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Duke Energy announced today it is considering the sale of all or a portion of its International Energy business segment. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Duke Energy International owns power plants in Central and South America.

Duke Energy, through its contractor, Southern Cross Co., will conduct mandatory interior gas meter and line inspections in Cincinnati area homes and small businesses.

BETHESDA, Md. – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has entered into a 17-year power purchase agreement for solar-generated electricity produced by Duke Energy Renewables. The renewable power purchase, which is expected to produce 30 megawatts (approximately...

Duke Energy Renewables has awarded $100,000 to the Center for Energy Education, a nonprofit organization whose mission encompasses research, education, and training workers for North Carolina's growing solar industry.

Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy, ended 2015 with a flurry, completing its 110-megawatt (MW) Los Vientos V Windpower Project in Starr County, Texas.

Duke Energy currently has 50,000 remaining outages in the Carolinas after a winter storm affected customers over the past few days. Bobby Simpson, Duke Energy's storm director, says he expects nearly all remaining customers to have power Sunday. The company has had as many as 7,000 workers in the field since Friday working to restore outages caused by snow, ice, sleet and high winds.

More than 7,000 workers made a major dent in the power outages today as Duke Energy responded to the winter storm that rolled through the Carolinas all-day Friday. As of 7 p.m. today, the company has roughly 75,000 current power outages – half the 150,000 the company started with earlier today. More than 400,000 outages have been restored.

The aftermath of a winter storm that rolled through the Carolinas Friday has Duke Energy workers restoring power to more than 150,000 customers remaining without electricity.  

As this unpredictable winter storm continues to unfold, Duke Energy is strategically moving crews to those areas affected throughout the Carolinas.

The first major storm of the winter drifted into the Carolinas under the cover of darkness early today with the potential of robbing the area of roadway passability, business productivity and vital electricity. Duke Energy crews, with the assistance of its contractors and personnel from as far away as Texas, were waiting and mobilized to begin restoring outages as quickly and safely as possible.