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Successful companies recognize the evolving landscape, innovate and adapt to new realities. My guess is that when you think “innovative” or “tech-savvy,” your local utility doesn’t come to mind. But, the transformational change the electric industry is undergoing is surprisingly intense.

Warm weather in December meant lower energy bills, but more seasonal weather is in the forecast. Here are some tips to help save energy and money – no matter the winter weather.

Duke Energy's customers find there's no place like 'My Home' by surpassing 1 terawatt-hour in energy savings through the company's My Home Energy Report (MyHER) Program.

Duke Energy currently has 50,000 remaining outages in the Carolinas after a winter storm affected customers over the past few days. Bobby Simpson, Duke Energy's storm director, says he expects nearly all remaining customers to have power Sunday. The company has had as many as 7,000 workers in the field since Friday working to restore outages caused by snow, ice, sleet and high winds.

More than 7,000 workers made a major dent in the power outages today as Duke Energy responded to the winter storm that rolled through the Carolinas all-day Friday. As of 7 p.m. today, the company has roughly 75,000 current power outages – half the 150,000 the company started with earlier today. More than 400,000 outages have been restored.

The aftermath of a winter storm that rolled through the Carolinas Friday has Duke Energy workers restoring power to more than 150,000 customers remaining without electricity.  

As this unpredictable winter storm continues to unfold, Duke Energy is strategically moving crews to those areas affected throughout the Carolinas.

The first major storm of the winter drifted into the Carolinas under the cover of darkness early today with the potential of robbing the area of roadway passability, business productivity and vital electricity. Duke Energy crews, with the assistance of its contractors and personnel from as far away as Texas, were waiting and mobilized to begin restoring outages as quickly and safely as possible.

More than 1,400 extra personnel from Florida and other regions headed to the Carolinas; almost 5,000 Duke Energy workers poised to respond Company preparing for coming winter storm; outages expected Customers: How to stay connected with the...

Duke Energy is closely monitoring the winter storm forecasted to bring snow, sleet and freezing rain to North Carolina and South Carolina as well as the Eastern United States Thursday night through the weekend.