They will also have the option to negotiate sale of their projects to Duke.

Duke’s Carolinas unit will select projects based on pricing, customer preference and other considerations, and favor those in latter stages of development.

The RFP is limited to projects that are in the company’s existing transmission and distribution queue.

Rob Caldwell, senior vice president for distributed energy resources, says Duke would like the projects to be online by the end of this year, if possible, but will consider those with a 2016 delivery date.

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