Duke Energy customers are demanding answers about fees over a power plant never built.

On Thursday, more than 100 Duke customers showed up to a town hall meeting to demand answers about how to challenge the utility giant over the fees.

According to partner newspaper the Tampa Bay Times, the meeting was one of two being sponsored by The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. The group, a nonprofit organization in Tennessee, regularly challenges Florida utility companies on matters that go before the Public Service Commission.  

The group plans a protest at noon on Oct. 29 outside Duke's St. Petersburg headquarters to speak out against the fees.

In 2006, state lawmakers passed a bill that let utilities charge ratepayers for some costs related to future projects.

Duke, which merged with Progress Energy with 2012, closed the damaged Crystal River nuclear plant and later ended plans to build a new plant in Lvey County.
 
Customers are still paying more than $3 billion for the projects despite neither being operational. Customers were charged an additional $3.45 per month for the non-operational plants.