Financial Astrology of Duke Energy Corporation

FINANCIAL ASTROLOGY

First Trade Date for Duke Energy Corporation

Company Name	First Trade Date (yyyy-mm-dd)
Duke Energy Corporation	1961-07-12

Company Name	Symbol
Duke Energy Corporation	DUK
History and Business of Company (this information may include date of incorporation)
Duke Energy Corporation (collectively with its subsidiaries, Duke Energy) is a leading energy company located in the Americas with an affiliated real estate operation. Duke Energy provides its services through the business segments described below. Duke Energy operates the following business units: Franchised Electric, Natural Gas Transmission, Field Services, Duke Energy North America (DENA), International Energy and Other Operations. Duke Energy's chief operating decision maker regularly reviews financial information about each of these business units in deciding how to allocate resources and evaluate performance. The entities under each business unit, except for Other Operations, have similar economic characteristics, services, production processes, distribution methods and regulatory concerns. All of the Duke Energy business units are considered reportable segments under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information," except for Other Operations, which is related to other business activities and operating segments that are not reportable. Franchised Electric generates, transmits, distributes and sells electricity in central and western North Carolina and western South Carolina. It conducts operations through Duke Power. These electric operations are subject to the rules and regulations of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) and the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (PSCSC). Natural Gas Transmission provides transportation and storage of natural gas for customers throughout the East Coast and Southern U.S., the Pacific Northwest, and in Canada. Natural Gas Transmission also provides natural gas sales and distribution service to retail customers in Ontario, and gas transportation and processing services to customers in Western Canada. Natural Gas Transmission does business primarily through Duke Energy Gas Transmission Corporation. Duke Energy Gas Transmission Corporation's natural gas transmission and storage operations in the U.S. are subject to the FERC's, the Texas Railroad Commission's, and the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT's) rules and regulations, while natural gas gathering, processing, transmission, distribution and storage operations in Canada are subject to the rules and regulations of the National Energy Board (NEB) or the Ontario Energy Board (OEB). Field Services gathers, compresses, treats, processes, transports, trades and markets, and stores natural gas; and produces, transports, trades and markets, and stores natural gas liquids (NGLs). It conducts operations primarily through Duke Energy Field Services, LLC (DEFS), which is approximately 30% owned by ConocoPhillips and approximately 70% owned by Duke Energy. Field Services gathers natural gas from production wellheads in Western Canada and 10 states in the U.S. Those systems serve major natural gas-producing regions in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, Rocky Mountain, Permian Basin, Mid-Continent and East Texas-Austin Chalk-North Louisiana areas, as well as onshore and offshore Gulf Coast areas. DENA operates and manages merchant power generation facilities and engages in commodity sales and services related to natural gas and electric power around its generation assets and contractual positions. DENA conducts business throughout the U.S. and Canada generally through Duke Energy North America, LLC and Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, LLC (DETM). DETM is 40% owned by Exxon Mobil Corporation and 60% owned by Duke Energy. In 2003, Duke Energy discontinued the proprietary trading business at DENA, commenced actions to unwind DETM, and announced its intent to reduce its investment in merchant power generation facilities by selling its facilities in the Southeast U.S. and reducing its interests in partially constructed facilities in the Western U.S. International Energy develops, operates and manages power generation facilities, and engages in sales and marketing of electric power and natural gas outside the U.S. and Canada. It conducts operations primarily through Duke Energy International, LLC (DEI) and its activities target power generation in Latin America. During 2003, International Energy began the process to discontinue proprietary trading and is in the process of exiting its European and Australian operations. Beginning in 2003, the business segments formerly known as Other Energy Services and Duke Ventures were combined and have been presented as Other Operations. Other Operations is composed of diverse businesses, operating through Crescent Resources, LLC (Crescent), DukeNet Communications, LLC (DukeNet), Duke Energy Merchants, LLC (DEM) and Duke/Fluor Daniel (D/FD). Crescent develops high-quality commercial, residential and multi-family real estate projects, and manages land holdings primarily in the Southeastern and Southwestern U.S. DukeNet develops and manages fiber optic communications systems for wireless, local and long-distance communications companies; and for selected educational, governmental, financial and health care entities. DEM is in the refined products business. During 2003, Duke Energy determined that it will exit the refined products business at DEM in an orderly manner, and is unwinding its portfolio of contracts. D/FD provides comprehensive engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and operating plant services for fossil-fueled electric power generating facilities worldwide. D/FD is a 50/50 partnership between subsidiaries of Duke Energy and Fluor Corporation. During 2003, Duke Energy and Fluor Corporation announced that the D/FD partnership will be dissolved. The D/FD partners have adopted a plan for an orderly wind-down of the business targeted for completion in July 2005. Other Operations also included Energy Delivery Services (EDS), an engineering, construction, maintenance and technical services firm specializing in electric transmission and distribution lines and substation projects, until its sale in December 2003. Additionally, Duke Capital Partners, LLC (DCP), a wholly owned merchant finance company that provided debt and equity capital and financial advisory services primarily to the merchant energy industry, had been included as part of Other Operations but is now classified as discontinued operations. Duke Energy is a North Carolina corporation. Its principal executive offices are located at 526 South Church Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-1803. The telephone number is 704-594-6200. Duke Energy electronically files reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, proxies and amendments to such reports. The public may read and copy any materials that Duke Energy files with the SEC at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Additionally, information about Duke Energy, including its reports filed with the SEC, is available through Duke Energy's web site at http://www.duke-energy.com. Such reports are accessible at no charge through Duke Energy's web site and are made available as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is filed with or furnished to the SEC.

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