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Commitments and Contingencies (Table) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items] |
Schedule of Additional Possible Losses in Excess of Recorded Environmental Reserves | Additional losses in excess of recorded reserves that could be incurred for the stages of investigation, remediation and monitoring for environmental sites that have been evaluated at this time are presented in the table below.
(in millions) |
Duke Energy | $ | 79 |
Duke Energy Carolinas | 25 |
Progress Energy | 4 |
Duke Energy Progress | 1 |
Duke Energy Florida | 3 |
Duke Energy Ohio | 43 |
Duke Energy Indiana | 7 |
Schedule of Loss Contingencies | The table below presents recorded reserves based on management’s best estimate of probable loss for legal matters, excluding asbestos-related reserves. Reserves are classified on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets in Other within Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities and Accounts payable and Other within Current Liabilities. The reasonably possible range of loss in excess of recorded reserves is not material, other than as described above.
(in millions) | September 30, 2015 |  |  | December 31, 2014 |
Reserves for Legal Matters |  |  |
Duke Energy | $ | 178 |  |  | $ | 323 |
Duke Energy Carolinas | 12 |  |  | 72 |
Progress Energy | 74 |  |  | 93 |
Duke Energy Progress | 17 |  |  | 37 |
Duke Energy Florida | 36 |  |  | 36 |
Duke Energy Ohio | 81 |  |  | — |
Reserve for Environmental Costs [Member] |
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items] |
Schedule of Loss Contingencies | The following tables contain information regarding reserves for probable and estimable costs related to the various environmental sites. These reserves are recorded in Other within Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015
|  |  | Duke |  |  |  |  | Duke |  |  | Duke |  |  | Duke |  |  | Duke |
| Duke |  |  | Energy |  |  | Progress |  |  | Energy |  |  | Energy |  |  | Energy |  |  | Energy |
(in millions) | Energy |  |  | Carolinas |  |  | Energy |  |  | Progress |  |  | Florida |  |  | Ohio |  |  | Indiana |
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 97 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 54 |  |  | $ | 10 |
Provisions/adjustments | 4 |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 3 |
Cash reductions | (4 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (1 | )
Balance at end of period | $ | 97 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 54 |  |  | $ | 12 |
| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014
|  |  | Duke |  |  |  |  | Duke |  |  | Duke |  |  | Duke |  |  | Duke |
| Duke |  |  | Energy |  |  | Progress |  |  | Energy |  |  | Energy |  |  | Energy |  |  | Energy |
(in millions) | Energy |  |  | Carolinas |  |  | Energy |  |  | Progress |  |  | Florida |  |  | Ohio |  |  | Indiana |
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 79 |  |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 7 |
Provisions/adjustments | 34 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 4 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 28 |  |  | 3 |
Cash reductions | (8 | ) |  | — |  |  | (6 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (1 | )
Balance at end of period | $ | 105 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 25 |  |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 54 |  |  | $ | 9 |

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