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Duke Energy Ohio has reduced its residential power bills by about 4.5 percent. As a result, a typical residential customer who uses 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity a month and purchases electric supply from Duke Energy Ohio will pay about $118 per month beginning with their June bill. That's down about $5.55 from May.

As customers crank up their cooling systems to combat sweltering temperatures heading to the Carolinas this weekend, Duke Energy offers customers these suggestions for managing energy costs to save money this summer.

Duke Energy's proposed acquisition of Piedmont Natural Gas gained important support today as the North Carolina Public Staff reached agreement with Duke Energy and Piedmont on certain stipulations and conditions for approval of the transaction.

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

With 670 miles of wire and cable and 487,000 solar panels, Duke Energy's (NYSE: DUK) 40-megawatt (MW) Elm City Solar Facility is the latest addition to the company's renewable portfolio to power a clean energy future.

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.

 Duke Energy today issued the following statement regarding Governor McCrory's veto of Senate Bill 71 in North Carolina.

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

Duke Energy today issued the following statement regarding passage of Senate Bill 71 by the North Carolina General Assembly.