Duke Energy CORP

Duke Energy is an energy company that operates primarily through its regulated utility subsidiaries across two reportable business segments: Electric Utilities and Infrastructure, and Gas Utilities and Infrastructure. Through its electric segment, the company generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity. Its customer base encompasses retail accounts—consisting of residential, commercial, and industrial users—as well as wholesale clients such as municipalities, electric cooperatives, and other load-serving entities.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Duke Energy delivers retail electric service across an operating territory spanning roughly 90,000 square miles across six states in the Southeast and Midwest regions of the United States. Its electric operations serve approximately 8.7 million customers within an area populated by an estimated 27 million residents. To support this delivery network, the company owns approximately 55,713 megawatts of generation capacity, drawing on a fuel portfolio that includes natural gas, nuclear power, coal, hydroelectric power, and solar generation.

Summary of the business section of Duke Energy's latest annual report, written by StockData.

“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.

“On December 31, 2025, Duke Energy had a total of 26,441 full-time, part-time and temporary employees, the majority of which were full-time employees.”