The Duke Energy Foundation is bringing some crucial improvements to a vacant building on Warsaw Avenue with a $40,000 Urban Revitalization grant to the Price Hill Will organization.
Powered by tenacity, adrenaline and raw skills, Duke Energy lineworkers brought home four awards over the weekend after competing in one of the most prominent and celebrated lineworker events in the world – the International Lineman’s Rodeo.
In recognition of National Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 8-14), Duke Energy is highlighting the importance of natural gas safety and reminding everyone that if you smell natural gas, get out fast!
Duke Energy has teamed up with the Catalytic Fund to distribute $20,000 Urban Revitalization grants to three Northern Kentucky recipients. The program, which was launched in 2011, has distributed over $3.3 million to more than 100 grantees across Greater Cincinnati. The grants typically provide funding for pre-development costs and serve as catalysts for further economic development in the urban core.
Duke Energy’s Integrated Methane Monitoring Platform Extension project was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management for nearly $1 million of funding.
As a testament to Duke Energy’s commitment to supplier diversity and inclusive business practices, it was inducted into the Billion Dollar Roundtable, an exclusive group of U.S.-based corporations that reach $1 billion or more annually in Tier 1 supply chain diversity spend.
National Safe Digging Day (also known as 811 Day) is observed Aug. 11, and Piedmont Natural Gas and Duke Energy are reminding professional excavators and do-it-yourselfers of the importance of calling 811 before digging to protect the nation’s underground utility infrastructure, prevent potential injury and avoid electric and natural gas outages.