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Issuer:     Duke Energy CORP (DUK)
CIK:        0001326160
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-109638
Event type: regulatory
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Duke Energy Carolinas reaches partial rate case settlement in SC; net annual increase ~$19M (1.0%)
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- Settled for $74M base revenue increase ($19M net after PTC flow-back; original request $151M).
- ROE set at 9.99% on 53% equity/47% debt; overall rate of return 7.41%.
- Rate base $7.9B; storm reserve funding doubles to $10M; pension cost rider supported.
- $100M in PTCs flowed back to SC customers over 22 months; four-year amortization from 2028.
- Settlement subject to PSCSC approval; hearing starts Nov 13, 2025; rates targeted by March 1, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465925109638/0001104659-25-109638-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30371/000110465925109638/tm2530955d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-109638

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