News Releases

Duke Energy has selected eight North Carolina properties for participation in this year’s Site Readiness Program to prepare them for business and industrial development.

Duke Energy has selected five South Carolina properties for participation in this year’s Site Readiness Program to prepare the properties for industrial development.

Duke Energy announced today it has finalized a second deal in 2016 to buy captured methane gas derived from swine waste. The planned project will be at farms in Kenansville, N.C.

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?"