Northern Kentucky University and Duke Energy are launching an on-campus innovation lab to boost its growing College of Informatics. The Duke Energy Innovation Lab, housed in Griffin Hall, home to the NKU College of Informatics, will serve as a workshop for student projects and a destination for K-12 students who want hands-on experience with cutting-edge […]
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Most still have power after Sunday night storms
Only about 220 people served by Owen Electric in NKY are without power this morning, and Duke Energy isn’t reporting energy outages. That’s after powerful storms rolled through the area Sunday night, bringing with it thunderstorm and tornado warnings that triggered sirens and forced many into their basements. Now that the storms have moved through, […]
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Nearly 3K people in NKY without power
Roughly 3,000 people in multiple counties are without power, according outage reports from Duke Energy. An outage affecting about 1,300 people in areas of Kenton and Campbell counties was caused by an object coming into contact with power lines, according to Duke’s outage report. Power is expected to be restored to those customers around 2:30 […]
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Newport considers reconstituting parks division, Covington to discuss Duveneck House structural repair
Newport is considering reconstituting the parks and recreation division, Covington is discussing executing a contract with a structural repair group for the Duveneck House, and Dayton is considering a franchise agreement with Duke Energy.
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Boone County moves to restrict large solar farms to preserve rural farmland
Boone County is one step closer to prohibiting large solar farms in order to preserve rural farmland, with a first reading of an ordinance to regulate and define solar energy systems and battery storage facilities in unincorporated county.
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Duke Energy employee rescued from service elevator in Union
A Duke Energy employee was safely rescued after being stuck 130 feet in the air for hours in a service elevator on the outside of a smoke stack in Union. Emergency crews responded to the East Bend Generating Station at 6293 Beaver Road Tuesday morning, per a statement from Duke. The employee was “performing routine […]
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Spanish on the Fly, other NKY businesses receive awards
Spanish on the Fly, a conversational Spanish education and tutoring service, was one of eight businesses to receive a grant from the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Duke Energy, and Blue North to invest in software upgrades, signage, and other practical items to grow the business.
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Covington sues Duke Energy over franchise agreement
The City of Covington filed suit against Duke Energy this week over the company’s refusal to enter into a franchise agreement with the city. “This is a classic case of a big institution thinking it can do whatever it wants and that it can ignore established, reasonable local ordinances,” said Mayor Joe Meyer in a […]
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Covington authorizes legal action against Duke Energy
The Covington City Commission has voted to allow their lawyers to take legal action against Duke Energy due to ongoing disagreements over a franchise agreement.
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Covington OKs franchise with Owen Electric. But what about Duke?
Covington City Commission has approved Owen Electric’s franchise agreement, which will see the company pay the city $4,000 plus 3% gross receipts on a quarterly basis in exchange for the right to construct, repair, install and maintain utility infrastructure on the city’s public right of ways.
