Duke Energy Florida lightens the load for individuals, families facing hardship with $700000 to community agencies - Duke Energy News Center

• Customers who request assistance paying for surviving expenses are encouraged to scope retired to their section United Way, 211 oregon different assistance programs

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – As customers and communities crossed the authorities proceed to consciousness the load of higher surviving costs, Duke Energy is dedicating $600,000 to 10 Florida-based assistance programs to assistance customers screen household expenses. This is successful summation to a $100,000 contribution Duke Energy Florida announced past week to Share the Light Fund^SM agencies to administer to individuals and families successful need.

“Duke Energy is committed to supporting our customers during this clip of continued economical hardship,” said Melissa Seixas, Duke Energy Florida authorities president. “We recognize that we tin bash truthful overmuch much unneurotic than alone, truthful we are grateful to enactment alongside these assemblage allies to supply much-needed alleviation to our customers.”

Duke Energy Florida customers whitethorn suffice for assistance to assistance conscionable a wide scope of needs, including inferior bills, housing, nutrient and different essentials.

Heart of Florida United Way’s exigency assistance is 1 illustration of the disposable programs. The section bureau received $160,000 from Duke Energy to assistance families with rental/mortgage assistance and inferior bills.

“Every day, we person hundreds of radical crossed Central Florida crook to america for help,” said Jeff Hayward, President & CEO of Heart of Florida United Way. “Unfortunately, the request for assistance continues to turn substantially. Duke Energy’s enactment of exigency fiscal assistance comes astatine nary greater time, and we look guardant to stabilizing much families and neighbors, bringing assistance to those that request america most.”

2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares is different enactment that received $160,000 to supply customers with contiguous assistance to forestall evictions, support utilities (electric and water) connected, arsenic good arsenic assistance with proscription to wellness appointments, get nutrient and get employment.

“Our Hope Fund helps individuals, families with children and seniors successful Pinellas County who are facing unexpected fiscal hardships,” said Micki Thompson, 2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares president and CEO. “Together with the enactment from Duke Energy and different assemblage champions, we are capable to supply an contiguous solution for our families successful crisis.”

The pursuing agencies received backing to enactment Duke Energy Florida customers passim the state. Customers should interaction their section assemblage bureau to spot if they are eligible.

• 2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares
   
• Capital Area Community Action Agency
   
• Heart of Florida United Way
   
• Suwannee River Economic Council
   
• The Neighborhood Center of West Volusia
   
• United Way of Central Florida
   
• United Way of Citrus County
   
• United Way of Lake and Sumter Counties
   
• United Way of Marion County
   
• United Way of North Central Florida

Duke Energy continues to enactment customers, link them with disposable assistance, and connection tools and programs to assistance negociate their bills. To larn much astir these programs, sojourn duke-energy.com/HereToHelp.

Duke Energy Florida

Duke Energy Florida, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, owns 10,300 megawatts of vigor capacity, supplying energy to 1.9 cardinal residential, commercialized and concern customers crossed a 13,000-square-mile work country successful Florida.

Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 institution headquartered successful Charlotte, N.C., is 1 of America’s largest vigor holding companies. Its electrical utilities service 8.2 cardinal customers successful North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, and collectively ain 50,000 megawatts of vigor capacity. Its earthy state portion serves 1.6 cardinal customers successful North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. The institution employs 28,000 people.

Duke Energy is executing an assertive cleanable vigor modulation to execute its goals of net-zero methane emissions from its earthy state concern and astatine slightest a 50% c simplification from electrical procreation by 2030 and net-zero c emissions by 2050. The 2050 net-zero goals besides see Scope 2 and definite Scope 3 emissions. In addition, the institution is investing successful large electrical grid enhancements and vigor storage, and exploring zero-emission powerfulness procreation technologies specified arsenic hydrogen and precocious nuclear.

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