Duke Energy wants to raise rates [Video]

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – Duke Energy says its proposed rate hike would help the company recover costs from supplying reliable electricity, but FOX Carolina Investigates has uncovered another costly item the increase would help fund.

The proposed increase would cost an extra $17 per month for the average customer, amounting to an additional $240 million in revenue for the company.

According to documents filed with the Public Service Commission (PSC), part of the increase in revenue would also pay for the company’s new headquarters in Uptown Charlotte: Duke Energy Plaza.

The skyscraper is 40-floors tall and built to hold 4,000 employees, but state officials say it’s mostly empty.

By looking at how many employees swiped their badge on their way in to work at the new tower, officials with the Office of Regulatory Staff (ORS) determined during the first three months of 2024 the highest number of employees in …