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 Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina at USANCE.CrimeVictimsRightsAct@usdoj.gov no later than April 30, 2015.

The U.S. Attorney’s Offices will have no further comment on this matter until after court proceedings.