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Duke Energy Subsidiaries Plea To Criminal Information And Sentencing Set For April 16, 2015

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina

RALEIGH – A Plea and Sentencing Hearing has been set for Duke Energy Business Services, LLC, Duke Energy Progress, Inc., and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC for April 16, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the federal courthouse in Greenville, North Carolina.  The companies were charged with multiple 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 March 26, 2015.

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

Updated July 14, 2015