A major U.S. utility is delaying plans to ditch coal as the Trump administration pushes for more fossil fuel use.
Duke Energy plans to produce electricity from the Belews Creek coal plant near Winston-Salem, North Carolina, until 2040 — four years later than its previously scheduled retirement.
The utility, which is one of the largest in the U.S. and serves customers in the Southeast and Midwest, also plans to keep running its Marshall coal plant until 2034 and a coal unit at the Rogers Energy Complex until 2033. Both are also in North Carolina.
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Both of those retirement dates represent two-year delays.
