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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-24-046630
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240412
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240412

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Duke Energy CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001326160
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				202777218
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32853
		FILM NUMBER:		24840579

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		525 SOUTH TRYON STREET
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28202-1803
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-488-3853

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		525 SOUTH TRYON STREET
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28202-1803

	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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THE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>525 South Tryon Street</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Charlotte, North Carolina 28202</B></P>

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Zip Code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b)&nbsp;of
the Act:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Name&nbsp;of&nbsp;each&nbsp;exchange&nbsp;on&nbsp;which&nbsp;each<BR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">3.75% Senior Notes due 2031</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>New York Stock Exchange</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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to Section&nbsp;12(b)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c)&nbsp;or (e), please check the following
box.&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></P>

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this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act and is effective
pursuant to General Instruction A.(d)&nbsp;or (e), check the following box.&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></P>

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this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering
statement file number to which this form relates (if applicable):&nbsp;<B>333-267583</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 1.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
Description of Registrant&rsquo;s Securities to be Registered.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The securities to be registered hereby are 3.75%
Senior Notes due 2031 (the &ldquo;Notes&rdquo;) of Duke Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;).&nbsp;
The description of the Notes is contained in the Company&rsquo;s Prospectus, dated September&nbsp;23, 2022, included in the Company&rsquo;s
registration statement on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17797/000110465922102687/tm2226171-1_s3asr.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Form&nbsp;S-3, as amended (File No.&nbsp;333-267583)</A> under the caption &ldquo;Description of Debt Securities,&rdquo;
and the Company&rsquo;s Prospectus Supplement with respect to the Notes, dated April&nbsp;9, 2024, under the caption &ldquo;Description
of the Notes,&rdquo; and those sections are incorporated herein by reference. The Notes are expected to be listed on the New York Stock
Exchange.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The summary description of the Notes does not purport
to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the exhibits, which are incorporated by reference herein and may be amended
from time to time.</P>

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Exhibits.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The documents listed below are filed as exhibits
to this Registration Statement.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 90%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000095014408004857/g13855k2exv4w1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000095014408004857/g13855k2exv4w1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Indenture between Duke Energy Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, dated as of June&nbsp;3, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Duke Energy Corporation's Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on June&nbsp;16, 2008, File No.&nbsp;1-32853).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465924046618/tm2411031d5_ex4-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465924046618/tm2411031d5_ex4-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Thirty-second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April&nbsp;12, 2024, to the Indenture, dated as of June&nbsp;3, 2008, between Duke Energy Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, and the form of global note included therein&#8239;&#8239;(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Duke Energy Corporation&rsquo;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on April&nbsp;12, 2024).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465924046618/tm2411031d5_ex4-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465924046618/tm2411031d5_ex4-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form&nbsp;of the Notes (included in Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 hereto).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;12
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Date: April&nbsp;12, 2024</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Robert T. Lucas III</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 42%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Robert T. Lucas III</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Assistant Corporate Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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