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Severance | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Severance | SEVERANCE During 2018, Duke Energy reviewed its operations and identified opportunities for improvement to better serve its customers. This operational review included the company's workforce strategy and staffing levels to ensure the company was staffed with the right skillsets and number of teammates to execute the long-term vision for Duke Energy. As such, Duke Energy extended voluntary and involuntary severance benefits to certain employees in specific areas as a part of workforce planning and digital transformation efforts. The following table presents the direct and allocated severance and related charges accrued for approximately 140 employees in 2019, 1,900 employees in 2018 and 100 employees in 2017 by the Duke Energy Registrants within Operation, maintenance and other on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
|  | Duke |  |  | Duke |  | Duke |  | Duke |  | Duke |  |
| Duke |  | Energy |  | Progress |  | Energy |  | Energy |  | Energy |  | Energy |  |
(in millions) | Energy |  | Carolinas |  | Energy |  | Progress |  | Florida |  | Ohio |  | Indiana |  | Piedmont |
Year Ended December 31, 2019 | $ | 16 |  | $ | 8 |  | $ | 6 |  | $ | 3 |  | $ | 3 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1 |  | $ | 1 |
Year Ended December 31, 2018 | 187 |  | 102 |  | 69 |  | 52 |  | 17 |  | 6 |  | 7 |  | 2 |
Year Ended December 31, 2017 | 15 |  | 2 |  | 2 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  | — |  | 1 |  | 9 |
The table below presents the severance liability for past and ongoing severance plans including the plans described above.
|  | Duke |  |  | Duke |  | Duke |  | Duke |  | Duke |  |
| Duke |  | Energy |  | Progress |  | Energy |  | Energy |  | Energy |  | Energy |  |
(in millions) | Energy |  | Carolinas |  | Energy |  | Progress |  | Florida |  | Ohio |  | Indiana |  | Piedmont |
Balance at December 31, 2018 | $ | 205 |  | $ | 100 |  | $ | 51 |  | $ | 41 |  | $ | 9 |  | $ | 2 |  | $ | 2 |  | $ | — |
Provision/Adjustments | 24 |  | 4 |  | 11 |  | 2 |  | 10 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  | — |
Cash Reductions | (188 | ) | (93 | ) | (49 | ) | (37 | ) | (12 | ) | (2 | ) | (1 | ) | — |
Balance at December 31, 2019 | $ | 41 |  | $ | 11 |  | $ | 13 |  | $ | 6 |  | $ | 7 |  | $ | 1 |  | $ | 2 |  | $ | — |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2175745 + Details
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