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Thursday, February 21, 2013  Sirens have been repaired at a nuclear power plant near Seneca after a 24-hour outage.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  Crews are working to restore electric service across South Carolina after a powerful winter storm moved across the state.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  State officials plan to highlight nature's gems to expand tourism in South Carolina.

Friday, October 12, 2012  Federal regulators say they will increase oversight of a South Carolina nuclear plant after it lost power in April.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012  Federal nuclear regulators are meeting with Duke Energy officials about apparent violations at a South Carolina plant that lost offsite power in April. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is holding a conference Tuesday in Atlanta on the Catawba Nuclear Station, which is located on Lake Wylie in York County. The public is invited.

Saturday, June 09, 2012  After more than year of wrangling over competition concerns, federal regulators have cleared Duke Energy's proposed takeover of Progress Energy, a deal that will create the nation's largest electric utility.

Thursday, February 23, 2012  South Carolina business leaders and policy experts are meeting Thursday to exchange ideas and discuss connections between clean energy and jobs.

Thursday, January 26, 2012  Duke Energy communications chief Ginny Mackin is meeting with students at the University of South Carolina as part of the school's program on leadership.

Friday, January 20, 2012  Some residents like Duke Energy's plans to build two nuclear reactors in Cherokee County. Others are concerned about the risk of an accident that could spew radiation, while others worried about the amount of water that would be taken from the Broad River to cool the reactors.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011  Duke Energy Carolinas has agreed to increase the power bills of its South Carolina customers by about 6 percent overall, or less than half of what the utility wanted.

Monday, November 28, 2011  North Carolina utilities regulators are opening hearings into whether Duke Energy should be allowed to raise electricity rates by more than 7 percent.

Thursday, October 06, 2011  A Duke Energy vice president is coming to the University of South Carolina to talk about modernizing the country's electric power grid.

Monday, October 03, 2011  Executives of Duke Energy and Progress Energy say they'll need only about two weeks to address federal regulators' concerns that their merger will too heavily concentrate the Carolinas electric power market.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011  The University of South Carolina and Duke Energy are cooperating on an executive-in-residence program that will bring industry leaders to campus to discuss issues of energy, environmental policy, economic development and other issues.

Thursday, September 08, 2011  Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Roger Hannah says a letter about the federal inspection in July was sent Wednesday to Duke Energy. He says Duke will be offered a chance to talk with NRC about the matter. A call to the utility wasn't immediately returned.