News Releases

The Duke Energy Foundation is continuing its strong support of education by awarding $75,000 to the The Next Generation STEM Classroom (NGSC) Middle School Program at Northern Kentucky University.

Duke Energy’s engineering, procurement and construction contractor, Fluor, is expected to start hiring 600 to 700 temporary construction workers gradually in spring 2016 with peak employment expected in 2017.

Today's announcement is an important milestone in the development of long-term closure solutions for coal ash basins, which store non-hazardous material. However and equally important, it acknowledges that work is incomplete and changes to the Coal Ash Management Act (CAMA) are necessary in order to get to final recommendations.

Duke Energy linemen will teach first responders about power line safety in anticipation of the upcoming hurricane season June 1 through Nov. 30.

Duke Energy today received regulatory approval from the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) to construct solar facilities in Davie and Union counties.

Duke Energy is providing more than $1 million in grants to 33 Florida-based educational programs through its Duke Energy Foundation.

Melody Birmingham-Byrd, Duke Energy state president for Indiana, had a question for the graduating class of St. Mary-of-the-Woods College: "Have you now finished your education?"

Duke Energy Renewables today announced construction has begun on the 25-megawatt (MW) Caprock Solar Power Project near Tucumcari in Quay County, New Mexico.

Nine organizations in North Carolina and South Carolina will share $730,000 in new grants from the Water Resources Fund to improve local water quality.

Duke Energy and Duke University today announced a partnership that will lead to cleaner and more efficient power for the university and the surrounding community.