DUKE ENERGY® | illumination Stories that enlighten, inform and inspire Oct 26, 2026
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Hundreds of workers dedicated to rebuilding Florida Panhandle
Areas of the Florida Panhandle were so badly damaged by Hurricane Michael’s storm surge and 155-mph winds that some customers can’t receive power without energy companies rebuilding the grid. By end of day Oct. 19, Duke Energy restored power to every...
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How Duke Energy protects animals and prevents outages
When the weather is nice and the power goes out, the culprit may not be a fallen tree. Animals do extensive damage to the electric grid, inducing thousands of outages every year. Squirrels cause the most outages. And snakes, raccoons, birds and other...
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Implosion levels remains of old Buck power plant
Thanks to nearly 300 charges of explosives, Buck Steam Station was decommissioned Oct. 19 when the final four units of the coal-fired generating station in Salisbury, N.C., were imploded. Named for Duke Energy co-founder James Buchanan "Buck" Duke, Buck...
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Retro photos: tools of the trade
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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