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	Encyclopedia: Duke University
		On December 11, 1924, James B. Duke established The Duke Endowment, a $40 million trust fund, the annual income of which was to be distributed in the Carolinas among hospitals, orphanages, the Methodist Church, three colleges, and a university built around Trinity College.
		Duke University also has several graduate and professional schools: the Pratt School of Engineering, the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, the School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, the Fuqua School of Business, the School of Law, the Divinity School, and the Graduate School.
		Duke's interest in the area began in the early 1930s and the first buildings were erected in 1938.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Duke-University (9742 words)

	Duke Power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Duke Energy NYSE: DUK, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, is an energy company with assets in the United States (primarily North and South Carolina), Canada and Latin America.
		In 1988 Nantahala Power and Light Co, which served southwestern North Carolina, was purchased by Duke and is now operated under the Duke Power - Nantahala Area brand.
		Duke Power constructed Lake Norman, north of Charlotte, to aid its hydro- and nuclear electrical production capabilities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duke_Power (217 words)

	Duke Power -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Duke Power, headquartered in (additional info and facts about Charlotte, NC) Charlotte, NC, is an electrical power company with more than 2 million customers in North and (A state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies) South Carolina.
		The company operates (Nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid (for civilian use)) nuclear power plants, coal-fired plants, conventional hydro plants, natural-gas turbines to handle peak demand, and pumped hydro storage.
		Duke Power constructed (additional info and facts about Lake Norman) Lake Norman, north of (additional info and facts about Charlotte, NC) Charlotte, NC, to aid its hydro- and nuclear electrical production capabilities.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/du/duke_power.htm (117 words)

	Durden Recounts Rise of Duke Power
		According to Durden, the power company originally was the brainchild not of Duke, but of Dr. Gill Wylie, a native South Carolinian who saw potential in the Catawba's undeveloped water-power sites and who also had an idea for linking a series of hydroelectric plants on the river.
		Duke Power's engineers had always designed the company's plants and dams, but in the 1920s they began to construct them as well.
		He is the author of The Dukes of Durham, a history of the Duke family; The Launching of Duke University, which chronicled the institution's early years; and Lasting Legacy to the Carolinas: The Duke Endowment (1924-1994).
	www.dukenews.duke.edu /2001/03/durden309_print.htm (731 words)

	Duke University - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In December 1924, James B. Duke established The Duke Endowment, a forty million dollar trust fund, the annual income of which was to be distributed in the Carolinas among hospitals, orphanages, the Methodist Church, three colleges, and a university built around Trinity College.
		Duke University also has several graduate and professional schools: the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, the School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, the Fuqua School of Business, the School of Law, the Divinity School, and the Graduate School.
		Duke is sometimes called "the Gothic Wonderland," a nickname referring to the Gothic revival architecture of its main campus (West Campus).
	open-encyclopedia.com /Duke_University (1724 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Duke Power to build power plant in South Carolina
		Duke could ask to raise electricity rates to recoup the costs of building the plant, but it has to wait until the plant is operational before it can ask state regulators for permission.
		Duke Power, the Carolinas' largest utility, is a subsidiary of Duke Energy, the nation's 17th-largest corporation.
		Power and gas trading accounted for nearly three-fourths of Duke Energy's $ 15.6 bn in second-quarter revenues, a jump of 43 % from the previous year.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/company/cnn13733.htm (778 words)

	DUKE POWER LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR UPGRADED POWER PORTFOLIO TO MEET GROWING CUSTOMER DEMAND - Duke Energy
		Duke Power is also considering alternate sites in South Carolina for new power units, and will be filing a CPCN application with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina in the coming months.
		Duke Power, a business unit of Duke Energy, is one of the nation’s largest electric utilities and provides safe, reliable, competitively priced electricity and value-added products and services to more than 2 million customers in North Carolina and South Carolina.
		Duke Energy is a diversified energy company with a portfolio of natural gas and electric businesses, both regulated and unregulated, and an affiliated real estate company.
	www.duke-energy.com /news/releases/2005/may/2005051101.asp (708 words)

	The Smoky Mountain News
		A growing coalition of local elected leaders are questioning whether Duke Power is adequately compensating the region in exchange for using the public’s rivers to generate hydropower.
		Duke’s permits to operate its 11 dams on five rivers in the region are expiring.
		Duke spent three years negotiating with various stakeholders in the region — from kayakers and fishermen to lake homeowners and local governments — to hammer out a mitigation package.
	www.smokymountainnews.com /issues/04_05/04_20_05/fr_swain_coalition.html (865 words)

	Power Plant Expansion at Elkhorn Slough
		Duke is currently being sued in the Eastern U.S. because for 10 years it refused to use the best technology.
		Duke is severely criticized by environmentalists for trying to build a dam in Belize that will flood a rain forest.
		The Duke proposal seeks to utilize the same outdated, inappropriate technology for intake and discharge that was permitted in the 1950s to continue for another 50 years.
	www.pelicannetwork.net /elkhorn.cec.htm (2697 words)

	Duke Power’s role in plutonium disposition, nuclear plant security
		The plan is to fly a commercial aircraft into a nuclear power plant to be chosen by the team on the ground." A high-level FBI source later told CNN that the threat "could not be verified, substantiated or dismissed." A spokesman for the Office of Homeland Security at the White House put it differently.
		But here in Charlotte, where the cooling towers of four nuclear power reactors are within sight of the city's bank towers and within a short boat ride of thousands of homes along Lake Wylie and Lake Norman, the danger is all the more immediate because it is uncomfortably close to home.
		DOE and Duke dismiss such accidents as extremely improbable---but it must be remembered that the accidents that took place at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and the Tokai nuclear-fuel plant in Japan all had been similarly dismissed as highly unlikely or even “impossible” events.
	www.nci.org /02NCI/02/Charlotte-Speech.htm (4173 words)

	Duke Power (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Southern Power Co. was formed to supply power to textile mills and other industrial users, but gradually acquired electric streetcar systems in Charlotte and other Carolinas towns, and began selling retail electricity to homes there as well.
		Duke does purchase power from independent power producers, but these are usually large industrial customers who can supply considerably more electricity than the output from a typical residential solar array.
		Duke's position is that we will investigate any merger or acquisition that would enhance shareholder value without a detrimental effect on customers.
	www.he.net /~brumley/tour/business/dukepower.htm (1300 words)

	Duke Power Files 'Green Power' Pricing Proposals
		Duke Power, a business unit of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), is one of the nation's largest electric utilities and provides safe, reliable, competitively priced electricity to approximately two million customers in North Carolina and South Carolina.
		Duke Power operates three nuclear generating stations, eight coal-fired stations, 31 hydroelectric stations and numerous combustion turbine units.
		Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) is a diversified multinational energy company with an integrated network of energy assets and expertise.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-31-2002/0001738288&EDATE= (462 words)

	Utility Automation & Engineering T&D - Duke Power seeks power supplies from competitive wholesale power market
		Duke Power's nuclear power plants had a capacity factor of 95.2 percent in 2002, and the company's coal-fueled plants were commercially available 98 percent of the time in 2002.
		Duke Power, a business unit of Duke Energy, is one of the nation's largest electric utilities and provides safe, reliable, competitively priced electricity to approximately two million customers in North Carolina and South Carolina.
		Duke Power operates three nuclear generating stations, eight coal- fired stations, 31 hydroelectric stations and numerous combustion turbine units.
	uaelp.pennnet.com /articles/article_display.cfm?Section=ONART&Category=INDUS&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=167391 (450 words)

	Duke Power officials tour site being mulled for nuclear power plant
		Duke Power officials announced last month they were researching the cost of constructing three power plants in the next decade.
		Duke Power is expected to meet this week with federal regulators to discuss the cost of seeking a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to construct a new nuclear power plant in the Carolinas.
		Duke Power already has established strong ties with local lawmakers during its negotiations to build the Mill Creek electrical generating plant in the Antioch community.
	www.gaffneyledger.com /news/2005/0314/Front_Page/001.html (223 words)

	Mobile Computing at Duke
		Reducing the energy consumed in using these devices, thereby extending the lifetime of the batteries that power them (and reducing the weight of carrying spares), is one of the major challenges in designing such systems.
		Power consumption is an issue that extends well beyond the realm of battery-powered mobile devices to any computing platform in which heat or fan noise production may be factors (e.g.
		Therefore, our approach is to have the needs of the applications be the driving force for the development of power management functions in the operating system and of a power-based API that allows a partnership between applications and the system in setting energy use policy.
	www.cs.duke.edu /~carla/mobile.html (920 words)

	Proposed Duke Energy Power Plant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy North America (A Duke Energy Company, a/k/a “Duke”) is one of the nation’s largest investor-owned electric utilities, serving approximately 2 million customers in a 22,000 square mile area of the Carolinas.
		Duke Energy claims the noise level 2000 feet from the plant will be approximately 60 dB.
		This photograph was taken approximately 1.5 miles away from the plant (which sits at a lower elevation than the photographer) on a 20 degree day from a school parking lot.
	www.pointofrocksagainstpowerplants.com /html/proposed_plant.htm (634 words)

	Scout.com: From The Stands: Duke v. Oklahoma
		Duke turned up the defensive intensity and kept running the offense, eventually erasing the lead and forcing the Sooners to play at a pace they weren’t comfortable with.
		After allowing the Sooners to shoot 45% in the first half, Duke held OU to just 9-of-30 in the second period while improving their shooting to a blistering 62% in the second half.
		True, with their fire power, Duke has the ability to go on big runs and make up ground, eventually taking the lead, but what happens when one of the big three is rendered ineffective?
	duke.scout.com /2/332929.html (938 words)

	Duke Power overcharge examined
		Duke said Wednesday it reviewed allegations of 14 irregularities and found that it made mistakes in four cases.
		Duke Energy, the parent company of Duke Power, also has been under scrutiny in California, where it has been accused of overcharging for power and manipulating power supplies to generate higher profits.
		Walsh said claims of accounting irregularities at Duke came to his attention in June, when he was contacted by an anonymous Duke employee, who still works for the company.
	www.nci.org /01/09/06-1.htm (719 words)

	Duke Power Tackles 600-V Cable Problem
		Duke Power (Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.) conducted a survey of 33 utilities that showed the number of failures per year varied from 47 to 7000.
		When the number of failures per year was based on the number of cable miles installed per year, the values converged to a range of 0.09 to 3.91 failures per mile (per 1.6 km).
		Having identified these conditions, Duke Power is now in the process of formulating a set of programs that will minimize the risk to URD installations in the future.
	tdworld.com /mag/power_duke_power_tackles/index.html (1083 words)

	Morro Bay Modernization & Replacement Power Plant Project - Main Page
		The applicant (Duke Energy) proposes construction of two new generating units which replace the currently operating generation Units 1 and 2 (342 MW, 1950's technology) and Units 3 and 4 (679 MW, 1960's technology) with two state-of-the-art 600 MW combined cycle units.
		Power from the combined cycle units will tie into the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's (PG&E) Morro Bay Switchyard that is located immediately adjacent to the power plant.
		Duke Energy plans to complete construction of two new generating units in a single construction phase lasting 21 months.
	www.energy.ca.gov /sitingcases/morrobay/index.html (636 words)

	Point Of Rocks Against Duke Energy Power Plant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Duke Energy withdrew their CPCN permit application from the State of Maryland on November 26, 2002!!!
		Duke Energy still has options on three parcels of land in Southern Frederick County.
		Additionally, the proposed beneficiaries of this Power Plant would be outside our Town, County and State.
	www.pointofrocksagainstpowerplants.com (336 words)

	Duke Power Restores Electric Service To 1,062,080 Customers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Duke Power has restored power to 1,062,080 of its customers who lost power during last week’s severe ice storm.
		The more than 1.3 million outages from the December 5 ice storm are almost twice the number of outages from previous benchmarks: The ice storm of February 1996 affected 660,000 customers, and just under 700,000 customers were out of service during Hurricane Hugo in 1989.
		In this ice storm, the Duke Power crews matched that restoration number in only three days.
	www.livepowernews.com /stories/1210/059.htm (255 words)

	Scout.com: Preview: Duke (7-0) vs. Oklahoma (6-1)
		Duke the needed inside attack to fuel the outside barrage.
		The key for Duke will be to keep the starting front court healthy and out of foul trouble, while pressuring the less talented Oklahoma backcourt into mistakes.
		Duke will need another scoring threat aside from the big three of Williams, Ewing, and Redick; the most likely candidates are Randolph and Nelson, both of whom have yet to have that huge break out performance this year.
	duke.scout.com /2/331951.html (1896 words)

	Nuclear - Page Seventeen - Duke Power
		The ruling came as Duke Power tries to extend the licenses of the Catawba and McGuire nuclear plants by 20 years, allowing them to operate into the 2040s.
		Duke says use of the mixed-oxide fuel, which is part of the government's effort to dispose of surplus bomb material, would be safe but should be considered separately from license renewal.
		Without power, the plants wouldn't be able to pump water that cools the reactors.
	www.dukeemployees.com /nuclear17.shtml (7479 words)

	Duke Green Power Challenge
		Environmental Alliance and Duke University are challenging each member of the Duke community to take responsibility for the environmental impact of their electricity use by signing up for green power.
		Green Power is electricity generated from clean, renewable sources of energy like wind, solar, and geothermal power.
		The University and Environmental Alliance are challenging every member of the Duke community to upgrade their energy source to green power.
	www.duke.edu /web/env_alliance/challenge (842 words)

	Online NewsHour: The high cost of deregulation -- November 30, 2000
		So now almost all power is sold to the utilities on a wholesale basis by producers or generators.
		Duke spokesman Tom Williams says much of its power was sold before prices rose, and that profits are plowed back into new plants.
		SPENCER MICHELS: In fact, Duke is investing $1.1 billion to modernize two inefficient power plants it bought from the utilities.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/economy/july-dec00/electric_11-30.html (1746 words)

	Twenty-Year Cancer Survivor Will Speak at Duke's Annual Power of Knowledge Seminar
		It is this very attitude, coupled with strong faith, that Emerson credits for her miraculous survival throughout her unbelievable journey.
		The support program's annual fund-raiser, the Duke Power of Knowledge Seminar Series, has a three-fold purpose: to raise money in support of Duke cancer patients; to educate women about cancer and thereby empower them to be their own health advocates; and to honor a woman with cancer by bestowing upon her the Jonquils Award.
		She has received numerous awards over the years, including North Carolina's Most Distinguished Woman in Business Award in 1996, the President's Award at Duke in 2000 and the Light of Hope Award from the DCPSP in 2000.
	www.dukenews.duke.edu /2003/05/nancy0503_print.htm (637 words)

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