#North Carolina

A black snake disrupted power to 10,000 Duke Energy customers in Durham, prompting questions about substation protections and grid resilience.

Governor Josh Stein has announced a major expansion for Pennsylvania Transformer Technology, LLC, to add 217 new jobs in Hoke County, NC.

Effective April 1, Lynn Good will retire as CEO and chair of the board of Duke Energy Corp., with 29-year company veteran Harry Sideris set to take over.

Duke Energy has announced a major initiative to rebuild its three of its substations affected by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina.

Siemens Energy plans to expand its transformer manufacturing facility, add jobs and invest almost $150 million in North Carolina over the next five years.

NC, USA: Duke Energy has awarded $615k in grants to 19 workforce development and education programs in North Carolina including $40k to RCC’s Foundation.

Two weeks in a row, the squirrels snuck into the substation and crawled on top of the equipment, knocking out the power to the substation and the local residents.

USA, North Carolina: Siemens has delivered three of its new mobile resilience transformers to Westar Energy, an energy company in Kansas.

USA, North Carolina: Multiple fire departments responded to a large transformer fire and a subsequent oil fire on Monday evening at Southern Power Plant Rowan in Salisbury, North Carolina.

USA, Virginia: Dominion Virginia Power, a Virginia-based power company, has announced its plan to invest nearly $9.5 billion to 2020 in order to increase solar and other new generation capacity and to upgrade infrastructure.

USA, North Carolina: Duke Energy gifted a single-phase transformer to Richmond Community College (RCC) specialized electric program (EUSRT), and had it delivered and installed in the campus substation.

USA, North Carolina: Thousands of Duke Energy customers were left without power in Belmont, North Carolina on Monday night due to a transformer failure.

USA, North Carolina: Virginia Transformer Corp., a manufacturer of custom power electric transformers, has announced an investment of $2.4 million in new construction and equipment in the Roanoke Valley, North Carolina.

USA, North Carolina: Synthetic products manufacturer DSM Dyneema has formed a partnership with the Norwegian manufacturer of link chains Load Solutions to develop synthetic link chains made from DSM’s ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMwPE) fibre.

USA, North Carolina: Suwannee River Power Plant located in Live Oak, Florida, was taken offline after one of its six generating units experienced a forced outage.