Duke Energy to appear in front of NC Utilities Commission regarding December’s rolling blackouts

RALEIGH, N.C. — Duke Power will seem in entrance of the North Carolina Utilities Fee on Tuesday to reply questions in regards to the Christmas Eve rolling blackouts that occurred throughout the Carolinas.

In December, Duke Power “deliberately” turned off energy forward of a chilly blast the occurred the week of Christmas. The blackouts got here as a to a shock to many shoppers.

In an announcement, Duke Power stated it had much less energy accessible over the Christmas weekend than it had initially estimated, which led to the choice to instate the rolling blackouts.

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Spokesperson Jeff Brooks stated in December the corporate initially forecasted it had sufficient assets to final via the weekend. He stated though some technology wasn’t accessible due to “deliberate or upkeep outages unrelated to the storm,” they nonetheless thought they might have the ability to meet buyer demand.

Then, due to the climate, Brooks stated they diminished their generator energy in a single day — leaving hundreds of megawatts on-line to serve prospects.

Gov. Roy Cooper stated in a tweet in December that he was involved about individuals who misplaced energy and didn’t get notices in regards to the rotating outages.

“I’ve requested Duke for an entire report on what went unsuitable and for adjustments to be made,” Cooper tweeted.

Commissioners will now resolve in at this time’s assembly climate additional motion or an investigation might be wanted.

>> At 5, Channel 9′s Madison Carter might be offering updates from the assembly in Raleigh.

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