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Issuer:     Duke Energy CORP (DUK)
CIK:        0001326160
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-103832
Event type: regulatory
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Duke Energy Progress reaches SC rate case settlement for $40M annual increase, ROE of 9.99%
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- Settlement with ORS and intervenors sets $40M annual revenue increase (6.5% avg) vs original $75M request.
- Return on equity of 9.99% with 53% equity capital structure and overall return of 7.2%.
- South Carolina retail rate base set at $2.2 billion.
- Storm reserve funding increased to $6M annually; pension cost rider supported.
- PTC flow-back of $10M/yr over 24 months; new rates targeted by Feb 1, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465925103832/0001104659-25-103832-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17797/000110465925103832/tm2529676d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-103832

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