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Commitments and Contingencies (Table) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
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 not material except as presented in the table below.
(in millions) |
Duke Energy | $ | 51 |
Duke Energy Carolinas | 12 |
Duke Energy Ohio | 29 |
Piedmont | 2 |
Schedule of Reserves | The table below presents recorded reserves based on management’s best estimate of probable loss for legal matters, excluding asbestos-related reserves discussed above. Reserves are classified on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets in Other within Other Noncurrent Liabilities 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) | June 30, 2019 |  |  | December 31, 2018 |
Reserves for Legal Matters |  |  |
Duke Energy | $ | 64 |  |  | $ | 65 |
Duke Energy Carolinas | 7 |  |  | 9 |
Progress Energy | 55 |  |  | 54 |
Duke Energy Progress | 14 |  |  | 12 |
Duke Energy Florida | 24 |  |  | 24 |
Piedmont | 1 |  |  | 1 |
The following tables contain information regarding reserves for probable and estimable costs related to the various environmental sites. These reserves are recorded in Accounts Payable within Current Liabilities and Other within Other Noncurrent Liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
| Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
|  |  | Duke |  |  |  |  | Duke |  |  | Duke |  |  | Duke |  |  | Duke |  |  |
| Duke |  |  | Energy |  |  | Progress |  |  | Energy |  |  | Energy |  |  | Energy |  |  | Energy |  |  |
(in millions) | Energy |  |  | Carolinas |  |  | Energy |  |  | Progress |  |  | Florida |  |  | Ohio |  |  | Indiana |  |  | Piedmont |
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 77 |  |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 48 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 2 |
Provisions/adjustments | 9 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Cash reductions | (22 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | (18 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Balance at end of period | $ | 64 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 2 |
| Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
|  |  | Duke |  |  |  |  | Duke |  |  | Duke |  |  | Duke |  |  | Duke |  |  |
| Duke |  |  | Energy |  |  | Progress |  |  | Energy |  |  | Energy |  |  | Energy |  |  | Energy |  |  |
(in millions) | Energy |  |  | Carolinas |  |  | Energy |  |  | Progress |  |  | Florida |  |  | Ohio |  |  | Indiana |  |  | Piedmont |
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 81 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 47 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 2 |
Provisions/adjustments | 1 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | 1 |  |  | — |
Cash reductions | (14 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (9 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | — |
Balance at end of period | $ | 68 |  |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 35 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 2 |

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