Duke Energy Corporation is an American electric power and natural gas holding company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The strike culminated in the shooting and death of twenty-two year old miner, Lawrence D. Jones, by a foreman at the Duke Power-owned mine.

To do so, the group focused on making energy consumption changes to commercial buildings larger than 10,000 square feet.

[18] Duke Energy completed selling its remaining power operations in Central and South America for $1.2 billion months afterwards.

[22] On December 3, 2022, an attack was carried out on two Duke Energy substations located in Moore County, North Carolina.

[23] Damage from the attack left up to 40,000 residents without electrical power for several days, with officials closing schools and declaring a state of emergency.

Duke planned to develop the site for two Westinghouse Electric Company AP1000 (advanced passive) pressurized water reactors.

Novare Group bought 5.13 acres (20,800 m2) at 408 South Church Street for $17 million from The Dilweg Cos. in a deal announced March 27, 2006.

[33][34] Previously named Charlotte Metro Tower,[34] the 40-story building will be purchased when completed for up to $675 million by Childress Klein and CGA Capital, in the largest real estate deal in the city's history, announced in December 2019.

[36] In 1999, the United States Environmental Protection Agency commenced an enforcement action against Duke Energy for making modifications to very old and deteriorating coal-burning power plants without getting permits under the Clean Air Act.

The Court unanimously ruled on April 2, 2007, that the modifications allowed the power plants to operate for more hours, increasing emissions, so Clean Air Act permits were needed.

[39] The Political Economy Research Institute ranks Duke Energy 13th among corporations emitting airborne pollutants in the United States.

In early 2008, Duke Energy announced a plan to build the new, 800-megawatt Cliffside Unit 6 coal plant 55 miles (89 km) west of Charlotte, North Carolina.

[41][42] In a joint venture with the French-based global energy firm AREVA, under the nominal name of ADAGE, Duke Energy has planned a "Green" biomass burning facility in Mason County, Washington and is negotiating with forestland owners to secure the 600,000 tons of wood debris it needs yearly to fuel its $250 million biomass plant.

The following pollutants are provided by DUKE-AREVA-ADAGE in their application for permit to the Department of Environmental Protection for a similar type of plant in Florida.

Following is a list of Duke Energy's thirty conventional hydroelectric facilities, in order of average electric production.

[45] Citing the falling cost of building solar farms, Duke Energy announced plans in 2017 to launch three new such projects in Kentucky.

[56] In December 2000, Cinergy Corp agreed to pay $1.4B to settle allegations that its coal plants illegally polluted the air.

[59] In December 2009, Duke Energy agreed to spend approximately $93M to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act.

"[61] In May 2011, Duke agreed to pay $30M to resolve allegations that changes made to the company pension plan disproportionately harmed employees over 40, costing many of them up to half of their accrued benefits.

[62] In December 2011, the non-partisan organization Public Campaign criticized Duke Energy for spending $17.47 million on lobbying.

[68] On February 2, 2014, the massive Dan River coal-ash spill led to a grand jury investigation into Duke Energy.

[69][70] Duke Energy was prosecuted, pled guilty to nine charges of criminal negligence,[71] and agreed to pay $102 million in fines and restitutions.

[74] In August 2020, environmental watchdog EWG released a report accusing Duke Energy of charging Indiana ratepayers for $12 billion worth of failed projects.

[77] In January 2021, Duke Energy agreed to a settlement, which the company proposed, to absorb $1.1 billion worth of coal-ash pond closure and cleanup costs, in North Carolina, between 2015 and 2030.

[78] The parties involved also waived all rights to challenge the "reasonableness and prudence" of Duke Energy's coal ash management practices and costs before March 2020.

[79] In August 2021, Indiana city officials from Bloomington, Carmel, and West Lafayette, and other lawmakers sent a letter to Duke Energy deploring its progress towards renewables and asking it to stop overcharging low-income homes for electricity.