---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001326160-23-000181"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DUK"
cik: "0001326160"
company_name: "Duke Energy CORP"
filed_at: "2023-08-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T02:49:23.149468+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Duke Carolinas partial settlement details Nuclear PTC rider with $50M/$100M customer benefits

## Summary
- Partial settlement with NC Public Staff on base rate case filed Jan 2023; includes Nuclear PTC rider from IRA.
- Rider flows $50M in 2025 and $100M in 2026 to DEC NC retail customers, starting Jan 1, 2025.
- After 2026, annual Nuclear PTCs tracked and flowed back over four years.
- Settlement does not cover ROE, capitalization structure, or COVID deferred cost recovery.
- Evidentiary hearing began Aug 28; settlement subject to NCUC approval.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001326160-23-000181
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DUK
- cik: 0001326160
- company_name: Duke Energy CORP
- filed_at: 2023-08-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000132616023000181/0001326160-23-000181-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30371/000132616023000181/duk-20230828.htm

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