Ben Williamson

Another day, another visit to an awesome @DukeEnergy site. Our Knightdale Battery, east of Raleigh, is our largest battery on the entire system. It can provide 100 MW of capacity for up to two hours.

As Florida continues to experience the coldest air in the state since 2018, Duke Energy is asking all customers to voluntarily reduce their energy use from 5-9 a.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 2, to help lessen the energy demand on the power grid. spr.ly/6011h1NKZ.

Duke Energy is urging customers in the Carolinas to reduce energy use during periods of peak demand on Monday, Feb. 2, from 4-10 a.m., to help lessen the energy demand on the power grid and reduce the potential of isolated power outages. spr.ly/6015h1olZ.

Please everyone, this is what could lead to outages during this storm. If possible, please stay off the roads so we don’t make the situation worse by causing power outages for our neighbors.

GRATITUDE 🙏 Journeyman lineman Matt Page says he’s grateful for all the crews from out of state who are here to help his community in western North Carolina. @WLOS_13 @asheville #WinterStormFern

Our generation teams across @DukeEnergy do amazing work year round to ready our plants to support reliable energy to our customers.

Our @DukeEnergy crews are seeing challenging conditions across the Carolinas. The roads are slick and dangerous. Our operations team is seeing a number of cars crashing into our power poles which is causing outages. Please, if you can, try and stay off the roads.

The grid remains stable and MISO has ended its EEA2. Extreme weather will continue over the next few days, and MISO and our members continue to monitor conditions very closely. MISO is currently in a Maximum Generation Warning, which is a notification to prepare for a 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 emergency situation. No public action is needed. For additional information and updates visit our website: ow.ly/2veC50Y2Ulj.

Due to significant winter weather, MISO has issued an Energy Emergency Alert 2 (EEA2) for our North and Central regions. EEA2 is triggered when MISO is facing an energy shortage and needs to increase generation available to meet demand. At this time, MISO does not have a need for public conservation. The extreme cold is causing power usage to increase, and we are also seeing unplanned generator outages. By declaring EEA2, MISO operators can access emergency generation not available under normal conditions. Our operators may also purchase emergency generation from neighboring grids if available. The EEA 2 declaration is scheduled to last until 11 a.m. E.S.T. Please continue to follow our website for additional information: misoenergy.org.

Hundreds of additional trucks arrived at @Carowinds overnight and this morning ahead of #WinterStormFern CAROLINAS ➡️ 18,000 workers are ready to respond in the Carolinas. Crews from 27 states & Canada. Impacts will start today. Please make sure you are ready!

Our generation employees work year‑round to prepare our sites for inclement weather. When extreme conditions hit, they take additional precautions to ensure we can reliably serve our customers during critical moments of need. #WinterStormFern

As night falls, @DukeEnergy is staging 18,000+ workers across the Carolinas at more than 20 base camps so we are ready to respond as safely and quickly as possible. Here are @Carowinds, we expect around 800 trucks by tomorrow afternoon. #winterstormfern

We are ready. 18,000+ workers from 27 states and Canada are ready to respond to #WinterStormFern @DukeEnergy

. @DukeEnergy now has a 50 MW battery at our former Allen coal plant. Construction of a second battery - our largest, a 167 MW system – will begin in May. 🔋 Increases system reliability 🔋Helps meet customers’ needs at peak times 🔋 Keeps customer costs as low as possible

For 120 years @DukeEnergy has relied on hydro power as part of our generation mix to serve customers. Today, nothing has changed. Within minutes, we can get power from those units onto the grid to support customers. A diverse energy mix is a strong and reliable energy mix.

“We’re at a critical juncture in preparing for South Carolina’s reliable energy future,” Duke’s regulatory chief, Heather Shirley Smith, wrote in an application making the company’s case to state utility regulators. “Swiftly expanding our generation capacity is essential to keep pace with the state’s booming development and economic success." spr.ly/6019CUvjl

Innovation again! @DukeEnergy unveiled the DeBary Hydrogen project in DeBary, FL, the nation’s first demonstration project with an end‑to‑end system that can produce, store, and combust up to 100% green hydrogen. It means greater reliability and potential customer savings.

Temperatures are a little warmer this week across our service areas, but our plant operators/technicians are hard at work ensuring safe and reliable power over the holidays. I got to spend a little time at our @DukeEnergy Marshall Plant today where 2 units were on and humming!

In the past 2 months, @DukeEnergy has brought on several new battery sites across NC. These batteries help ensure reliability while helping keep costs as low as possible for customers. 🔋 Our new sites in Wake County, Gaston County and Wilson County do just that.

Leaders from across Rowan County toured @DukeEnergy Buck Combined Cycle Plant. Our plans call for 2 combustion turbines in the spot where the retired coal plant began supporting the state over a century ago. These efficient natural gas units support our growing customer needs!