivery infrastructure upgrades to service their data centers.” Duke Energy is North Carolina’s largest investor-owned electric utility, providing power directly or indirectly to most of the state.

“Duke just promised the federal government that it won’t shift the cost of data centers onto families. We agree, but a promise in Washington doesn’t lower a power bill in North Carolina. We’re calling on Duke to make that same promise to the Utilities Commission, in writing, where it can be enforced.” – AG Jackson