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): June 20, 2016

~~Date~~DUKE ofENERGY ~~Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 18~~OHIO, ~~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
1-04928	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

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Ohio		1-1232		31-0240030
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

139 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip code)

(704) 382-3853

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 18.01. ~~Entry~~Other ~~into a Material Definitive Agreement~~Events.

On ~~December~~June 1820, ~~2013~~2016, Duke Energy ~~Corporation~~Ohio, Inc. (the “~~Corporation~~Company”) ~~and~~entered ~~its~~into ~~wholly-owned~~an ~~subsidiaries~~underwriting agreement, ~~Duke~~dated ~~Energy Carolinas~~June 20, ~~LLC~~2016 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), ~~Duke~~with ~~Energy~~Citigroup ~~Florida~~Global Markets Inc., Lebenthal ~~Inc~~& Co., ~~Duke~~LLC, ~~Energy~~Loop ~~Indiana~~Capital Markets LLC, ~~Inc.,~~ ~~Duke~~Mischler ~~Energy~~Financial ~~Kentucky~~Group, Inc., ~~Duke~~Samuel ~~Energy~~A. ~~Ohio~~Ramirez & Company, Inc., and ~~Duke~~The ~~Energy~~Williams ~~Progress~~Capital Group, ~~Inc~~ L.P., ~~entered~~as ~~into~~representatives anof ~~amendment~~the toseveral ~~the~~underwriters ~~$6,000,000,000~~named ~~Credit~~therein ~~Agreement~~(the “Underwriters”), ~~dated~~pursuant asto ofwhich ~~November 18,~~the ~~2011,~~Company ~~among~~agreed ~~the~~to ~~Corporation~~issue and ~~each~~sell ofto ~~such~~the ~~subsidiaries~~Underwriters $250,000,000 asaggregate ~~Borrowers,~~principal ~~the~~amount ~~lenders~~of ~~listed~~the ~~therein,~~Company’s ~~Wells~~First ~~Fargo~~Mortgage ~~Bank~~Bonds, ~~National~~3.70% ~~Association~~Series, asDue ~~Administrative Agent~~June 15, ~~Bank~~2046 of(the ~~America, N~~“Bonds”).~~A. and~~ The ~~Royal~~Bonds ~~Bank~~will ofbe ~~Scotland~~issued ~~plc~~under the First Mortgage, dated as ~~Co-Syndication~~of ~~Agents~~August 1, 1936, between the Company and The Bank of ~~China,~~ New York ~~Branch,~~Mellon ~~Barclays~~Trust ~~Bank PLC~~Company, ~~Citibank,~~ N.A., ~~Credit~~as ~~Suisse AG~~trustee, ~~Cayman~~as ~~Islands~~amended ~~Branch, JPMorgan~~and ~~Chase~~supplemented ~~Bank,~~from ~~N.A.~~time to time (the “Indenture”), ~~The~~including ~~Bank~~by ofthe ~~Tokyo~~Forty-~~Mitsubishi~~fourth ~~UFJ~~Supplemental Indenture, ~~Ltd.~~ ~~and~~dated ~~UBS~~as ~~Securities~~of ~~LLC~~June 23, as2016 ~~Co-Documentation~~(the ~~Agents~~“Supplemental Indenture”). The ~~credit~~disclosure ~~facility~~in ~~was~~this ~~originally~~Item ~~described~~8.01 ~~and~~is ~~filed~~qualified in its entirety by the ~~Corporation’s~~provisions ~~Form 8-K~~of ~~dated~~the ~~November 25~~Indenture, ~~2011. The~~the ~~amendment~~Supplemental ~~was~~Indenture, ~~entered~~which ~~into~~is ~~primarily~~filed toas ~~increase~~Exhibit 4.1 hereto, and the ~~maximum~~Underwriting ~~borrowing~~Agreement, ~~sublimit~~which ~~available~~is tofiled ~~the~~as ~~Corporation~~Exhibit 99.1 ~~from~~hereto. Such ~~$2,250,000,000~~exhibits toare $3incorporated herein by reference. Also,~~000,000,000,~~ ~~and~~in toconnection ~~extend~~with the ~~termination~~issuance ~~date~~and sale of the ~~facility~~Bonds, bythe ~~approximately~~Company ~~one~~is ~~year,~~filing toa ~~December 18,~~legal ~~2018.~~opinion ~~The~~regarding ~~total~~the ~~amount~~validity of ~~$6,000,000,000~~the ~~available~~Bonds ~~under~~as Exhibit 5.1 to this Form 8-K for the ~~Credit~~purpose ~~Agreement~~of ~~did~~incorporating ~~not~~the ~~change~~opinion into the Company’s Registration Statement No. 333-191462-02.

~~The disclosure in this~~ Item 19.01. isFinancial ~~qualified~~Statements ~~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~~Exhibits.

~~Item 9.01. Financial Statements and~~ (d) Exhibits

~~(d)~~4.1 Forty-fourth ~~Exhibits~~Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 23, 2016, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, providing for the issuance of the Bonds.

105.1 Opinion ~~Amendment~~regarding ~~No.~~validity ~~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~~Bonds.

223.1 Consent (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).

~~SIGNATURE~~99.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated June 20, 2016, among the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Lebenthal & Co., LLC, Loop Capital Markets LLC, Mischler Financial Group, Inc., Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc. and The Williams Capital Group, L.P., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, in connection with the Company’s issuance and sale of the Bonds.

~~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.~~2

	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

SIGNATURES

3Pursuant 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.

	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
	DUKE ENERGY OHIO, INC.
	DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC.
Date: June 23, 2016	By:	/s/ Robert T. Lucas III, Esq.
Date: December 20, 2013	By:	/s/ Julia S. Janson
		Name:	Robert T. Lucas III, Esq.
	Name:	Julia S. Janson
		Title:	Deputy General Counsel and
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
			Assistant Corporate Secretary

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
4.1		Forty-fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 23, 2016, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, providing for the issuance of the Bonds.
5.1		Opinion regarding validity of the Bonds.
23.1		Consent (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
99.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated June 20, 2016, among the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Lebenthal & Co., LLC, Loop Capital Markets LLC, Mischler Financial Group, Inc., Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc. and The Williams Capital Group, L.P., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, in connection with the Company’s issuance and sale of the Bonds.

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