News Releases

Duke Energy Carolinas customers in North Carolina and South Carolina set a summertime record for electricity usage as this week’s heat wave drove up energy demand.

Duke Energy is offering a wide array of programs and plans to help customers reduce energy usage and manage their bills.

As hurricane season begins, first responders and emergency managers are preparing their communities for the possibility of impacts from severe weather. Duke Energy is supporting those efforts across South Carolina.

Duke Energy encourages its customers to prepare for hurricanes and other severe storms to protect their families and property during the hurricane season, which runs June 1 through Nov. 30.

As the mercury rises in the Carolinas today and over the weekend, Duke Energy is providing tips and tools to help customers save energy – and money – while trying to stay cool.

Duke Energy today celebrates national Arbor Day by awarding a $100,000 grant to PowerPlantSC – an initiative by the South Carolina Floodwater Commission and the S.C. Tree Farm Committee to help communities plant trees to create greater resiliency strategies in the state.

On Earth Day, the Duke Energy Foundation is awarding $100,000 in grants to organizations that maintain critical access to parks and trails across South Carolina, ensuring future generations enjoy the immeasurable benefits of the natural resources of the Palmetto State.

Duke Energy Progress made its annual filing April 20 with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina as part of an annual adjustment of the actual cost of fuel used to generate electricity at its power plants.

Since 2016, Duke Energy Foundation funding has supplied more than 15,000 free trees to residents through the TreesUpstate Energy Saving Trees Program, along with information on how planting the right tree in the right place can reduce energy consumption.

Piedmont Natural Gas today filed a request with the South Carolina Public Service Commission to recover recent capital investments and update its operating costs and billing rates through a general rate case proceeding.