NC AG Jackson requests new Duke rate class for data centers

By: Christine Zhu

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: September 14, 2026

Words: 418

Last Updated: 3 days, 21 hours ago

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North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is asking the state Utilities Commission to make a new rate class for Duke Energy’s data center customers, his office said on Monday.

Jackson argued the separate class would prevent data centers from shifting energy costs to residential consumers.

“Duke Energy is onboarding an unprecedented number of data centers without a clear plan on how to protect ratepayers from higher rates and unacceptable risk,” Jackson said in a statement. …

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