<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001326160-18-000154.txt : 20180601
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001326160-18-000154
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180601
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180601
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180601

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Duke Energy CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001326160
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		IRS NUMBER:				202777218
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32853
		FILM NUMBER:		18873546

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		550 SOUTH TRYON STREET
		STREET 2:		DEC45A
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		980-373-9093

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		550 SOUTH TRYON STREET
		STREET 2:		DEC45A
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Duke Energy Holding Corp.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050628

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Deer Holding Corp.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050504
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<div><a name="s810CA2A3A10D3B9B0DDCB7B1734FE211"></a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:1px;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="line-height:201%;padding-top:1px;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="line-height:109%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:9px;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM 8-K</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></div><div style="line-height:125%;padding-top:1px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">June 1, 2018</font></div><div><a name="s1D53E1DE41D136DF1F82B7B1736EAEBB"></a></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:99.4535519125683%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:15%;"></td><td style="width:70%;"></td><td style="width:15%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">Commission file number</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:29px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:29px;"><div style="text-align:center;padding-left:29px;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;padding-left:29px;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">Registrant, State of Incorporation or Organization,</font></div><div style="text-align:center;padding-left:29px;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">Address of Principal Executive Offices, and Telephone Number</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">IRS Employer Identification No.</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;padding-left:6px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;padding-left:6px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;padding-left:6px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;padding-left:6px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;padding-left:6px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;padding-left:6px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">1-32853</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;"><img src="dukeenergylogoa09.jpg" alt="dukeenergylogoa09.jpg" style="height:68px;width:160px;"></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">(a Delaware corporation)</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">550 South Tryon Street</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-1803</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">704-382-3853</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">20-2777218</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;padding-left:6px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">1-4928</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">(a North Carolina limited liability company)</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">526 South Church Street</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-1803</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">704-382-3853</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">56-0205520</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;padding-left:6px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">1-3382</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">(a North Carolina limited liability company)</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">410 South Wilmington Street</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Raleigh, North Carolina  27601-1748</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">704-382-3853</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">56-0165465</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:125%;padding-top:5px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></div><div style="line-height:250%;text-align:left;padding-left:6px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></div><div style="line-height:250%;text-align:left;padding-left:6px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240. 13e-4(c))</font></div><div style="line-height:125%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:6px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">o Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:1px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:6px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Emerging growth company </font><img src="may312018form8kimage2.gif" alt="may312018form8kimage2.gif" style="height:13px;width:10px;"></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:6px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:125%;text-align:justify;padding-left:6px;font-size:10pt;"><img src="may312018form8kimage3.gif" alt="may312018form8kimage3.gif" style="height:13px;width:10px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.</font></div><div><br></div><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><a name="sE39F8BC339946A29944DB7B1739DDC82"></a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;-sec-extract:summary;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01.&#160;&#160;&#160;Other Events.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">In connection with the rate case which Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (&#8220;DEC&#8221;) filed on August 25, 2017, with the North Carolina Utilities Commission (the &#8220;NCUC&#8221;), a Pilot Grid Rider Agreement and Stipulation (the &#8220;Stipulation&#8221;) was filed on June 1, 2018, by DEC and intervenors Environmental Defense Fund, Sierra Club and North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (the &#8220;Settling Parties&#8221;) regarding an agreement by the parties related to DEC&#8217;s Power/Forward Carolinas plan and associated Grid Rider on the recovery of costs, the timing of the recovery of costs, and the implementation of certain initiatives such as electric vehicle charging and battery storage projects and the enhancements to the Customer Information Systems for customer data access.  Also on June 1, 2018, DEC and an ad hoc commercial group consisting of Food Lion, LLC, Ingles Markets, Inc., JC Penney Corp., Inc., Sam&#8217;s East, Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores East, LP (collectively, the &#8220;Commercial Group&#8221;), filed a Partial Stipulation and Settlement Agreement to be considered in conjunction with the Stipulation (the &#8220;Partial Stipulation&#8221;) expressly supporting the electric vehicle charging and battery storage projects and the enhancements to the Customer Information Systems for customer data access agreed to in the Stipulation.  Additional detail on the terms of the Stipulation and Partial Stipulation is attached to this Form&#160;8-K as Exhibit&#160;99.1.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">In a separate agreement reached with the Settling Parties on June 1, 2018, Duke Energy Progress, LLC (&#8220;DEP&#8221;) agreed to deploy 175MW of energy storage on its system by 2026 and a $17 million electric vehicle charging project under the same terms and conditions as contained in the DEC Stipulation so long as the NCUC approves the DEC Stipulation in full.  The Settling Parties also agreed to file and support a stipulation for DEP containing the same terms and conditions as the DEC Stipulation in DEP&#8217;s next general base rate increase proceeding if the DEC Stipulation is approved by the NCUC in full.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The Stipulation and Partial Stipulation are subject to the review and approval of the NCUC.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">(d)         Exhibits.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">99.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#0000FF;font-family:Arial;-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="exhibit991.htm"><font 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<div><a name="s08dcda592eec4b588cacd0522da11803"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 99.1</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Duke Energy Carolinas</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Power/Forward Rider Settlement in North Carolina Rate Case</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">(Docket E-7 Sub 1146)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:132%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Background:</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:132%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:132%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">On August 25, 2017, Duke Energy Carolinas (DEC, or the Company) filed a rate case with the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) to request an average 13.6 percent increase in retail revenues, or approximately $647 million: </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:132%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">o</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:132%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The rate case filing requests an overall rate of return of 7.93% based on approval of a 10.75% return on equity and a 53% equity component of the capital structure</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:132%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">o</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:132%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The filing is based on a North Carolina rate base of $13.8 billion as of December 31, 2016, and adjusted for known and measurable changes through November 2017 </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:132%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:132%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">On March 1, 2018, DEC and the Public Staff - North Carolina Utilities Commission (Public Staff) filed testimony consistent with their Agreement and Stipulation of Partial Settlement resolving certain issues in the base rate proceeding. The settlement agreement did not address, among other things, whether a Grid Reliability and Resiliency Rider (Grid Rider) should be adopted and, if so, which costs should be included in and the structure of a Grid Rider</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:132%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:132%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">On April 27, 2018, DEC filed a post-hearing brief detailing intermediate steps the NCUC could take to approve the Power/Forward Carolinas plan and associated Grid Rider</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:132%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:132%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">On June 1, 2018, DEC, and intervenors Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Sierra Club and North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA) filed a Pilot Grid Rider Agreement and Stipulation (Stipulation) in which the parties agree to the proposal DEC introduced in the post-hearing brief on April 27, 2018, along with additional commitments by DEC</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; 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font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:132%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">o</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:132%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The excluded costs are to be deferred with a return until DEC&#8217;s next base rate case proceeding  </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:132%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">o</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:132%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Costs incurred during the three-year pilot, both rider recoverable and deferred, are subject to a 4.5% cumulative cap of total annual electric service revenue</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:132%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">o</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:132%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">DEC will be able to recover five targeted power line undergrounding demonstration projects through the annual pilot rider, subject to a cumulative $50 million cap</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:132%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">o</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:132%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">At the end of the three-year pilot period, DEC may petition the NCUC for an extension of the rider</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; 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font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:132%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:132%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">In addition, DEC has agreed to the following initiatives, the costs of which will also be recovered through the Grid Rider:</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:132%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">o</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:132%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Integrated Volt/Var Control (IVVC) systems on 20% of DEC&#8217;s circuit lines </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:132%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">o</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:132%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">300MW of energy storage on the DEC system by 2026 as &#8220;non-wire&#8221; solutions for areas that are not best served by traditional power line solutions</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:132%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">o</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:132%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$25 million investment in electric vehicle charging stations by 2021</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; 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font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:132%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:132%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">In a separate agreement with EDF, Sierra Club and NCSEA, Duke Energy Progress (DEP) agrees to deploy 175MW of energy storage on its system by 2026 and a $17 million electric vehicle charging project under the same terms and conditions as contained in the DEC Stipulation so long as the NCUC approves the DEC Stipulation in full </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:132%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">o</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:132%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">If approved in full, these parties also agree to file and support a stipulation for DEP containing the same terms and conditions as the DEC Stipulation in DEP&#8217;s next general base rate increase proceeding</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; 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