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With hotter weather expected across North Carolina next week, Duke Energy is helping customers manage energy use, better understand their bills and access assistance if needed.

With summer officially underway, Duke Energy and the City of Pinellas Park are launching a joint awareness campaign encouraging local residents to complete a free Home Energy Check and get personalized recommendations to help them save energy – and money.

While summer heat has already settled across Florida, the astronomical start of the season is observed this Sunday, June 21. Duke Energy Florida is helping customers manage their energy use – and their bills – by offering practical tips focused on the five appliances that use the most energy in the home: air conditioners, water heaters, refrigerators, washing machines and dishwashers.

Piedmont Natural Gas today announced it has decreased rates for its North Carolina customers. Combined, Piedmont’s 2026 rate decreases are reducing average residential customers’ bills by approximately 8%, or about $100, per year.

Duke Energy Florida will implement its third rate reduction of 2026 from June through September, lowering residential customer bills by approximately $50, or 25%, for every 1,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of energy used when compared to January.

Duke Energy Florida aplicará su tercera reducción de tarifas de 2026 entre junio y septiembre, lo que reducirá las facturas de los clientes residenciales en aproximadamente 50 dólares, o un 25 %, por cada 1,000 kilovatios-hora (kWh) de energía consumida en comparación con enero.

As a surge of winter cold sweeps in, Duke Energy is committed to helping customers manage energy costs during the coldest months of the year. Historically, January is the peak for energy use as heating systems work harder to keep homes comfortable. The colder it gets, the more energy is required – making now the perfect time to take action.

Duke Energy Florida announced that the storm cost recovery charge – the result of costs associated with the company’s approximately $1.1 billion response to hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton – will be removed from customers’ bills a month earlier than originally scheduled.

Duke Energy Florida anunció que el cargo por recuperación de costos por tormentas —resultado de los costos asociados a la respuesta de la compañía, que ascendió a aproximadamente $1,100 millones de dólares, a los huracanes Debby, Helene y Milton— se eliminará de las facturas de los clientes un mes antes de lo previsto inicialmente.

Throughout 2025, Duke Energy Florida teams have completed many targeted investments designed to boost energy reliability, reduce customer rates and expand capacity to meet growing energy demands.