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South Carolina regulators approve proposals that improve reliability, reduce Hurricane Helene cost impact on Duke Energy customer bills
Beginning in January, Duke Energy will implement changes to customer bills that reflect investments made to recover from the historic damage from Hurricane Helene, strengthen the grid against storms and outages, maintain and upgrade its power generating fleet, and serve a growing customer base while supporting economic growth in South Carolina.
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