Duke Energy is looking to build two natural gas-powered generators in Rowan County, taking its next steps to power the growing Charlotte region.
The Charlotte-base utility notified the state’s Utilities Commission Thursday that it will be requesting permission to build two natural gas-powered combustion turbines at the former Buck Steam Station site, according to Duke Energy spokesman Bill Norton.
The former coal plant is on Duke Energy-owned land. The new generators would be near the utility’s existing 718-megawatt natural gas-fired combined-cycle plant, which came online in 2011…