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Duke's Answer to Saving Coal Power Plants: Let Them Burn Gas
An empty coal train passes underneath power lines leading away from the Duke Energy Corp. Gibson Station power plant in Owensville, Indiana, in 2015.
Photographer: Luke Sharett/Bloomberg
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As the Trump Administration seeks to prop up struggling coal power plants, Duke Energy Corp. has come up with its own solution: Let them run on natural gas.
The company plans to spend about $200 million in the next three years converting four North Carolina coal-burners that will in future be able to use both fuels.