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Duke Energy Florida today announced two new lithium-ion battery sites in Alachua and Hamilton counties to enhance grid operations, increase efficiencies and improve overall reliability for surrounding communities.

Reinforcing the company’s leadership in sustainability, Duke Energy successfully launched the utility industry’s first sustainable commercial paper notes.

As communities continue to feel financial strain due to the rising cost of basic needs like food and transportation, Duke Energy and its Foundation are investing more than $9.6 million to support nonprofits and other programs dedicated to help those in need in Florida. The funding focuses on current and new Foundation grants and bill pay assistance for low-income customers.

Duke Energy is converting two electric transmission towers that have reached the end of their useful service life into nesting platforms for bald eagles at the Wabashiki Fish & Wildlife Area in West Terre Haute, Ind.

Duke Energy is continuing work to restore the approximately 31,000 remaining customers without power in the Cincinnati region following Thursday’s damaging storms that caused approximately 104,000 power outages at the height of the storm to the company’s Ohio and Kentucky service areas.

Duke Energy today announced the third year of its $1 million grant opportunity through the Duke Energy Foundation for North Carolina nonprofit organizations working for social justice and racial equity.

Duke Energy today announced the completion of its first community solar site in Hardee County, Fla., in its drive to make more solar power available for all customers in Florida.

Residential and commercial Piedmont Natural Gas customers in North Carolina now can reduce the impact of their own natural gas usage by participating in GreenEdge – a voluntary program allowing customers to purchase green “blocks” from Piedmont and then claim the associated environmental benefits.

The Duke Energy Foundation is awarding more than $330,000 in shareholder-funded grants to 16 organizations working to create a pipeline of skilled workers prepared to meet Indiana’s workforce needs.

Duke Energy is awarding $390,000 in grants to support workforce development and education programs, as well as opportunities for those reentering the job market in Ohio and Kentucky.