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

On September 22, 2021, Duke Energy Business Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Duke Energy Corporation, entered into a Consulting Agreement (the "Consulting Agreement") with Mr. Douglas F Esamann, who retired as Executive Vice President, Energy Solutions and President, Midwest/Florida Regions and Natural Gas Business effective August 1, 2021. The Consulting Agreement provides a $10,000 monthly retainer through March 31, 2022 in consideration of up to 30 hours of consulting services per month.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.



10.1       Consulting Agreement between Douglas F Esamann and Duke Energy Business Services,
         LLC dated September 22, 2021
104      Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded in the
         Inline XBRL document)


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