Duke Energy Controversy
Duke Energy is attempting to build a $52 million dollar substation near the Kituwah Cherokee ceremonial mounds. On February 4, 2010, the Cherokee Tribal Council passed a resolution stating,
“It is this Tribe’s solemn responsibility and moral duty to care for and protect all of Kituwah from further desecration and degradation by human agency in order to preserve the integrity of the most important site for the origination and continuation of Cherokee culture, heritage, history and identity.”
On April 23, 2010, the North Carolina Utilities Commission denied Duke Energy's "Motion to Hold Complaint in Abeyance," and Duke was ordered to file an answer to the complaint on or before May 10, 2010. Duke agreed to halt construction threatening Kituwah until the complaint is heard.
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