UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 13, 2007 (October 25, 2007)

 

DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

526 South Church Street, Charlotte, North Carolina  28202-1904

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip code)

 

(704) 594-6200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240. 13e-4(c))

 

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 31, 2007 (the “Report”) by Duke Energy Corporation (the “Company”) pursuant to instruction 2 to Item 5.02 of Form 8-K to provide information that was not determined or unavailable at the time of the Report.  The original Form 8-K was filed to report the appointment of Mr. Daniel R. DiMicco and Dr. Philip R. Sharp to the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Effective January 1, 2008, Mr. DiMicco will join the Compensation Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors and Dr. Sharp will join the Audit Committee and the Nuclear Oversight Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

	DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
Date: December 19, 2007	By:	/s/Marc E. Manly
	Name:	Marc E. Manly
	Title:	Group Executive and Chief Legal Officer

 

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