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(Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida issued the following news release.) Funding expands hunger relief capabilities in central Florida ORLANDO, FL / ACCESSWIRE / April 18, 2024 / Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida recently received a $27,000 grant from Duke Energy Foundation through the Powerful Communities program. The funding expanded the cold storage capacity at eight of Second Harvest's community feeding partners, allowing them to distribute even more perishable foods to...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / April 16, 2024 / Duke Energy's Indigenous employee resource group is called Forever Indigenous Resource Support Team (FIRST) and is open to all employees at Duke Energy. Wow! I have learned so much from our FIRST members over this past year. We support the communities we serve by sponsoring events like the 2023 AISES Region 7 Conference in Lumberton and the Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration. Duke Energy Corporation is also one of the sponsors of the...

Replacing coal plants with natural gas would continue tradition of reliable power while supporting local workforce NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / April 11, 2024 / Duke Energy By Gina DiPietro | illumination Staff Writer When Derrick Smith was in elementary school, his uncle traveled to power plants across North Carolina to repair and maintain equipment that delivered power to millions of people as part of his job at Carolina Power & Light (now part of Duke Energy). Even as a child, Smith...

Duke Energy to donate $1,000 to its Share the Light Fund® agencies each time the Rays win a game ST. PETERSBURG, FL / ACCESSWIRE / April 9, 2024 / When the Tampa Bay Rays win this season, so do Florida customers. Duke Energy will donate $1,000 to its Share the Light Fund to help families in need for every Rays regular-season game won. The Share the Light Fund is a customer assistance program to help Florida residents pay for utility expenses, such as electric, natural gas, oil or wood....

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / April 4, 2024 / Duke Energy: We celebrated International Women's Day and Women in Construction Week with LaToya Faustin and She Built This City . What a powerful and inspiring celebration of opportunity and resilience! Duke Energy Corporation is proud to be a sponsor and partner to She Built This City. One of the program's alumni, Andrele Hilaire, is the first woman to graduate from the Central Piedmont Community College new lineworker program and certainly not the...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / April 2, 2024 / Duke Energy By Gina DiPietro | illumination Staff Writer From population growth to the expansion of manufacturing and the clean energy economy, the Carolinas are enjoying unprecedented success in recent years. And it's driving the need for a lot more electricity. Many companies coming to North Carolina are associated with the electric transportation sector, further solidifying the state's position as an emerging " battery belt ." South Carolina is...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. / ACCESSWIRE / March 28, 2024 / Duke Energy March 18 spotlights natural gas employees' role in serving nearly 189 million Americans with safe, reliable natural gas Natural gas technicians play vital role in modernizing the natural gas delivery system for growing communities and in helping to meet the company's net-zero methane emissions goals B-roll: Natural gas employees CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 28, 2024 /3BL/ - Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas celebrate the ninth annual...

Funding will go to six organizations that help Florida individuals and families in need ST. PETERSBURG, FL / ACCESSWIRE / March 26, 2024 / The Duke Energy Foundation is providing $150,000 in grants to support organizations in Florida that help customers with basic needs such as utility bill assistance, housing and more. "When our neighbors need help, these are the organizations they turn to," said Melissa Seixas, Duke Energy Florida state president. "Whether it is with food, transportation or...