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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy, the nation's largest electric utility, today deployed 1,000 additional workers to help other utilities in eight states restore power to more than 6 million homes and businesses in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20040414/DUKEENERGYLOGO ) Duke Energy's storm team now totals 2,700 employees and contractors working long hours in difficult conditions in Connecticut, Maryland, New...
CHARLOTTE, NC, Oct. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy, the nation's largest electric utility, today deployed 423 additional employees and contractors to help restore power to more than 8 million homes and businesses in the hard hit Mid-Atlantic and Northeast U.S. following Hurricane Sandy. The new workers join 1,250 Duke Energy workers dispatched Monday, bringing the company's total storm contingent to nearly 1,700. The utility also said it expects to deploy additional crews...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), the nation's largest electric utility, today made 1,200 line workers available to help other utilities restore power in Hurricane Sandy's aftermath. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20040414/DUKEENERGYLOGO ) Most of the workers are contractors who normally work in the service areas of Duke Energy and Progress Energy. The company said it will make additional crews available later in the week after the...
FLORENCE, S.C., Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Progress Energy Carolinas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), has installed six plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging stations in South Carolina, as part of its commercial charging station research program. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110110/PROGRESSENERGYLOGO ) These are the first public-access charging stations Duke Energy has installed in the state. The host sites will cover the cost of electricity during the...
RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reflecting the cost of building state-of-the-art, low-emission power generation, as well as higher operating expenses, Progress Energy Carolinas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, today filed a request to increase North Carolina retail rates - the company's first general rate increase request since 1987. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20040414/DUKEENERGYLOGO ) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110110/PROGRESSENERGYLOGO...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Below is a statement issued today by Alex Glenn, incoming president of Progress Energy Florida, a subsidiary of Duke Energy. Today, we provided to the Florida Public Service Commission the report from Zapata Inc., regarding its independent review of the potential repair plan for the Crystal River Nuclear Plant (CR3). As part of the ongoing evaluation of the pending decision to repair or retire the unit, and given the...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy will release its third quarter 2012 earnings results at 7 a.m. ET on Thursday, Nov. 8. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20040414/DUKEENERGYLOGO ) Duke Energy Corporation and Progress Energy Inc. completed their merger on July 2, 2012. In connection with the merger, Progress Energy has become a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Duke Energy. Therefore, the third quarter 2012 consolidated results of Duke Energy will...
RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As announced in July, Progress Energy Carolinas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), on Oct. 1 will officially retire two coal-fired power plants, including the utility's first coal-fueled facility built in 1923. The utility will close the Cape Fear power plant, near Moncure, N.C., and the H.B. Robinson Unit 1 power plant, near Hartsville, S.C., as part of its ongoing fleet-modernization program. Closing older, less-efficient coal...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lloyd Yates, Duke Energy's executive vice president of customer operations, has been named to Black Enterprise Magazine's list of the "100 Most Powerful" black executives in corporate America. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20040414/DUKEENERGYLOGO) The publication selected executives based on their contributions to company revenues, as well as management responsibility, budget authority, operating responsibility and...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) today unveiled a new corporate logo representing a new identity for the nation's largest electric utility following its merger with Progress Energy in July. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20040414/DUKEENERGYLOGO ) The logo, which can be downloaded here, was developed internally and will be used by the company with customers in early 2013. "The logo represents a new beginning for a unified and...
