Progress Energy: Local project still in the works

By Steve Herring
Published in News on January 11, 2011 1:46 PM

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Progress Energy officials announced Monday that the proposed merger with Duke Energy will not affect plans for a new plant here.

Construction is expected to continue on Progress Energy's $900 million natural gas-fired power plant being built in Wayne County despite the company's pending merger with Duke Energy. "I believe that project will continue," Progress Energy CEO Bill Johnson said...