Court Says Duke Fuel Rate Approval Violated Law; Customers Will See No Refunds

Court says Duke fuel rate approval violated law; customers will see no refunds

Court says regulators misapplied law in Duke’s 2024 fuel rate hike. Customers won’t get refunds after lawmakers changed the statute while the case was pending.

No refunds after court overturns 2024 Duke Energy rate adjustments

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has determined that the state Utilities Commission made a mistake in 2024 when allowing Duke Energy to raise rates based on unrecovered fuel costs from 2022. Yet a change in state law in 2025 means that customers will see no refunds based on the mistake.

NC Appeals Court Rejects Duke Energy’s $17M Fuel Cost Recovery in Fuel Rider Dispute

A North Carolina appellate panel has ruled that state regulators improperly allowed Duke Energy to recover more than $17 million in fuel expenses outside the statutory one-year review window, concluding that the governing law limits recovery to costs incurred during a defined 12-month test period. In a pair of unpublished decisions, the North Carolina Court of Appeals reversed orders from the North Carolina Utilities Commission that had approved…