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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Stock-Based Compensation Expense | Duke Energy recorded pretax stock-based compensation expense as follows.
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions) | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Stock options | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 2 |
Restricted stock unit awards | 8 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 30 |  |  | 36 |
Performance awards | 4 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 25 |
Total | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | 44 |  |  | $ | 63 |
Tax benefit associated with stock-based compensation expense | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | 17 |  |  | $ | 24 |
Stock-based compensation costs capitalized | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |

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