Duke Energy Corp SEC Filings

Duke Energy Corp director reports new deferred stock units. On 12/17/2025, a director of Duke Energy Corp (ticker DUK) acquired 287 Director Savings Plan Restricted Stock Unit Deferrals, classified as a derivative security. These units convert into Duke Energy common stock on a 1-for-1 basis and are generally payable when the director’s service ends, with no set expiration date. The units were valued at $117.43 per underlying share for this transaction, bringing the director’s total beneficial holding in these deferred stock units to 12,584, held directly.

Duke Energy Corporation reported an upcoming leadership transition in its accounting function. Cynthia S. Lee, Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, will retire effective December 31, 2026, and will serve in an advisor role starting March 1, 2026 until her retirement. On that same date, Abigail L. Motsinger, currently Vice President, Investor Relations, will become Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller.

Ms. Motsinger’s new pay package, effective March 1, 2026, includes an annual base salary of $408,361, a short-term incentive opportunity equal to 50% of base salary, and a long-term incentive opportunity equal to 95% of base salary. She will be a Tier I participant in the Duke Energy Corporation Executive Severance Plan and will otherwise remain in the same compensation and benefit plans she had before the promotion.

The Vanguard Group has filed an updated ownership report on Duke Energy Corp, disclosing beneficial ownership of 77,841,964 shares of common stock, representing 10% of the class as of the reported event date.

Vanguard reports no sole voting power over the shares, but shared voting power over 5,017,211 shares. It has sole dispositive power over 69,916,680 shares and shared dispositive power over 7,925,284 shares, reflecting how the holdings are managed across its clients and funds.

The filing notes that Vanguard’s clients, including registered investment companies and other managed accounts, have the right to receive dividends and sale proceeds, and that no single other person has an interest in more than 5% of the Duke Energy shares reported. Vanguard also certifies that the securities are held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of influencing control of Duke Energy.

Duke Energy Corp (DUK) executive vice president and chief legal officer Robert Alexander Glenn reported a stock sale on a Form 4. On 11/19/2025, he sold 8,200 shares of common stock at $123.8 per share. After this transaction, he beneficially owns 11,367 shares directly and 5,498 shares indirectly through a 401(k) plan stock fund.

Duke Energy reported that its subsidiaries Duke Energy Carolinas (DEC) and Duke Energy Progress (DEP) have filed electric rate cases with the North Carolina Utilities Commission seeking sizable retail revenue increases under Performance Based Regulation. For DEC, the requested net increase in retail revenues is approximately $727 million (a 10.9% rise) in year one and $275 million (4.1%) in year two, for a total 15.0% increase. For DEP, the requested net increase is approximately $528 million (10.9%) in year one and $200 million (4.1%) in year two, for a total 15.1% increase, net of a Production Tax Credit Rider that would return monetized tax credits to customers beginning in 2027. The companies are also seeking a two-year multi-year rate plan with residential decoupling, performance incentive mechanisms and an earnings sharing mechanism, with year one rates requested to be effective no later than January 1, 2027 and hearings expected to begin in the third quarter of 2026.

Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) executive Louis E. Renjel, listed as EVP & CEO DEF & MW & Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, reported a routine stock transaction. On 11/18/2025, he sold 800 shares of Duke Energy common stock at a price of $125.65 per share. Following this sale, he beneficially owned 20,332 shares directly. He also held an additional 804 shares indirectly through a 401(k) issuer stock fund, reflecting ongoing equity-based ownership in the company.

Duke Energy (DUK) has a planned insider sale under Rule 144. A shareholder has filed to sell 8,200 shares of Duke Energy common stock through Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC on the NYSE, with an aggregate market value of $1,015,160.00. The planned sale date is 11/19/2025.

The shares were acquired as compensation through restricted stock vesting on several dates in 2024 and 2025. Duke Energy had 777,661,224 shares of common stock outstanding, providing context for the size of this planned sale.

A shareholder in DUK has filed a notice under Rule 144 to sell 800 shares of common stock. These shares have an aggregate market value of $100,520.00 based on the filer’s calculation. The planned sale is expected around 11/18/2025 through Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC on the NYSE.

The 800 shares to be sold were acquired on 02/07/2025 through restricted stock vesting from the issuer as compensation, with full payment made on the same date. The filing notes that there were 777,661,224 shares of the issuer’s common stock outstanding, providing a baseline for the issuer’s total equity.

Duke Energy Carolinas reached a partial settlement in its South Carolina base rate case with the Office of Regulatory Staff and other parties, subject to review and approval by the PSCSC. The agreement sets a return on equity of 9.99% with a capital structure of 53% equity/47% debt, yielding an overall rate of return of 7.4%. It reflects a South Carolina retail rate base of $7.9 billion and provides for nuclear and other production tax credits to flow back to customers.

Key elements supported in the case include an annual storm reserve funding increase to $10 million and an annual pension cost rider. An evidentiary hearing to consider the settlement and remaining issues is scheduled to commence on November 13, 2025.