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): ~~March~~May 159, 2016

Commission filenumber		Registrant, State of Incorporation or Organization, Address of Principal Executive Offices, and Telephone Number		IRS EmployerIdentification No.
1-32853		DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION(a Delaware corporation)550 South Tryon StreetCharlotte, North Carolina 28202-1803704-382-6200		20-2777218

DUKE ENERGY INDIANA, LLC

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
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

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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

1000 East Main Street, Plainfield, Indiana 46168

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip code)

(704) 382-3853

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 28.0201. ~~Results~~ ofOther ~~Operations and Financial Conditions~~Events.

On May 9, 2016, Duke Energy Indiana, LLC (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement, dated May 9, 2016, with Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriters $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s First Mortgage Bonds, Series XXX, 3.75%, Due May 15, 2046 (the “Bonds”). The ~~information~~Bonds ~~attached~~were ~~hereto~~sold to the Underwriters at a discount to their principal amount. The Bonds were issued under our Indenture of Mortgage or Deed of Trust, dated September 1, 1939, between the Company and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as ~~exhibit~~Trustee, as amended and supplemented from time to time (the “Indenture”), including by the Sixty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 12, 2016 (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 99.1 ~~provides~~hereto. 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 ~~Duke~~the ~~Energy~~purpose ~~Corporation~~of incorporating the opinion into the Company’s Registration Statement No. 333-191462-03.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 Fourth Quarter 2015 Statistical Supplement

Exhibit		Description

Exhibit 4.1		Sixty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 12, 2016, between the Company and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee.

Exhibit 5.1		Opinion regarding validity of the Bonds.

Exhibit 23.1		Consent (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).

Exhibit 99.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated May 9, 2016, among the Company and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.

~~SIGNATURE~~1

~~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.~~SIGNATURES

		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

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 INDEX

	DUKE ENERGY INDIANA, LLC

Date: May 12, 2016

	By:	/s/ Robert T. Lucas III, Esq.
		Name:	Robert T. Lucas III, Esq.
		Title:	Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary

Exhibit			Description
99.1			Fourth Quarter 2015 Statistical Supplement

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit		Description

Exhibit 4.1		Sixty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 12, 2016, between the Company and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee.

Exhibit 5.1		Opinion regarding validity of the Bonds.

Exhibit 23.1		Consent (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).

Exhibit 99.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated May 9, 2016, among the Company and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.

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