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Duke Energy has selected five Florida properties for participation in this year's Site Readiness Program to prepare them for business and industrial development.

With 670 miles of wire and cable and 487,000 solar panels, Duke Energy's (NYSE: DUK) 40-megawatt (MW) Elm City Solar Facility is the latest addition to the company's renewable portfolio to power a clean energy future.

Duke Energy crews and additional contractors worked throughout the day restoring power to Florida customers impacted by Tropical Storm Colin. As of 3:30 p.m., approximately 3,600 customers, mainly in Pinellas County, were still experiencing storm-related outages. Since the storm began on Monday, company crews have restored power about 95,000 of its 1.7 million Florida customers.

Duke Energy crews and additional contractors worked through the night in Florida restoring power knocked out by heavy rain and wind from Tropical Storm Colin. Since the storm began, Duke Energy crews have restored power to more than 85,000 of its 1.7 million Florida customers. As of 10:00 a.m., more than 99 percent of all customers had power, with approximately 7,600 customers without power due to weather.

 Duke Energy today issued the following statement regarding Governor McCrory's veto of Senate Bill 71 in North Carolina.

With Tropical Storm Colin bringing severe weather to Florida, Duke Energy is responding and urging customers to be safe.

Duke Energy today issued the following statement regarding passage of Senate Bill 71 by the North Carolina General Assembly.

Duke Energy is launching a new phase of its successful advertising campaign to highlight Millennials, Gen X and Baby Boomers' reliance on energy – and how the company is meeting each generation's needs with new technologies that generate and deliver increasingly clean energy.

Duke Energy encourages everyone to focus on safety while boating, swimming and enjoying other recreational lake activities this summer.

Duke Energy today issued the following statement regarding Senate Bill 71, a measure moving through the North Carolina General Assembly that would, among other things, reconstitute the Coal Ash Management Commission and address water supply to ash basin neighbors.