News Releases

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Memorial Day marks the traditional start of the summer recreation season. Duke Energy encourages everyone to focus on safety while boating, swimming and enjoying other recreational lake activities. Each year, thousands of people die or...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The first truck of excavated coal ash left the retired Riverbend power plant near Charlotte today, marking the beginning of the end for ash storage at that site as Duke Energy relocates ash to a fully lined landfill. "We share our...

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. - Duke Energy Florida and the University of South Florida St. Petersburg (USFSP) today unveiled a new solar battery project that will explore how to store and use energy from the sun. A $1 million grant from Duke Energy is funding...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy today announced the appointment of Doug Esamann, currently president of Duke Energy Indiana, as president of the company'’s Midwest and Florida Regions and a corporate executive vice president. Esamann, 57, will oversee the...

PLAINFIELD, IND. - The Duke Energy Foundation is investing approximately $400,000 in Indiana youth statewide to help maintain and improve reading levels over the summer. "Studies show that students can lose more than two months of learning after summer...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy today announced plans to retire its Asheville, N.C., coal-fired power plant in four to five years and modernize its generation and transmission system in western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina – significantly...

GREENVILLE, S.C. - The W.S. Lee Steam Station site in Belton, S.C., has been bustling with activity in recent weeks in anticipation of the first truckload of coal ash to be excavated and relocated to an off-site landfill.That day came Thursday as ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy today issued the following statement regarding federal court approval of an agreement with the U.S. government to close a federal investigation of its subsidiaries – Duke Energy Carolinas, Duke Energy Progress and Duke...

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Solar energy use among South Carolina customers will increase significantly as a result of an agreement filed with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina on Tuesday. The agreement enhances Duke Energy’s Distributed Energy...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Duke Energy today announced that, in connection with a recent divestiture and changes in responsibilities, Marc Manly, executive vice president, Commercial Portfolio, and Keith Trent, executive vice president – Grid Solutions and ...