News Releases

EDEN, N.C. -Duke Energy today celebrated the opening of the Dan River Natural Gas Combined Cycle Station in Eden, N.C.Located in Rockingham County, the state-of-the-art plant has an electric capacity of 620 megawatts (MW). The new station is part of ...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIF. - Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy, today announced it has acquired two commercial solar power projects near Twentynine Palms, Calif., from project developer SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Duke Energy has named John Fremstad business development manager for the company’s Business Development and Economic Development team.He will be located in Orlando, Fla., and responsible for recruiting companies in the data center ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers today urged people to encourage their federal legislators to take immediate action to develop a more sustainable financial strategy for the country.“With ever-increasing mountains of debt, the track our ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Duke Energy will release its first quarter 2013 earnings results at 7 a.m. ET on Friday, May 3.An earnings conference call for analysts is scheduled for 10 a.m. ET that day to discuss Duke Energy’s financial performance for the ...

PLAINFIELD, IND. -Duke Energy is revamping its economic development program to improve opportunities for communities to attract jobs and capital investment in Indiana.The company’s “Site Readiness Program,” which replaces the former Community Growth ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy will hold its annual shareholders’ meeting Thursday, May 2, at 10 a.m. ET, in O.J. Miller Auditorium at 526 South Church St.  Shareholders unable to attend the meeting in person have two options: An audio webcast will be...

CINCINNATI, OHIO - Duke Energy Ohio has reached an agreement with all intervening parties, including the Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO), concerning the company’s request to increase the rates Ohio customers pay for electric and...

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. - Nearly 1,200 low-income customers in Apalachicola, Fla., will soon receive a much-needed boost from Progress Energy Florida, a subsidiary of Duke Energy. Through the company’s innovative Neighborhood Energy Saver program, the...

GLENVILLE, N.C. -The season’s first scheduled recreational releases at the typically de-watered West Fork Bypassed Reach of the Tuckasegee River near Glenville, N.C., are scheduled for April 13 and 14, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The releases will be ...