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: ~~September~~November 3013, 2025

(Date of earliest event reported)

Commission file number	Registrant, State of Incorporation or Organization, Address of Principal Executive Offices and Telephone Number	IRS Employer Identification Number
333-288891	DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC (a North Carolina limited liability company) 525 South Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 800-488-3853	56-0205520
333-290125	DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC (a North Carolina limited liability company) 525 South Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 800-488-3853	56-0205520
333-288891-01	DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS NC STORM FUNDING II LLC (a Delaware limited liability company) 525 South Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 800-488-3853	39-3183527
333-290125-01	DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS SC STORM FUNDING LLC (a Delaware limited liability company) 525 South Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 800-488-3853	39-3744095

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SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Co-Registrant Amendment Flag	false
Co-Registrant Form Type	8-K
Co-Registrant DocumentPeriodEndDate	2025-0911-3013
Co-Registrant Written Communications	false
Co-Registrant Solicitating Materials	false
Co-Registrant PreCommencement Tender Offer	false
Co-Registrant PreCommencement Issuer Tender Offer	false
Co-Registrant Emerging Growth Company	false

Item 8.01.

Other Events

On ~~September~~November 3014, 2025, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (the “Utility”) and Duke Energy Carolinas NCSC Storm Funding II LLC (the “Issuing Entity”) ~~issued~~entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with RBC Capital Markets, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the underwriters, with respect to the purchase and sale of $~~582~~561,~~089~~398,000 of Series A Senior Secured Storm Recovery Bonds (the “Storm Recovery Bonds”), to be issued by the Issuing Entity pursuant to an Indenture by and among the Issuing Entity and U.S. Bank ~~Trust~~ Trust Company, National Association, as Indenture Trustee, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Securities Intermediary and Account Bank, to be dated as of ~~September~~November 3025, 2025 as supplemented by the Series Supplement to be dated as of ~~September~~November 3025, 2025 (together, the “Indenture”), ~~each of~~ which are annexed hereto as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively., to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Storm Recovery Bonds were offered pursuant to the prospectus dated ~~September~~November 2314, 2025 (the “Prospectus”). In connection with ~~this~~the issuance of the Storm Recovery Bonds, ~~Duke~~the ~~Energy~~Utility ~~Carolinas, LLC~~ and the Issuing Entity ~~entered~~also expect to enter into ~~the~~a Storm Recovery Property Servicing Agreement, Storm Recovery Property Purchase and Sale Agreement, Administration Agreement, ~~the~~Joinder ~~Intercreditor~~to ~~Agreement~~an ~~and~~existing ~~Joinder Agreement~~intercreditor agreement, ~~each~~ dated ~~as of~~ September 30, 2025, and Joinder to an existing amended and restated intercreditor agreement, dated December 20, 2013, which together with the Underwriting Agreement, are annexed hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5, respectively, to this Current Report on 8-K.

Additionally, effective as of November 13, 2025, the Issuing Entity adopted an Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “A&R LLC Agreement”) in connection with the issuance of the Storm Recovery Bonds. The A&R LLC Agreement, which is described in the Prospectus, was previously approved by the Utility, the sole member of the Issuing Entity. The description of the A&R LLC Agreement in the Prospectus is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the A&R LLC Agreement, which is annexed hereto as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
4.1		Indenture by and among Duke Energy Carolinas NC Storm Funding II LLC, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as indenture trustee and U.S. Bank National Association, as securities intermediary and account bank (including forms of the Senior Secured Storm Recovery Bonds) dated as of September 30, 2025
1.1		Underwriting Agreement among Duke Energy Carolinas SC Storm Funding LLC, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the underwriters party thereto dated November 14, 2025
4.2		Series Supplement between Duke Energy Carolinas NC Storm Funding II LLC and the Indenture Trustee, dated as of September 30, 2025
3.2		Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of November 13, 2025, of Duke Energy Carolinas SC Storm Funding LLC
5.1		Opinion of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP with respect to legality
4.1		Form of Indenture by and among Duke Energy Carolinas SC Storm Funding LLC, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as indenture trustee and U.S. Bank National Association, as securities intermediary and account bank (including forms of the Senior Secured Storm Recovery Bonds) to be dated as of November 25, 2025
10.1		Storm Recovery Property Servicing Agreement between Duke Energy Carolinas NC Storm Funding II LLC and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, as Servicer, dated as of September 30, 2025
4.2		Form of Series Supplement between Duke Energy Carolinas SC Storm Funding LLC and the Indenture Trustee, to be dated as of November 25, 2025
10.2		Storm Recovery Property Purchase and Sale Agreement between Duke Energy Carolinas NC Storm Funding II LLC and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, as Seller, dated as of September 30, 2025
10.1		Form of Storm Recovery Property Servicing Agreement between Duke Energy Carolinas SC Storm Funding LLC and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, as Servicer, to be dated as of November 25, 2025
10.3		Administration Agreement between Duke Energy Carolinas NC Storm Funding II LLC and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, as Administrator, dated as of September 30, 2025
10.2		Form of Storm Recovery Property Purchase and Sale Agreement between Duke Energy Carolinas SC Storm Funding LLC and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, as Seller, to be dated as of November 25, 2025
10.4		Intercreditor Agreement, among Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Duke Energy Carolinas NC Storm Funding II LLC, Duke Energy Carolinas NC Storm Funding, LLC, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as trustee for the Issuing Entity), and The Bank Of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association (as trustee for Duke Energy Carolinas NC Storm Funding LLC), dated September 30, 2025
10.3		Form of Administration Agreement between Duke Energy Carolinas SC Storm Funding LLC and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, as Administrator, to be dated as of November 25, 2025
10.5		Joinder Agreement to the Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement, dated December 20, 2013, between Duke Energy Carolinas NC Storm Funding II LLC and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, dated September 30, 2025
10.4		Form of Joinder Agreement to the Intercreditor Agreement, dated September 30, 2025, between Duke Energy Carolinas SC Storm Funding LLC and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, to be dated November 25, 2025
23.1		Consent of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (included as part of its opinions filed as Exhibit 5.1 and Exhibit 99.1)
10.5		Form of Joinder Agreement to the Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement, dated December 20, 2013, between Duke Energy Carolinas SC Storm Funding LLC and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, to be dated November 25, 2025
99.1		Opinion of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP with respect to U.S. and North Carolina constitutional matters
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded in the Inline XBRL document).
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File – the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC
	By:	/s/ Elizabeth H. Jones
		Elizabeth H. Jones
Dated: September 30, 2025		Assistant Secretary
Dated: November 18, 2025		Assistant Secretary
	DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS NC STORM FUNDING II LLC
	DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS SC STORM FUNDING LLC
	By:	/s/ Elizabeth H. Jones
		Elizabeth H. Jones
Dated: September 30, 2025		Secretary
Dated: November 18, 2025		Secretary

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