Duke Energy Corporation

A team of one, our corporate archivist Chris Hamrick documents the way Duke Energy has transformed, grown, and served our communities over the years and up to today. The collection in our Corporate Archives includes assets related to original technology developments and other significant milestones in the history of our products and people. Preserving our history is important because it's also part of the history of the local communities we serve. Here Chris highlights a few pieces from our collection.

Today, we celebrate more than 3,000 employees ensuring safe, reliable natural gas delivery to 1.7 million customers across five states. Happy Natural Gas Utility Workers’ Day!

Roughly 200,000 miles of Duke Energy above-ground power lines wind through a six-state footprint that includes the highlands of Kentucky, the mountains of western North Carolina, and the towering willow oaks of Charlotte. In each of these areas, trees and vegetation can pose hazards to power lines and thus, reliability. Because of the varied terrain Duke Energy covers, the company employs two vegetation teams and a variety of pruning tools and methods to clear trees and vegetation that may interfere with the lines. “The objective is to maintain the lines – before the trees and brush are close enough to cause outages – in a manner that is consistent with good arboricultural practices,” said Wesley Frick, manager of distribution vegetation at Duke Energy. Learn more about the team responsible for vegetation management. http://spr.ly/60410JZIf.

"I love helping people and being able to share information that for me, I did not know until I started working here." We're focused on helping customers save throughout the entire year, not just during the winter and summer seasons when energy use can spike. Dedicated teams are out in the communities we serve, educating customers on money-saving programs available to them and offering tips and guidance for managing energy use. Monique Trice, Customer Assistance Programs Manager, shares her passion for helping others through programs that are making a real difference for our customers.

The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) Board of Directors has presented Duke Energy Chair and CEO Lynn Good with the Thomas A. Edison Legacy Award, honoring her decades of service to the electric power industry. “Lynn’s visionary leadership and steadfast commitment to excellence have always exemplified the very best our industry has to offer, and this well-deserved award recognizes the lasting impact she has had throughout her distinguished career,” said EEI Interim President and CEO Pat Vincent-Collawn. Under her leadership, Duke Energy has emerged as a global leader in transforming customer operations and engagement programs, enhancing emergency response capabilities, and fostering partnerships essential for accelerating modern policy solutions. Please join us in congratulating Lynn for this well-deserved recognition. http://spr.ly/6047LLzoJ.

“I lived in the energy efficiency world of Duke for close to 12 years. I still can’t go into a building without looking for opportunities." After working as a Duke Energy Business Energy Advisor for more than a decade, helping people conserve energy became a way of life for Ken Muth. Muth, now a government and community relations manager in Kentucky, still has a passion for helping customers find ways to save through improved energy efficiency. http://spr.ly/6042Lqjli. Photo: Ken Muth, left, pictured with Paul Meier, longtime mayor of Crestview Hills, Ky.

“On high-energy demand days – like those we saw in January – Lincoln 17 performed efficiently.” Lincoln 17 — the new 402-megawatt simple-cycle combustion turbine generator, built at the existing Lincoln Combustion Turbine Station near Denver, N.C. — is the most efficient natural gas turbine in our fleet. The gas turbine provides the replacement generation needed to retire the last two units at Allen Steam Station. Lincoln 17 can reach full power in roughly 10 minutes – faster than any other turbine of its kind. This flexibility is essential on cold winter mornings or hot summer afternoons, when customers use a lot of electricity. Learn more about our most efficient gas turbine: https://lnkd.in/gQg6QE_B.

Join us in congratulating Katherine Neebe as she assumes the role of chief communications officer for Duke Energy, where she will play an essential role in shaping the future of the company's internal and external communications. Neebe, who joined the company in 2020, previously served as chief sustainability and philanthropy officer, and senior vice president of sustainability, policy and philanthropy. “Katherine has demonstrated a deep appreciation for the critical role that clear, timely communications play in fostering trust among our stakeholders,” said Louis Renjel, executive vice president and chief corporate affairs officer. “She has the leadership skills and external affairs experience needed to help meet the expectations of our customers, communities, shareholders and other stakeholders.” Neebe added, “Delivering business outcomes by serving our customers and communities will remain my focus. Corporate Communications is essential in advancing our ambitious energy modernization strategy, aimed at meeting our communities’ growing and evolving energy needs.”

For #EWeek2025, we're celebrating the engineers who drive innovation and creativity within our organization. Meet a few of the Duke Energy engineers who have contributed to our mission of powering the communities we serve. Top: Engineer Muhammad Mlayes who has served on a Duke Energy team that designs anything physically located inside a substation fence. (2023) Bottom left: Electrical Engineer Emily Jones performs regular preventative maintenance on equipment at Duke Energy’s Gibson Steam Station, the company’s largest power plant. (2024) Bottom Middle: Florida Power engineers discuss environmental technology and solar research. (1978) Bottom Right: The Distributed Generation Team that ensures the safe and reliable connection of renewable energy to the grid. (2024)

Duke Energy has posted its fourth-quarter and year-end 2024 financial results. Learn more: http://spr.ly/6047IgTz9.