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Widespread power outages are likely in North Carolina and South Carolina – lasting multiple days to weeks. Duke Energy is preparing for the storm and urges customers to do the same.

Las predicciones parecen indicar cada vez más que el impacto del Huracán Florence será significativo en Carolina del Norte y Carolina del Sur, por lo que Duke Energy se está preparando para la tormenta y le insiste a sus clientes que hagan lo mismo.

Fifteen Duke Energy apprentice and journeyman line workers from Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky earned the right to advance to the International Lineman's Rodeo in Bonner Springs, Kans., Oct. 12-13, after competing in the Duke Energy Midwest Lineman's Rodeo in Plainfield, Ind., on Aug. 11.

Duke Energy Florida announced today it will file a request with the Florida Public Service Commission to transfer approximately 3,000 customers in Hardee County and a small area of Polk County (north of Bowling Green) to Peace River Electric Cooperative (PRECO).

Pioneer Transmission, LLC – a joint venture of Duke Energy and American Electric Power – and Northern Indiana Public Service Company, LLC, have completed an approximately 70-mile, high-voltage transmission line in Indiana.

Increasing demand for electricity, improving reliability and ensuring a resilient system during storms are driving Duke Energy to build a state-of-the-art substation at the Osprey Energy Center in Polk County, Fla., as well as 54 miles of new connecting transmission lines.

Duke Energy's customers represent the centerpiece of the company's long-term strategy, Chairman, President and CEO Lynn Good today told investors during the company's annual shareholders meeting, held online using a live video webcast.

Duke Energy today announced two executive appointments in the company's drive to provide customers with more reliable, secure and increasingly clean energy.

Lineworkers have jobs unlike any other – they chase storms, climb poles and know the ins and outs of the energy grid – and, with the demands of the job, are always on standby when severe weather strikes.

With construction activity and outdoor home improvement projects picking up, Piedmont Natural Gas reminds commercial excavators and homeowners alike to call 811 to have pipes and other buried utilities located before they start digging.