Duke Energy to Offer Public a Unique Investment Opportunity

Duke Energy DUK today launched PremierNotes, a notes program that provides individuals and other qualified investors an opportunity to make direct investments in new debt of the corporation. PremierNotes will pay a floating rate of interest that provides a competitive alternative to other short-term cash investments such as bank accounts and short-term Certificates of Deposit. The interest rate for PremierNotes will be set at least a quarter of a percentage point higher than the average rate of taxable U.S. money-market mutual funds, based on published weekly rates.