Exhibit 24.1
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
Power of Attorney
Registration Statement on Form S-3
The undersigned Duke Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation and certain of its officers and/or directors, do each hereby constitute and appoint Steven K. Young, Stephen G. De May, David S. Maltz and Robert T. Lucas III, and each of them, to act as attorneys-in-fact for and in the respective names, places and stead of the undersigned, to execute, seal, sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement or registration statements of said Duke Energy Corporation on Form S-3 and any and all amendments thereto, hereby granting to said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned, or any of them, might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys-in-fact.
Executed as of the 22nd day of August, 2013.
| DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| By: | /s/ Lynn J. Good | |
| Name: | Lynn J. Good | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
(Corporate Seal)
| ATTEST: |
| /s/ Alison D. Ford |
| Alison D. Ford |
| Assistant Corporate Secretary |
| SIGNATURE |
TITLE | |
| /s/ James E. Rogers James E. Rogers |
Director and Chairman | |
| /s/ Lynn J. Good Lynn J. Good |
Director, Vice Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | |
|
Steven K. Young |
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officers and Controller (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |
| /s/ William Barnet, III William Barnet, III |
Director | |
| /s/ G. Alex Bernhardt, Sr. G. Alex Bernhardt, Sr. |
Director | |
| /s/ Michael G. Browning Michael G. Browning |
Director | |
| /s/ Harris E. DeLoach, Jr. Harris E. DeLoach, Jr. |
Director | |
| /s/ Daniel R. DiMicco Daniel R. DiMicco |
Director | |
| /s/ John H. Forsgren John H. Forsgren |
Director | |
| /s/ Ann M. Gray Ann M. Gray |
Lead Director | |
| /s/ James H. Hance, Jr. James H. Hance, Jr. |
Director | |
| /s/ John T. Herron John T. Herron |
Director | |
| /s/ James B. Hyler, Jr. James B. Hyler, Jr. |
Director | |
| /s/ E. Marie McKee E. Marie McKee |
Director | |
| /s/ E. James Reinsch E. James Reinsch |
Director | |
| /s/ James T. Rhodes James T. Rhodes |
Director | |
| /s/ Carlos A. Saladrigas Carlos A. Saladrigas |
Director | |
| /s/ Philip R. Sharp Philip R. Sharp |
Director | |