US utility Duke Energy has filed its 2025 long term energy plan outlining supply and infrastructure investments for North and South Carolina, including expanded plans for new nuclear generation to meet rapidly rising electricity demand.
The Carolinas Resource Plan is Duke Energy’s biennial roadmap for how the company is to meet future electricity needs across in the two southern states. The plan is reviewed by regulators in both North Carolina and South Carolina and updated every two years.
Duke said in a statement that the updated 2025 plan includes evaluation of both small modular reactors (SMRs) and large light-water reactors, targeting potential new nuclear capacity in service by 2037.
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