News Releases

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Duke Energy today urged its customers in North Carolina and South Carolina to be alert for a new bill payment scam. Since mid-November, more than 35 Duke Energy small-business and residential customers in the Carolinas have reported ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy today announced several executive changes to further strengthen the ability of the nation’s largest electric utility to quickly achieve financial and operational efficiencies resulting from its merger with Progress...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy has acquired a commercial solar power project located within the University of Arizona’s (UA) Science and Technology Park (UA Tech Park) in Tucson, in an area dedicated to solar energy. Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy today offered tips to help customers save money as they decorate their homes with holiday lights. On average, holiday lights cost just pennies a day. However, elaborate displays that use large incandescent bulbs can add as...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with the North Carolina Attorney General.  The agreement resolves all issues related to the matters under review by the attorney general regarding Duke Energy’s...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Duke Energy Chairman, President and CEO Jim Rogers today announced his intent to retire from the company by the end of 2013, which is consistent with the expiration of his employment contract.Rogers has served as a CEO in the utility ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy today announced that it has filed a settlement agreement with the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC). This agreement was reached between Duke Energy, the staff of the NCUC and the North Carolina Public...

RALEIGH, N.C. -Progress Energy Carolinas residential customers in North Carolina will pay slightly less for electricity beginning Dec. 1. As approved by the N.C. Utilities Commission (NCUC), the bill for a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours...

PLAINFIELD, IND. -The Duke Energy Foundation has contributed nearly $2 million to Indiana not-for-profits in 2012. Included in the funding is $75,000 designated for Hoosier teachers as part of the company’s 100th anniversary in Indiana.Duke Energy ...

GAINESVILLE, FLA. -The University of Florida (UF) is reducing its energy costs and promoting renewable energy, thanks to the installation of a 100-kilowatt (kW) solar photovoltaic (PV) system from Progress Energy.The effort is part of the utility’s ...