DUKE ENERGY® | illumination Stories that enlighten, inform and inspire Feb 9, 2025
Insights
Help wanted: Workers for high-paying jobs
Lesly Perez finished high school with a lot of ambition, but too little money for college.   So a week after graduation, she entered a six-month training program that immersed her into the world of computer coding and paid her expenses. She then landed...
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Test your knowledge of lineman lingo
Linemen have jobs unlike any other – they chase storms, climb poles and know the ins-and-outs of the energy grid – so it makes sense that they would have their own lingo, too. Nicknames for tools and tasks have been passed down from one generation of...
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Remarkable People
Wife honors lineworker husband after his death
About the only thing Justin Kropp loved more than being an energy company lineworker was being a husband to Rachel and a father to their sons, Decker, 2, and Jameson, 1. “It was his passion,” Rachel Kropp said. “He loved the brotherhood, the...
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Retro
Retro photos: Keep on truckin’
Duke Energy’s Charlotte, N.C., headquarters houses thousands of old photos from Florida to Ohio and Kentucky to the Carolinas. However, many of the photos are not properly identified. Help us improve our records by sending us your memories about the...
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