FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, photo, a drainage pipe that was the original culprit of the coal ash spill is shown at the Dan River Steam Station in Eden, N.C. Duke Energy Corp. is digging up and hauling away from riverbanks the toxic coal residues two years after one of the worst coal-ash spills in U.S. history. The nation’s largest electric company now wants regulators in North Carolina to force consumers to pay nearly $200 million a year to clean up the toxic byproducts of burning coal to generate power. The request filed with state utility regulators in June 2017 is the first time Duke Energy Corp. has sought permission to have North Carolina consumers pay part of its costs of cleaning up the waste, which are estimated to total $5.1 billion in North and South Carolina alone. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
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