News Releases

Increasing demand for electricity, improving reliability and ensuring a resilient system during storms are driving Duke Energy to build a state-of-the-art substation at the Osprey Energy Center in Polk County, Fla., as well as 54 miles of new connecting transmission lines.

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 first time, Duke Energy Indiana has awarded grants ranging from $3,000 to $5,000 to five regional economic development groups in Indiana as part of the company’s inaugural Foreign Direct Investment Partnership Program.

Duke Energy has awarded grants ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 to 13 economic development groups in Indiana as part of the company’s 2018 Marketing Partnership Program.

Duke Energy’s new 750-megawatt combined-cycle natural gas plant at the W.S. Lee Station in Anderson County, S.C., began serving customers on April 5, 2018.

Duke Energy Florida’s state-of-the-art natural gas plant in Citrus County is on track to deliver cleaner, more reliable energy for Floridians.

Today Duke Energy, along with joint owners American Electric Power (AEP) and Dayton Power & Light (DP&L), finalized the sales transaction of the retired Walter C. Beckjord coal plant in Clermont County, Ohio, to Commercial Liability Partners (CLP). CLP will repurpose much of the property on site for future development.

Duke Energy Florida customers are now benefiting from an additional 8.8 megawatts of solar, a carbon-free renewable resource in the Sunshine State with the completion of the company’s newest solar power plant.

Duke Energy selected six Florida properties for participation in its 2017 Site Readiness Program to prepare them for business and industrial development.

Duke Energy is investing $3 billion over roughly the next 10 years in South Carolina to strengthen the energy grid and provide a major boost to the state’s economy for years to come.