Standard Disclosures
| INDICATOR |
TOPIC |
RESPONSE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy and analysis | ||||
| 1.1 | Vision and strategy | See Our Mission | ||
| 1.2 | Corporate approach to sustainability and commitment at executive level | See Management Approach and Chairman's Letter | ||
| Organizational profile | ||||
| 2.1 | Name of the organization | Duke Energy Corporation | ||
| 2.2 and 2.3 | Primary products, services and divisions | See The Businesses We're In and our Corporate Profile | ||
| 2.4 | Headquarters | Corporate office is in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; with significant offices in Cincinnati, Ohio; Plainfield, Indiana; Houston, Texas; and many district offices in our service areas | ||
| 2.5 | Countries of operations | Primary operations are in the United States, with power generation facilites in Argentia, Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatamala and Peru. We also own equity investments in Saudi Arabia and Greece. | ||
| 2.6 | Ownership and legal form | Duke Energy Corporation is an investor-owned corporation trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol, DUK. | ||
| 2.7 | Markets served | We are primarily an electric and natural gas utility company, with electric customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, with natural gas service to customers in Ohio and Kentucky. | ||
| 2.8 | Size of operations and organization | See Electric Generation Statistics, Workforce Statistics and Financial Performance | ||
| 2.9 | Significant recent changes | On Jan. 2, 2007, we completed the spin-off of our natural gas businesses, primarily consisting of the Duke Energy Natural Gas Transmission business segment and our 50 percent ownership of DCP Midstream. | ||
| 2.10 | Awards received recently | Various awards and recognitions are listed on our Duke Energy Awards Web site and mentioned in the 2007/2008 Sustainability Report. | ||
| Report Parameters | ||||
| 3.1 | Reporting period | Calendar year 2007, with certain supplemental material in 2008 if appropriate | ||
| 3.2 | Date of most recent report | April 2008 | ||
| 3.3 | Reporting cycle | Annual | ||
| 3.4 | Contact person | Roberta Bowman, Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer | ||
| 3.5 | Process for defining content | See About This Report | ||
| 3.6 | Boundary of the report | All operations unless noted otherwise | ||
| 3.7 | Specific limitations | None | ||
| 3.8 | Basis for reporting | Ownership share, unless noted otherwise | ||
| 3.9 | Data measurement techniques | Quantitative data provided based on direct measurements, estimates and calculations as appropriate | ||
| 3.1 | Effect of re-statements | None | ||
| 3.11 | Significant changes | None | ||
| 3.12 | Location of Standard Disclosures | Included in this table | ||
| 3.13 | Assurance | We did not seek external assurances for this report but did ask Business for Social Responsibility for an independent review of our 2007/2008 Sustainability Report. | ||
| Governance, Commitments and Engagement | ||||
| 4.1 | Governance structure | See Corporate Governance | ||
| 4.2 | Is Chair is an executive officer? | Yes. Positions of Chairman, President and CEO are held by James E. Rogers. | ||
| 4.3 | Independent directors | Our Board has determined that Jim Rogers is the only non-independent director. | ||
| 4.4 | Contact with the Board of Directors | Interested parties may communicate with our directors by addressing mail to: Corporate Secretary, Duke Energy Corporation, P.O. Box 1006, Charlotte, NC 28201-1006. Additional information is available on page 78 of our 2008 Proxy Statement. | ||
| 4.5 | Linkage of compensation and performance | Based on defined goals. For more information, see pages 28-44 of our 2008 Proxy Statement | ||
| 4.6 | Avoiding conflicts of interest | See Code of Business Ethics | ||
| 4.7 | Determining qualifications of Board of Directors | Responsibility of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors | ||
| 4.8 | Internal mission and values statements | See Our Mission | ||
| 4.9, 4.10 | Governance procedures and performance | See Corporate Governance | ||
| 4.11 | Precautionary principle | Risks are assessed by each business unit without specific reference to the precautionary principle | ||
| 4.12 | Endorsement of externally developed charters, principles and other initiatives | Memberships in several organizations are mentioned in our 2007/2008 Sustainability Report. | ||
| 4.13 | Association memberships | Several, but not all, memberships are listed on our Affiliations & Partnerships Web site and mentioned in our 2007/2008 Sustainability Report. | ||
| 4.14 - 4.17 | Stakeholder groups | See Stakeholder Engagement and Expectations | ||
