DUKE SAYS CARBON FEE COULD FUND OTHER CORPORATE TAX REFORMS

Duke Energy is intensifying its push for an economy wide carbon tax, touting the concept in a new proposal to a presidential advisory panel as a way to generate government revenues that could pay for other corporate tax breaks. "A carbon tax could support tax reform, reduce carbon dioxide emissions and advance sound energy and environmental policies," the company says in its April 29 submission to the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform. The panel has received recommendations from...