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

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

~~Date~~DUKE ofENERGY ~~Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 10~~INDIANA, ~~2013~~ INC.

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

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Indiana		1-3543		35-0594457
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

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 8.01. Other Events.

On ~~June~~July 108, 2013, Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. ~~announced~~(the ~~that~~“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 ~~Edwardsport~~several ~~Generating~~underwriters ~~Station~~named therein (the “~~Plant~~Underwriters”), ~~had~~pursuant ~~completed~~to which the ~~necessary~~Company ~~steps~~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 will be ~~declared~~issued ~~in-service~~under onour ~~June~~Indenture of Mortgage or Deed of Trust, dated September 71, ~~2013~~1939, between the Company and ~~had~~Deutsche ~~begun~~Bank ~~commercial~~National ~~operation~~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 ~~Plant~~disclosure in this Item 8.01 is aqualified ~~618~~in ~~megawatt~~its ~~advanced~~entirety ~~technology~~by ~~coal~~the ~~gasification~~provisions ~~plant~~of ~~located~~the inIndenture, ~~Knox~~the ~~County~~Supplemental Indenture, ~~Indiana~~ which ~~uses~~is ~~advanced~~filed ~~technology~~as toExhibit 4.1 ~~gasify coal~~hereto, ~~strip~~and ~~out~~the ~~pollutants~~Underwriting Agreement, ~~and~~which ~~then~~is ~~burn~~filed ~~that~~as ~~cleaner~~Exhibit 99.1 ~~gas~~hereto. toSuch ~~produce~~exhibits ~~electricity~~are incorporated herein by reference. ~~The~~ ~~technology~~Also, ~~substantially~~in ~~reduces~~connection with the ~~environmental~~issuance ~~impact~~and sale of ~~burning~~the ~~coal~~Bonds, the Company is filing a legal opinion regarding the validity of the Bonds as Exhibit 5.1 to ~~produce~~this ~~electric~~Form 8-K ~~power~~for the purpose of incorporating the opinion into the Company’s Registration Statement No. 333-169633-02.

2Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

~~SIGNATURE~~(d) Exhibits

~~Pursuant~~4.1 Sixty-Sixth toSupplemental ~~the~~Indenture, ~~requirements~~dated ofas ~~the Securities Exchange Act~~ of ~~1934~~July 11, ~~the~~2013, ~~registrant~~between ~~has~~the ~~duly~~Company ~~caused~~and ~~this~~Deutsche ~~report~~Bank toNational beTrust ~~signed~~Company, onas ~~its~~Trustee, ~~behalf~~providing byfor the ~~undersigned~~issuance ~~hereunto~~of ~~duly~~the ~~authorized~~Bonds.

	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

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

323.1 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.

SIGNATURES

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.

	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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