News Releases

Duke Energy is empowering students, educators and the workforce of the future by investing $2.5 million in 67 education and training initiatives across North Carolina.

Sixteen organizations spanning 46 counties in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia will receive more than $1.2 million in new grants from Duke Energy’s Water Resources Fund to support environmental and wildlife programs.

Emphasizing the importance of workforce development and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), Duke Energy recently awarded more than $1.56 million in grants to 46 Florida-based programs.

Duke Energy is expanding its investment in Ohio and Kentucky students and workforce development by funding 36 education and training programs – totaling nearly $600,000.

Duke Energy’s economic development consultants have selected six Indiana locations to participate in the company’s 2018 Site Readiness Program.

Students at Independence Elementary School in Rock Hill, S.C., recently celebrated a week of activities focused on science and technology by flipping the switch on the newest addition to the Patriots’ campus: a 230 kilowatt solar system made possible by the Duke Energy Solar Rebate Program.

Duke Energy's customers represent the centerpiece of the company's long-term strategy, Chairman, President and CEO Lynn Good today told investors during the company's annual shareholders meeting, held online using a live video webcast.

For the 12th consecutive year, the Arbor Day Foundation has recognized Duke Energy Florida as a Tree Line USA utility.

In honor of Earth Day, Piedmont Natural Gas is giving away free tree seedlings at local farmers markets and festivals in Charlotte and Wilmington, N.C.; Greenville, S.C.; and Nashville, Tenn.

With construction activity and outdoor home improvement projects picking up, Piedmont Natural Gas reminds commercial excavators and homeowners alike to call 811 to have pipes and other buried utilities located before they start digging.