News Releases

Duke Energy provides update on early stage progress and acceleration of ash basin management efforts

Published on March 26, 2014

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy today issued the following statement regarding the company's management and monitoring of its ash basins: For more than a century, Duke Energy has provided safe, reliable and affordable electricity to our...

Duke Energy Florida to sell unused nuclear fuel assemblies from retired Crystal River Nuclear Plant

Published on March 26, 2014

CRYSTAL RIVER, FLA. -Duke Energy Florida announced today it will sell 76 unused nuclear fuel assemblies from its retired Crystal River Nuclear Plant north of Tampa through a request for proposals (RFP) process.Selling and transferring nuclear fuel ...

Duke Energy donates $15,000 for Red Cross storm relief

Published on March 24, 2014

GREENSBORO, N.C. -Duke Energy today announced a $15,000 donation to the American Red Cross from the Duke Energy Foundation. The funds will be used to support the storm relief the Red Cross provided during the March ice storm. In the wake of the storm, ...

Duke Energy responds to change in dam condition, notice of violation at retired Cape Fear Plant

Published on March 20, 2014

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Duke Energy today notified the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) and other state and local officials that a gap has developed on the inside embankment of one of the Cape Fear ash basins. The basin ...

Wastewater release occurs at Dan River Steam Station

Published on March 20, 2014

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -A brief discharge of water occurred Wednesday at the Dan River Steam Station site in Eden, NC when an excavator hit a pipe used to convey collected stormwater and wastewater, releasing approximately 1,000 gallons. A portion of the ...

Duke Energy to complete all ice storm-related outages today; preparations under way to address new outages that may result from todays high winds

Published on March 12, 2014

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy will complete its restoration efforts by late tonight for customers in Alamance, Guilford and Randolph counties. A few outages may extend beyond tonight for customers with damaged meter boxes that have not been repaired or...

Duke Energy continúa progresando en la restauración de la electricidad; urge a clientes que tienen sus medidores de electricidad dañados que los hagan reparar ahora mismo

Published on March 12, 2014

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy sigue en camino con su plan de restauración de electricidad para el día de hoy a la medianoche para el 98 por ciento de sus clientes afectados, tras la tercera tormenta de hielo más grande que sorprendió a las Carolinas. El...

Duke Energy continues to make progress restoring power; urges customers with meter box damage to schedule repairs now

Published on March 11, 2014

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy is on track to restore power to 98 percent of storm-affected customers by midnight, after the third largest ice storm bowled through the Carolinas. Customer outages peaked at 414,000 on Friday. "We can't thank the community...

Duke Energy restaura la electricidad a todas las escuelas afectadas por la tormenta; tiene programado completar la restauracion de casi todo cliente para la el martes por la noche

Published on March 10, 2014

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy planea restaurar la energía eléctrica para el martes a la medianoche al 98 por ciento de todos los clientes que fueron afectados por la tormenta de hielo de impacto histórico. Hasta el día de hoy la 6 p.m., cerca de 34,000...

Duke Energy restores power to all storm-affected schools; on schedule to complete restoration to nearly all customers by Tuesday night

Published on March 10, 2014

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy plans to restore power by midnight Tuesday to 98 percent of all customers affected by the historic ice storm. As of 6 p.m., about 34,000 customers remain without power. More than 757,000 customer outages have been restored,...