News Releases

GREENVILLE, S.C. -An increase in the market price for coal and nuclear fuel used in electricity generation, coupled with higher energy usage, and increased customer participation in energy-saving programs, has prompted Duke Energy Progress – formerly ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Duke Energy’s board of directors has unanimously elected lead director Ann Maynard Gray as its new chair, effective Dec. 31, 2013.The board also has unanimously elected Lynn Good – who will replace Jim Rogers as president and CEO on ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Duke Energy today declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.78 per share, an increase of $0.015 per share. The dividend is payable on Sept. 16, 2013, to shareholders of record at the close of business Aug. 16, ...

PLAINFIELD, IND. - Duke Energy has selected five Indiana properties for participation in its 2013 Site Readiness Program to prepare the properties for potential industrial development.  They are: The River Ridge Commerce Center, 100 acres in...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Duke Energy announced today that the board of directors has unanimously elected Lynn Good as its next president and chief executive officer, succeeding Jim Rogers, who will continue to serve as chairman of the board until his ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy Carolinas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, has reached an agreement with the North Carolina Public Staff concerning the utility’s request to raise base rates. The settlement includes a significant reduction in the rate...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Duke Energy continues to move up the solar energy charts.In the recent Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) utility rankings, Duke Energy was ranked eighth among holding companies in the United States for total solar capacity. ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy's restoration army is striving to restore electricity today to almost all customers affected by Thursday's hurricane-like storm, so dads across the state can return to their normal routines and celebrate Father's Day with...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy crews are working to restore power to customers in the Carolinas who lost service Thursday night due to the heavy thunderstorms that moved through the state. Additional crews are being brought in to support the restoration...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today's mild, sunny weather can't erase the damage done by a ferocious storm that left more than 350,000 customers without power in the Carolinas at the height of the storm. Several thousand Duke Energy and supplemental crews worked...