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Duke Energy crews make significant progress restoring power, hardest hit areas will take several days to restore

Published on June 14, 2013 | News Release

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy crews are working to restore power to customers in the Carolinas who lost service Thursday night due to the heavy thunderstorms that moved through the state. Additional crews are being brought in to support the restoration...

Duke Energy crews and supplemental workers focusing on power restoration from storm that caused hundreds of thousands of outages

Published on June 14, 2013 | News Release

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today's mild, sunny weather can't erase the damage done by a ferocious storm that left more than 350,000 customers without power in the Carolinas at the height of the storm. Several thousand Duke Energy and supplemental crews worked...

Duke Energy assessing damage from the severe storm that has caused hundreds of thousands of outages

Published on June 13, 2013 | News Release

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy crews will work throughout the night to assess damage and restore power to customers who lost service after a severe storm moved through the Carolinas today. Earlier this evening, there were more 350,000 customers, mostly...

Duke Energy prepares for potential high winds and severe weather

Published on June 12, 2013 | News Release

CINCINNATI, OHIO - Duke Energy is prepared for severe weather approaching its Midwest service territory in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. Company meteorologists have been tracking and monitoring the storm and believe the region may see strong storms...

Duke Energy's Edwardsport power plant begins commercial operation

Published on June 10, 2013 | News Release

PLAINFIELD, IND. - Duke Energy’s Edwardsport Generating Station has begun commercial operation. Located in Knox County, Ind., near Vincennes, the 618-megawatt advanced technology coal gasification plant is one of the world’s cleanest coal-fired power...

Duke Energy is prepared for severe weather and reminds residents to do the same

Published on June 6, 2013 | News Release

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - As Andrea, the first tropical storm of the season, bears down on the Carolinas, Duke Energy reminds residents to be prepared. Severe weather can topple trees and power lines resulting in power outages. In addition, heavy rain can...

Duke Energy, Children's Trust partner to offer free use of life jackets on Lake Wateree

Published on June 5, 2013 | News Release

COLUMBIA, S.C. -Duke Energy is partnering with Children’s Trust of South Carolina to initiate a life jacket loaner program on Lake Wateree. The program is jointly sponsored by Lake Wateree Presbyterian Church, Lake Wateree Baptist Church and Wateree ...

Duke Energy announces drought improvement to ‘'normal'’ conditions

Published on June 4, 2013 | News Release

SENECA, S.C. -The Keowee-Toxaway Basin is now officially out of any drought designation, as rainfall has improved storage in Duke Energy’s reservoirs and met other conditions outlined in the regional drought response plan.The basin includes the Duke ...

Duke Energy pop-up museum showcases retro refrigerators

Published on June 4, 2013 | News Release

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -An outdoor museum of vintage refrigerators popped up today at Center City’s Wells Fargo Atrium, 301 South Tryon St., to educate and encourage Duke Energy customers to recycle old, energy-guzzling secondary refrigerators and freezers. ...

Duke Energy accepts applications for 2013 Habitat Enhancement Program

Published on June 3, 2013 | News Release

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Duke Energy is again offering grants through the Habitat Enhancement Program (HEP) to qualifying government agencies and nonprofit organizations that want to enhance, create and protect fish and wildlife habitats along the ...