News Releases

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Duke Energy has joined the Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster (RTCC) as a founding board member, committing $25,000 a year for a three-year period to the organization.Lee Mazzocchi, senior vice president and chief integration and ...

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. - Progress Energy Florida, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, has selected 10 public schools serving as emergency shelters to receive no-cost solar installations and battery backup systems through the utility’s SunSense Schools...

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. -If every American home replaced just one incandescent light bulb with an ENERGY STAR® light bulb, we could save about $600 million in annual energy costs, enough to light 3 million homes for a year, according to the U.S. ...

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. -Vincent M. Dolan, state president for Duke Energy subsidiary Progress Energy Florida, has announced that he will retire by the end of 2012. The company has named R. Alexander “Alex” Glenn, currently the Florida utility’s general ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Duke Energy Carolinas has distributed $11 million to more than 50 assistance agencies across its North Carolina service territory. The funds, from shareholders, are designed to assist low-income residents in North Carolina with ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy Carolinas and Progress Energy Carolinas, both subsidiaries of Duke Energy Corp., are seeking regulatory approval to begin returning merger-related savings to customers. Filings made today with the North Carolina Utilities...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Twenty-six local high school graduates earn Progress Energy Carolinas scholarships. Progress Energy Carolinas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, awards the scholarships annually to qualifying college-bound children of company employees....

RALEIGH, N.C. -Progress Energy Carolinas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, announced that its customers set a peak electricity demand record Thursday, as heat indices of up to 115 degrees had air conditioners churning through the afternoon and evening.In ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -Progress Energy Carolinas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, will accelerate the retirement of one North Carolina coal-fired power plant previously slated for closing in 2013, and will retire the utility’s only coal-fired unit in South ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Duke Energy today highlighted its strong balance sheet and financial flexibility in expressing disappointment with Standard & Poor's decision to downgrade the company's corporate credit rating.The ratings agency on July 25 affirmed ...