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For the 10th consecutive year, the Arbor Day Foundation is recognizing Duke Energy Florida as a Tree Line USA utility.

During the summer months, Florida’s rising temperatures can cause a seasonal spike in customers’ electric bills. Duke Energy Florida urges customers to take control of their energy use by making simple, energy-efficient changes in their homes.

Summer is an important time to practice safety Share safety tips using #SafeForLife on social media CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- As summer turns up the heat on vacations and outdoor projects, Duke Energy offers these electrical safety tips: 1....

Duke Energy has selected five Florida properties for participation in this year's Site Readiness Program to prepare them for business and industrial development.

Duke Energy crews and additional contractors worked throughout the day restoring power to Florida customers impacted by Tropical Storm Colin. As of 3:30 p.m., approximately 3,600 customers, mainly in Pinellas County, were still experiencing storm-related outages. Since the storm began on Monday, company crews have restored power about 95,000 of its 1.7 million Florida customers.

Duke Energy crews and additional contractors worked through the night in Florida restoring power knocked out by heavy rain and wind from Tropical Storm Colin. Since the storm began, Duke Energy crews have restored power to more than 85,000 of its 1.7 million Florida customers. As of 10:00 a.m., more than 99 percent of all customers had power, with approximately 7,600 customers without power due to weather.

With Tropical Storm Colin bringing severe weather to Florida, Duke Energy is responding and urging customers to be safe.

Duke Energy is launching a new phase of its successful advertising campaign to highlight Millennials, Gen X and Baby Boomers' reliance on energy – and how the company is meeting each generation's needs with new technologies that generate and deliver increasingly clean energy.

Duke Energy encourages everyone to focus on safety while boating, swimming and enjoying other recreational lake activities this summer.

Duke Energy’s engineering, procurement and construction contractor, Fluor, is expected to start hiring 600 to 700 temporary construction workers gradually in spring 2016 with peak employment expected in 2017.