News Releases

A modernized generating fleet and additional investments of $11 billion in cleaner energy are spurring Duke Energy to establish an aggressive carbon dioxide reduction goal: 40 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. The goals are spelled out in the company's 2016 Sustainability Report, which was issued today.

A new survey of utility customers nationwide has named Piedmont Natural Gas a Top Utility Environmental Champion of 2017 for initiatives such as slashing emissions in its vehicle fleet and making its facilities more energy efficient.

PaperWorks Industries has made a strategic investment of approximately $3.5 million to reduce its energy consumption at its Wabash operations. The result earned the company a $1.13 million incentive payment from Duke Energy’s Smart$aver® Custom program.

Duke Energy today issued the following statement in connection with legal action the company is taking against some of its insurance companies seeking payment for liabilities associated with coal ash.

When Ivy Tech in Bloomington, Ind., expanded by 90,000 square feet, it did so with energy efficiency in mind. That forethought earned the college a $71,160 incentive payment from Duke Energy’s Smart$aver® Prescriptive program, which helps reduce the purchase and installation costs of high-efficiency lighting and other equipment.

Duke Energy Florida, in partnership with the Florida Forest Service and the Arbor Day Foundation’s Energy-Saving Trees program, is providing 1,200 trees in one-gallon pots to customers for free, in honor of Florida Arbor Day Friday.

Duke Energy today received preliminary approval from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) of its plans to offer new, permanent water supplies to eligible neighbors near its North Carolina coal plants.

A $450,000 grant from Duke Energy will help Greensboro's Department of Transportation (GDOT) install an electric charging station for the future influx of all-electric buses in the city.

The Duke Energy Foundation is investing more than $350,000 in 13 South Carolina environmental nonprofit organizations.

Duke Energy customers are expected to use more energy to heat their homes – and see higher heating bills – this winter compared to one year ago. That's according to the company's winter heating forecast for the Greater Cincinnati region.