Administrative judge alters order on $7M environmental fine against Duke Energy

An administrative law judge has signed a new order accepting a $7 million environmental settlement between Duke Energy and state regulators to satisfy a Superior Court judge who questioned the original order. At issue was whether administrative Judge Phil Berger Jr.’s order exceeded his authority. As first issued, his order settled cases that were not before him, but were in Wake Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway’s court. Ridgeway told Duke and the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality…

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