It looks like power rates are going up for a lot of people in southeastern North Carolina.
Progress Energy Carolinas says it has reached an agreement with the North Carolina Utilities Commission Public Staff to raise its rates as early as this summer.
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Asbestos has stopped construction of Progress Energy's new Sutton Natural Gas Plant on Highway 421 near Wilmington. Crews are investigating to make sure all traces are removed.
About half a pound of the hazardous substance was found in what's believed to be old buried construction dating back more than 50 years.
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