Item 8.01. Other Events.

On May 15, 2020, Duke Energy Corporation (the "Company") consummated the issuance and sale of the securities described below pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated May 13, 2020 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 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 2.45% Senior Notes due 2030 (the "Securities"). The Securities were sold to the Underwriters at a discount to their principal amount. The Securities were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of June 3, 2008 (the "Indenture"), by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the "Trustee"), as amended and supplemented by various supplemental indentures thereto, including the Twenty-third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 15, 2020 (the "Supplemental Indenture"), between the Company and the Trustee. The disclosure in this Item 8.01 is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of the Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture, together with the form of global notes evidencing the Securities are included therein, is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto, and the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. Such exhibits are incorporated herein by reference. Also, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Company is filing a legal opinion regarding the validity of the Securities as Exhibit 5.1 to this Form 8-K for the purpose of incorporating the opinion into the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 No. 333-233896.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.





(d)        Exhibits.

  4.1        Twenty-third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 15, 2020, to
           the indenture, dated as of June 3, 2008, between the Company and The
           Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee

  5.1        Opinion regarding validity of the Securities

  23.1       Consent (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)

  99.1       Underwriting Agreement, dated May 13, 2020, among the Company and
           J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., SunTrust
           Robinson Humphrey, Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC and Wells Fargo
           Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named
           therein

104        Cover Page Interactive Data file (the Cover Page Interactive Data
           file is embedded within the Inline XBRL document)




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