News Release

U. S. Department of Justice Thomas G. Walker United States Attorney Eastern District of North Carolina

Terry Sanford Federal Building 310 New Bern Avenue Suite 800 Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-1461

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Don Connelly Wednesday April 15, 2015 PIO (919) 856-4712 DUKE ENERGY SUBSIDIARIES PLEA TO CRIMINAL CHARGES AND SENTENCING

NOW SET FOR MAY 14, 2015

RALEIGH The Plea and Sentencing Hearing has been rescheduled

for Duke Energy Business Services, LLC, Duke Energy Progress, Inc.,

and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC to May 14, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the

federal courthouse in Greenville, North Carolina. The companies

were charged with multiple criminal violations of the Clean Water

Act.

Persons directly and proximately harmed as a result of the

conduct charged in this matter may have rights under the Crime

Victims Rights Act. See 18 U.S.C. 3771. If you believe that

you are a crime victim in this matter, please contact the United

States Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina

at USANCE.CrimeVictimsRightsAct@usdoj.gov no later than March 26,

2015.

The U.S. Attorneys Offices will have no further comment on

this matter until after court proceedings.

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