No fixed recurring interval
A utility initiates a base-rate case; Duke may request a multi-year performance-based rate plan.
Rate period: Case-specific base period and forecast support
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NC · electric · E-2 SUB 1380
Duke Energy Progress — 2025 general rate case
Active case·Hearing·Utility request
Duke Energy ProgressNorth Carolina Utilities CommissionOfficial docket not linkedUpdated Jul 21, 2026View sources
Bottom line
The request remains in litigation; the official expert hearing is scheduled for August 11, 2026.
Case summary
Duke Energy Progress is seeking a two-step electric base-rate increase and performance-based regulation.
- Latest development
- No completed event
- Next event
- Expert witness hearing
Not scheduled
Aug 11, 2026
Case stage
Regulatory process
hearing
Filed
Nov 20, 2025
Testimony
Not recorded
Hearings
Aug 11, 2026
Briefing
Not recorded
Decision
Not recorded
Rates effective
Not recorded
State rules
Base-rate reviews and adjustment mechanisms in North Carolina
This docket is a full base-rate review. Selected charges can change on separate schedules without reopening every issue in this case.
Full base-rate review
Between full reviews
Fuel and fuel-related charge adjustment
Periodic Commission review
Fuel and purchased-power costs are reviewed outside full base-rate cases.
Governing source ↗DSM and energy-efficiency rider
Periodic Commission review
Demand-side management and efficiency program costs can change through a separate rider.
Governing source ↗Current case economics
Economics
Filed request and any outcome captured in this docket.
| Metric | Utility request | Current case outcome | Like-for-like difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual revenue increase | $728M Annual utility request | Not available No outcome yet | — |
| Rate base | Not specified Filed utility request. · Nov 20, 2025 | Not available No outcome yet | — |
| Return on equity | 10.95% Filed utility request. · Nov 20, 2025 | Not available No outcome yet | — |
| Common equity ratio | 53% Filed utility request. · Nov 20, 2025 | Not available No outcome yet | — |
| Residential bill impact | 29.7 Cumulative representative monthly bill increase across both requested steps. · Nov 20, 2025 | Not available No outcome yet | — |
Utility context
Prior authorizations, mechanism values, actuals, and company projections are shown separately because they are not default like-for-like case comparisons.
Common equity ratio
authorized · Current approved common-equity ratio in the official Public Staff table. · Aug 18, 2023
53%
Return on equity
authorized · Current authorized return on common equity in the official Public Staff table. · Aug 18, 2023
9.8%
Full docket record
1 event · 0 documents · 2 citations
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Full docket record
1 event · 0 documents · 2 citations
- Last updated
- Jul 21, 2026
- Docket reviewed
- Jul 21, 2026
- Economics reviewed
- Jul 21, 2026
- Official documents
- 0
- Evidence citations
- 2
Docket history
Material filings, hearings, orders, and effective dates.
Aug 11, 2026
Expert witness hearing
official commission · scheduled
Documents
Docket and evidence documents linked to this proceeding.
No documents are linked to this proceeding.
Citations
Field-level excerpts and review metadata supporting material facts.
Duke Energy North Carolina 2025 rate-case filings
utility rate case release · Nov 20, 2025
NCUC rate-case hearing calendar — E-2 SUB 1380
ncuc hearing calendar · Aug 11, 2026
Raw observations
Stage-preserving economics and party positions as published in the canonical record.
| Metric | Stage | Party | Period | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential monthly bill impact | utility request | Duke Energy Progress, LLC | — | 29.7 | |
| Common equity ratio | utility request | Duke Energy Progress, LLC | — | 53% | |
| Rate base | utility request | Duke Energy Progress, LLC | — | Not specified | |
| Annual revenue change | utility request | Duke Energy Progress, LLC | — | $728M | |
| Return on equity | utility request | Duke Energy Progress, LLC | — | 10.95% |