Tag: Sophia Chitlik

Feds fine Durham energy firm $722M

Federal regulators have fined a Durham-based energy-efficiency trader $722 million, saying it’s behind “one of the largest and most brazen frauds” they’ve ever seen. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission also ordered American Efficient and its corporate parents and siblings to return $409.8 million, plus interest, to the PJM Interconnection and another power-grid operator. Released on […]

Written by on April 22, 2026

Senate battles in Durham and elsewhere

Over in the Senate, the just-concluded filing period set up 11 Republican and six Democratic primaries. Obviously, the most high-profile of these remains the District 26 battle between Republicans Phil Berger and Sam Page. A Page win would shatter the Senate GOP caucus leadership team that Berger’s headed since 2005. There’s only one both-sides primary, […]

Written by on December 22, 2025