UNITED STATES

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): ~~November~~December 1418, 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
1-232	DUKE ENERGY OHIO, INC. (an Ohio corporation) 139 East Fourth Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (704) 382-3853	31-0240030
1-04928	DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC (a North Carolina limited liablity company) 526 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-4200 704-382-3853	56-0205520
1-3274	DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA, INC. (a Florida corporation) 299 First Avenue North St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 704-382-3853	59-0247770
1-3543	DUKE ENERGY INDIANA, INC. (an Indiana corporation) 1000 East Main Street Plainfield, Indiana 46168 704-382-3853	35-0594457
1-1232	DUKE ENERGY OHIO, INC. (an Ohio corporation) 139 East Fourth Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 704-382-3853	31-0240030
1-3382	DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC. (a North Carolina corporation) 410 South Wilmington street Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-1748 704-382-3853	56-0165465

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Item 81.01. ~~Other~~Entry ~~Events~~into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On ~~November~~December 1318, 2013, Duke Energy Corporation (the ~~Public~~“Corporation”) ~~Utilities~~and ~~Commission~~its ofwholly-owned ~~Ohio~~subsidiaries, ~~(PUCO)~~Duke ~~approved~~Energy ~~the~~Carolinas, ~~partial~~LLC, ~~settlement~~Duke ~~filed~~Energy onFlorida, Inc., ~~April~~Duke Energy Indiana, 2Inc., ~~2013~~Duke byEnergy Kentucky, Inc., Duke Energy Ohio, Inc., ~~(the~~and ~~“Company”)~~Duke ~~related~~Energy Progress, Inc., entered into an amendment to ~~its~~the ~~gas~~$6,000,000,000 ~~distribution~~Credit ~~rate~~Agreement, ~~case~~dated ~~filed~~as inof ~~June~~November ~~2012.~~18, ~~PUCO~~2011, ~~approved~~among the ~~recovery~~Corporation and each of ~~environmental~~such ~~remediation~~subsidiaries, ~~costs~~as ~~associated~~Borrowers, ~~with~~the ~~two~~lenders oflisted ~~the~~therein, ~~Company’s~~Wells ~~former~~Fargo ~~manufactured~~Bank, ~~gas~~National ~~plants~~Association, ~~(MGP)~~as Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N. A. and The ~~order~~Royal ~~allows~~Bank ~~for~~of ~~the~~Scotland ~~recovery~~plc, ofas ~~approximately~~Co-Syndication ~~$55~~Agents, ~~million~~and Bank of ~~environmental~~China, ~~remediation~~New ~~costs~~York ~~over~~Branch, aBarclays ~~five~~Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., The Bank of Tokyo-~~year~~Mitsubishi ~~period~~UFJ, Ltd. Inand ~~addition~~UBS Securities LLC, ~~the~~as ~~order~~Co-Documentation ~~results~~Agents. The credit facility was originally described and filed in nothe Corporation’s Form 8-K dated November 25, 2011. The amendment was entered into primarily to increase the maximum borrowing sublimit available to ~~gas~~the ~~distribution~~Corporation ~~base~~from ~~rates~~$2,250,000,000 ~~and~~to is$3,000,000,000, ~~based~~and ~~upon~~to aextend ~~return~~the ontermination ~~equity~~date of ~~9.84%~~the ~~and~~facility aby 53approximately one year, to December 18, 2018.3% ~~equity~~The ~~component~~total amount of $6,000,000,000 available under the ~~capital~~Credit ~~structure.~~Agreement did not change.

2The disclosure in this Item 1.01 is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of the amendment to the Credit Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

~~SIGNATURE~~Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

~~Pursuant~~(d) ~~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~~Exhibits.

	DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
Date: November 14, 2013	By:	/s/ Julia S. Janson
	Name:	Julia S. Janson
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

10.1

Amendment No. 1 and Consent, dated as of December 18, 2013, among Duke Energy Corporation, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Duke Energy Ohio, Inc., Duke Energy Indiana, Inc., Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc., Duke Energy Progress, Inc. (f/k/a Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.) and Duke Energy Florida, Inc. (f/k/a Progress Energy Florida, Inc.), the Lenders party hereto, the Issuing Lenders party hereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender

	DUKE ENERGY OHIO, INC.
Date: November 14, 2013	By:	/s/ Julia S. Janson
	Name:	Julia S. Janson
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

3SIGNATURE

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 CORPORATION


Date: December 20, 2013	By:	/s/ Julia S. Janson
	Name:	Julia S. Janson
	Title:	Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

	DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC


Date: December 20, 2013	By:	/s/ Julia S. Janson
	Name:	Julia S. Janson
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

	DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA, INC.


Date: December 20, 2013	By:	/s/ Julia S. Janson
	Name:	Julia S. Janson
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

	DUKE ENERGY INDIANA, INC.


Date: December 20, 2013	By:	/s/ Julia S. Janson
	Name:	Julia S. Janson
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

	DUKE ENERGY OHIO, INC.


Date: December 20, 2013	By:	/s/ Julia S. Janson
	Name:	Julia S. Janson

	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

	DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC.


Date: December 20, 2013	By:	/s/ Julia S. Janson
	Name:	Julia S. Janson
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit		Description

10.1		Amendment No. 1 and Consent, dated as of December 18, 2013, among Duke Energy Corporation, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Duke Energy Ohio, Inc., Duke Energy Indiana, Inc., Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc., Duke Energy Progress, Inc. (f/k/a Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.) and Duke Energy Florida, Inc. (f/k/a Progress Energy Florida, Inc.), the Lenders party hereto, the Issuing Lenders party hereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender

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