secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Duke Energy CORP (DUK)
CIK:        0001326160
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-07-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-24-078218
Event type: regulatory
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

SC regulators approve Duke Energy Carolinas rate case; $30-40M Q2 charge
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- PSCSC approved $234M annual base rate increase before EDIT acceleration; net $150M first 2 years.
- Return on equity 9.94% on 51.21% equity capital structure; rate base set at $7.4B.
- Revised rates effective August 1, 2024; one-time pre-tax charge of $30-40M in Q2 2024.
- Coal ash recovery of $184M over 7 years with debt-only return during deferral.
- Grid improvement CWIP of $188M included in rate base; $2M shareholder contribution for low-income programs.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465924078218/0001104659-24-078218-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30371/000110465924078218/tm2419006d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-078218

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