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Issuer:     Duke Energy CORP (DUK)
CIK:        0001326160
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-038007
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Duke Energy completes sale of Piedmont TN gas business to Spire for $2.48B
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- Completed sale of Piedmont Tennessee natural gas business to Spire for $2.48B cash on March 31, 2026.
- $800M proceeds used for debt paydown; net $1.5B to fund Duke's $103B capital plan.
- Transaction includes ~3,800 miles of pipelines, 200K+ customers; employees transitioned to Spire.
- Estimated pre-tax gain of $693M per pro forma; pro forma net income $887M for Piedmont.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465926038007/0001104659-26-038007-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78460/000110465926038007/tm2610676d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-038007

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