new such projects in Kentucky. Two will be in Kenton County and one will be in Grant County. Together the three plants will create more than 6.7 MW of power. These join several other solar farms including: Davidson County Solar Farm Martins Creek Solar Farm 1 MW (Murphy, NC) Culberson Solar Farm 1 MW (Murphy, NC) Osceola Solar Facility 4 MW (St.Petersburg, Fla) Additionally, Duke Energy added 451 MW of solar capacity to North Carolina’s grid in 2017. Hamilton Solar Power Plant 74.9 MW (Jasper, FL) Columbia Solar Power Plant 74.9 MW (Fort White, FL) (opening in 2020) Live Oak Solar Power Plant ? MW (Live Oak, FL) In 2020 Duke Energy began commercial operations of several farms in Texas, operating alongside its Farm from 2010. Blue Wing Solar Project (San Antonio, TX) Lapetus Solar Project 100 MW (Andrews County, TX) Holstein Solar Project 200 MW (Nolan County, TX) Rambler Solar Project 200 MW (Tom Green County, TX) Wind farms Los Vientos Wind Farm Shirley Wind Electric vehicles Duke Energy announced in October 2018 that it would install 530 electric car charging stations around Florida. Ten percent of the stations will go into low income communities. Awards Duke Energy has been chosen as one of The 50 Best Employers In America by Business Insider In 2002, Duke Energy was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize in Economics for "adapting the mathematical concept of imaginary numbers for use in the business world". Criticism In December 2000, Cinergy Corp agreed to pay $1.4B to settle allegations that its coal plants illegally polluted the air. Duke Energy completed its acquisition of Cinergy Corp in 2006. In July 2004, Duke Energy agreed to pay $208M to settle allegations that it had engaged in price gouging in California during the energy crisis of 2000 and 2001. In December 2009, Duke Energy agreed to spend approximately $93M to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act. Duke became obligated to make investments that were expected to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions by 86%. On February 14, 2011, Greenpeace launched a campaign in which Phil Radford called on Duke Energy to abandon mountaintop removal coal, produce a third of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, and abandon coal altogether by 2030." In May 2011, Duke agreed to pay $30M to resolve allegations that changes made to the company pension plan disproportionately harmed employees over 40, costing many of them