John Downey Senior Staff Writer- Charlotte Business Journal Email | Twitter | Google+ Duke Energy Carolinas has acknowledged that it mistakenly counted $450,000 in political and interest-group contributions in the Carolinas as charges that could be passed on to customers in its proposed rate hike. The incorrect charges to the customers were first flagged by a witness for watchdog group NC WARN. The group has challenged millions of dollars worth of charges the utility — part of Charlotte-based Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK) — seeks to make part of its rate base in hearings that started Monday before the N.C. Utilities Commission. The company says it has reduced its...
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