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Duke Energy News Center

U.S. corporate (utility company communications)

Owned byOwned and operated by Duke Energy Corporation, a publicly traded utility holding company (NYSE: DUK) based in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is run by the company's External Affairs and Communications organization, led by a Chief Communications Officer.
FundingPaid for out of Duke Energy's corporate communications budget. Duke earns its revenue from regulated electric and gas utility customers and from investors. The News Center carries no advertising, subscriptions or donations.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

The News Center (news.duke-energy.com) is the corporate newsroom of Duke Energy. Duke Energy was formed by the 2006 merger of Duke Power and Cinergy and has since grown through acquisitions such as Progress Energy in 2012. The site publishes news releases, financial-results and dividend announcements, leadership appointments, storm and outage updates, community and philanthropy items, and a 24-hour media hotline for reporters. Its content is written or approved by the company's communications staff, which in 2025 was led by Chief Communications Officer Oscar Suris, reporting to the executive vice president for external affairs and communications. As a company outlet, it emphasizes the utility's reliability, clean-energy transition and investment plans, and it does not publish critical or independent reporting. Outside reporting and advocacy groups have scrutinized the same policies the site promotes. For example, Duke's resource plans delay some coal retirements and add gas and nuclear capacity, and Duke received a $28.4 million federal grant for a North Carolina coal plant in 2026. Duke officials have said their planning responds to federal changes such as the end of renewable tax credits and incentives for nuclear power, and critics such as the Sierra Club have objected to the coal support. Readers should treat the site as a primary source for the company's own statements and figures, not as a neutral account of disputes involving Duke.

Sources

  1. Duke Energy News Center
  2. Duke Energy names Oscar Suris Chief Communications Officer
  3. Duke Energy Media Hotline
  4. Duke Energy Plan Includes New Gas-Fired Plants, Nuclear Additions, Delayed Coal Retirements (POWER Magazine)
  5. Trump administration grants Duke Energy $28.4M for NC coal plant (NC Newsline)
  6. Trump Taxpayer Bailout of Coal Benefits Duke Energy Amidst Record Shareholder Profits (Sierra Club)

Profile compiled 2026-10-11; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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