Duke Energy protects customers from data center costs

Agreement with North Carolina Public Staff, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and others enhances existing protections to further insulate customers from data center costs while delivering billions in long-term benefits CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy and stakeholders have reached an agreement that further protects existing customers from costs to serve data centers and other large-load customers in North Carolina.Duke Energy logo Duke Energy proactively implemented substantial customer protections in 2024 to ensure that large-load customers pay the costs to serve them. The agreement memorializes and enhances those protections.