UNITED STATES ~~SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION~~

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~~Securities ofExchange ~~Report~~Act ~~(Date~~ of ~~earliest event reported): July 8, 2013~~1934

~~DUKE~~Date ~~ENERGY~~of ~~INDIANA,~~Report (Date of earliest event reported): March ~~INC.~~15, 2016

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



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 704-382-6200	20-2777218

Indiana		1-3543		35-0594457
Commission file number	Registrant, State of Incorporation or Organization, Address of Principal Executive Offices, Telephone Number and IRS Employer Identification Number		Commission file number	Registrant, State of Incorporation or Organization, Address of Principal Executive Offices, Telephone Number and IRS Employer Identification Number
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1-4928	DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC(a North Carolina limited liability company)526 South Church StreetCharlotte, North Carolina 28202-1803704-382-385356-0205520		1-1232	DUKE ENERGY OHIO, INC.(an Ohio corporation)139 East Fourth StreetCincinnati, Ohio 45202704-382-385331-0240030
1-3382	DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC(a North Carolina limited liability company)410 South Wilmington StreetRaleigh, North Carolina 27601-1748704-382-385356-0165465		1-3543	DUKE ENERGY INDIANA, LLC.(Formerly DUKE ENERGY INDIANA, INC.)(an Indiana limited liability company)1000 East Main StreetPlainfield, Indiana 46168704-382-385335-0594457
1-3274	DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA, LLC(a Florida limited liability company)299 First Avenue NorthSt. Petersburg, Florida 33701704-382-385359-0247770

1000 East Main Street, Plainfield, Indiana 46168

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip code)

(704) 594-6200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 82.0102. Results ~~Other~~of ~~Events~~Operations and Financial Conditions.

On July 8, 2013, Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement, dated as of July 8, 2013, with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriters (i) $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s First Mortgage Bonds, Series VVV, Floating Rate, Due July 11, 2016 (the “2016 Bonds”) and (ii) $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s First Mortgage Bonds, Series WWW, 4.90%, Due July 15, 2043 (the “2043 Bonds” and together with the 2016 Bonds, the “Bonds”). The ~~Bonds~~information ~~will~~attached be issued under our Indenture of Mortgage or Deed of Trust, dated September 1, 1939, between the Company and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, as amended and supplemented from time to time (the “Indenture”), including by the Sixty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 11, 2013 (the “Supplemental Indenture”). The disclosure in this Item 8.01 is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of the Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto, ~~and the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed~~ as ~~Exhibit~~ exhibit 99.1 ~~hereto.~~provides ~~Such~~supplemental ~~exhibits~~financial ~~are~~information incorporated herein by reference. Also, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds, the Company is filing a legal opinion regarding the validity of the Bonds as Exhibit 5.1 to this Form 8-K for ~~the~~Duke ~~purpose~~Energy ~~of incorporating the opinion into the Company’s Registration Statement No~~Corporation. ~~333-169633-02.~~

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

499.1 ~~Sixty-Sixth~~ Fourth ~~Supplemental~~Quarter ~~Indenture,~~2015 ~~dated~~Statistical asSupplement ~~of July 11, 2013, between the Company and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, providing for the issuance of the Bonds.~~

~~5.1 Opinion of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP regarding validity of the Bonds.~~SIGNATURE

~~23.1 Consent~~Pursuant ofto ~~Taft~~the ~~Stettinius &~~requirements ~~Hollister~~of ~~LLP~~the ~~(included~~Securities asand ~~part~~Exchange Act of ~~Exhibit 5~~1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~1).~~

99.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated as of July 8, 2013, among the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, in connection with the Company’s issuance and sale of the Bonds.



		DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
		DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC
		DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC
		DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA, LLC
		DUKE ENERGY OHIO, INC.
		DUKE ENERGY INDIANA, LLC


Date:	March 15, 2016	By:	/s/ Brian D. Savoy
		Name:	Brian D. Savoy
		Title:	Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller

~~SIGNATURES~~EXHIBIT INDEX

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



Exhibit			Description

99.1			Fourth Quarter 2015 Statistical Supplement

	DUKE ENERGY INDIANA, INC.
Date: July 11, 2013	By:	/s/ Robert T. Lucas III, Esq.
	Name:		Robert T. Lucas III, Esq.
	Title:		Deputy General Counsel and
			Assistant Corporate Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit		Description
4.1		Sixty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 11, 2013, between the Company and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, providing for the issuance of the Bonds.
5.1		Opinion of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP regarding validity of the Bonds.
23.1		Consent of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
99.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated as of July 8, 2013, among the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, in connection with the Company’s issuance and sale of the Bonds.

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