DUK: Company disclosure

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure. On August 5, 2026, Duke Energy Progress, LLC (“DEP”) filed a Comprehensive Revenue Requirement Settlement (the “Comprehensive Settlement”) with the Public Staff – North Carolina Utilities Commission (the “Public Staff”) and other intervenors (together, “Intervening Parties”) in connection with DEP's application for adjustment of rates and charges and for Performance Based Regulation (“PBR”) filed with the North Carolina Utilities Commission (“NCUC”) on November 20, 2025. Testimony consistent with the Comprehensive Settlement will be filed by the end of the week. The Comprehensive Settlement resolves all revenue requirement items in the case including, among other things, (i) a return on equity of 9.8% based on a capital structure of 53% equity component in the capital structure, (ii) a retail rate base of approximately $17.8 billion for the historic base case, (iii) approximately $3.4 billion of capital in the multi-year rate plan (“MYRP”) along with an annual MYRP refund mechanism, and (iv) agreement to evaluate a one-year rate case stay out under which DEP would not file a base rate case earlier than November 1, 2028, so long as the NCUC grants deferral of cost of certain new generating assets. The Comprehensive Settlement is expected to result in one-time pre-tax accounting charges of approximately $30 million, to be recognized in 2026. These charges are expected to be treated as special items and excluded from adjusted earnings. An overview providing additional detail on the Comprehensive Settlement is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1. The information in Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amen