UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 10, 2013

 

Commission file
number

 

Registrant, State of Incorporation or Organization,
Address of Principal Executive Offices, and Telephone Number

 

IRS Employer
Identification No.

 

 

 

 

1-32853

 

DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION

(a Delaware corporation)

550 South Tryon Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-1803

704-382-3853

 

20-2777218

 

 

 

 

 

1-3543

 

DUKE ENERGY INDIANA, INC.

(an Indiana corporation)

1000 East Main Street, Plainfield, Indiana 46168

704-382-3853

 

35-0594457

 

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:

 

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)

 

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))

 

 

 


 

Item 8.01.  Other Events.

 

On June 10, 2013, Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. announced that the Edwardsport Generating Station (the “Plant”) had completed the necessary steps to be declared in-service on June 7, 2013, and had begun commercial operation.  The Plant is a 618 megawatt advanced technology coal gasification plant located in Knox County, Indiana which uses advanced technology to gasify coal, strip out pollutants, and then burn that cleaner gas to produce electricity.  The technology substantially reduces the environmental impact of burning coal to produce electric power.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Date:  June 10, 2013

By:

/s/ Julia S. Janson

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

DUKE ENERGY INDIANA, INC.

 

 

 

Date:  June 10, 2013

By:

/s/ Julia S. Janson

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

 

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