Duke Energy to announce fourth quarter and year-end 2018 financial results on Feb. 14

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy will announce its fourth-quarter and year-end 2018 financial results at 7 a.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 14, in a news release to be posted on the company's website at duke-energy.com/investors.

An earnings conference call for analysts is scheduled from 10 to 11 a.m. ET that day to discuss the fourth-quarter 2018 financial results. In addition, the company will provide its 2019 adjusted diluted earnings per share guidance range and other business and financial updates.

The conference call will be hosted by Lynn Good, chairman, president and chief executive officer, and Steve Young, executive vice president and chief financial officer.

The call can be accessed via the investors' section (duke-energy.com/investors) of Duke Energy's website or by dialing 888-254-3590 in the U.S. or 323-994-2093 outside the U.S. The confirmation code is 9977760. Please call in 10 to 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

A replay of the conference call will be available until 1:30 p.m. ET, Feb. 24, 2019, by calling 888-203-1112 in the U.S. or 719-457-0820 outside the U.S. and using the code 9977760. An audio replay and transcript will also be available by accessing the investors' section of the company's website.

Duke Energy

Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) is one of the largest energy holding companies in the U.S., with approximately 29,000 employees and a generating capacity of 49,500 megawatts. The company is transforming its customers' experience, modernizing its energy grid, generating cleaner energy and expanding its natural gas infrastructure to create a smarter energy future for the people and communities it serves.

The company's Electric Utilities and Infrastructure unit serves approximately 7.6 million retail electric customers in six states ? North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. Its Gas Utilities and Infrastructure unit distributes natural gas to approximately 1.6 million customers in five states ? North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. Its Commercial Renewables unit operates a growing renewable energy portfolio across the U.S.

A Fortune 125 company, Duke Energy was named to Fortune's 2018 "World's Most Admired Companies" list and Forbes' 2018 "America's Best Employers" list.

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