Duke Energy (杜克能源) reached a North Carolina agreement establishing separate large-load tariffs and requiring data centers to prepay grid-connection costs.

The agreement differentiates large-load customers from ordinary electricity users. The supplied messages say Duke Energy reached an agreement in North Carolina containing separate electricity tariffs for large-load customers. The stated purpose is to protect ordinary customers from bearing data-center-related costs.

Upfront grid-connection payments are a specific reported requirement. Data centers would need to prepay their grid-access costs. This is a connection-cost provision; the messages do not say that all future electricity purchases or every grid-investment expense must be prepaid.

The supplied coverage does not establish the full regulatory implementation details. It provides no tariff rates, load threshold, minimum contract term, effective date, or final regulatory approval document. The supported transaction stage is an agreement reached, without enough information to describe every tariff provision as already in operation.