News Releases

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - More than 800 Duke Energy line technicians and other specialists are working today to restore power to customers who lost power last night and early today after Hurricane Arthur barreled up the North Carolina coast. The company expects...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Like a game of high-stakes chess, Duke Energy is awaiting Hurricane Arthur’s next move. In anticipation of high winds and rain along North Carolina’s coast, the company has already begun gathering its forces: 500 line and vegetation...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - As Tropical Storm Arthur bears down on the North Carolina coast, Duke Energy prepares to move more than 80 line workers and other support personnel to the area Thursday; residents and vacationers are encouraged to be prepared, in the...

EDEN, N.C. -Duke Energy has completed the cleanup of a coal ash deposit and river sediment at a site approximately two miles down river from the Dan River Steam Station.The location is where Town Creek meets the Dan River. The coal ash and sediment ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Duke Energy, on the second anniversary of its merger with Progress Energy, today announced it has completed and placed into service eight transmission line expansion projects it committed to undertake in North Carolina as a condition ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. -Higher fuel costs caused by the extreme weather conditions associated with this winter’s polar vortex contributed to a slight increase in the fuel component of rates for Duke Energy Progress customers in South Carolina.Residential ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Duke Energy today declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.795 per share, an increase of $0.015 per share or about 2 percent.This increase is the same as in 2013, the first full year of Duke Energy’s merger with ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - With July 4th weekend approaching and a busy summer recreation season anticipated, Duke Energy encourages a focus on swimming safety for lake visitors. “The number of drownings, especially children and teenagers, is tracking way ahead...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Duke Energy will release its second quarter 2014 earnings results at 7 a.m. ET on Thursday, Aug. 7.An earnings conference call for analysts is scheduled for 10 a.m. ET that day to discuss Duke Energy’s financial performance for the ...

GOLDSBORO, N.C. -Duke Energy Progress this morning imploded the boilers at the retired H.F. Lee Steam Plant as part of the company’s plans to retire and demolish several of its older coal plants across the state.This was the second implosion event at ...