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  0001861032
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001326160
  Duke Energy CORP
  001-32853
  525 SOUTH TRYON STREET
  CHARLOTTE
  NC
  28202-1803
  800-488-3853
  Renjel Louis E.
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  4870
  542969.90
  772482405
  02/18/2025
  NYSE
  Common
  02/23/2023
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  35
  02/23/2023
  Compensation
  Common
  02/24/2023
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  282
  02/24/2023
  Compensation
  Common
  05/05/2023
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  98
  05/05/2023
  Compensation
  Common
  02/05/2024
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  2750
  02/05/2024
  Compensation
  Common
  02/22/2024
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  991
  02/22/2024
  Compensation
  Common
  02/23/2024
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  714
  02/23/2024
  Compensation
  Y
  02/18/2025
  /s/ Joshua Schmitt, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Louis E. Renjel Jr.