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Issuer:     Duke Energy CORP (DUK)
CIK:        0001326160
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-06-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-23-070360
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.06, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Duke Energy sells utility-scale renewables to Brookfield for $2.8B; expects $1.1B net, $800M impairment
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- Sale of utility-scale solar and wind portfolio (3.4 GW net) to Brookfield Renewable for ~$2.8B enterprise value, including debt and tax equity.
- Expected net proceeds ~$1.1B subject to closing adjustments; proceeds will be used to avoid holding company debt issuances.
- Pre-tax impairment charge of ~$800M in Q2 2023, classified in discontinued operations.
- Reaffirms 2023 adjusted EPS guidance $5.55-$5.75 and long-term 5-7% EPS growth through 2027; no planned equity through 2027.
- Sale expected to close by end of 2023, subject to FERC and HSR approvals; separate distributed energy business sale also expected by year-end.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465923070360/0001104659-23-070360-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465923070360/tm2317976d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-070360

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