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Newly enacted legislation, which passed the General Assembly with strong bipartisan support and was quickly signed into law by Gov. Henry McMaster, could save South Carolina electric customers millions of dollars in costs to restore service after recent historic as well as future weather events.

Duke Energy today is continuing work to restore the 11,000 remaining customers without power in the Cincinnati region following Monday’s damaging storms that caused the most significant power outage impacts to the company’s Ohio and Kentucky service areas in more than a decade.

Duke Energy continues to restore power to nearly 80,000 customers after powerful storms with high winds broke numerous utility poles and brought down trees and power lines as they moved through southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky Monday evening.

As hurricane season begins, first responders and emergency managers are preparing their communities for the possibility of impacts from severe weather. Duke Energy is supporting those efforts across South Carolina.

Duke Energy encourages its customers to prepare for hurricanes and other severe storms to protect their families and property during the hurricane season, which runs June 1 through Nov. 30.

Duke Energy has restored power to 43,000 customers impacted by the powerful winds that moved through Indiana this weekend.

When severe weather rolls in or the lights go out, lineworkers mobilize. Their jobs are unlike any other – chasing storms, climbing poles, understanding the intricacies of the energy grid.

Delivering on the company’s commitment to expand battery energy storage technology in Florida, Duke Energy today announced the completion of three battery projects in Gilchrist, Gulf and Highlands counties.

Honeywell and Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, a nonregulated commercial brand of Duke Energy, today announced an agreement to jointly develop and deliver comprehensive energy resiliency solutions to targeted markets across the U.S.

Duke Energy is creating a $500,000 microgrant program to help South Carolina communities weather future storms.