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Issuer:     Duke Energy CORP (DUK)
CIK:        0001326160
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-17T20:29:26+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-084653
Event type: regulatory
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Duke Energy Carolinas reaches rate case settlement; ROE 9.8%, revenue increase $496M over 2 years
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- ROE set at 9.8% with 53% equity component, down from requested 10.48%; retail rate base ~$25.7B.
- MYRP capital of ~$3.8B with annual refund mechanism; total revenue increase $496M over two years (avg 3.7% annual).
- One-time pre-tax charge of ~$40M in 2026, treated as special item and excluded from adjusted earnings.
- $10M shareholder contribution to bill assistance; potential delay of next base rate case until Nov 1, 2028.
- Parties agree to pursue substantially similar settlement framework for Duke Energy Progress rate case.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465926084653/0001104659-26-084653-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30371/000110465926084653/tm2620766d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-084653

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