STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION RALEIGH PUBLIC NOTICE DOCKET NO. E-2, SUB 1357 BEFORE THE NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION In the Matter of Application of Duke Energy Progress, LLC ) for Approval of Demand Side Management ) PUBLIC NOTICE and Energy Efficiency Cost Recovery Rider ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the North Carolina Utilities Commission has scheduled a hearing for the purpose of receiving public and expert witness testimony on the annual Demand Side Management and Energy Efficiency (DSM/ EE) cost recovery proceeding for Duke Energy Progress, LLC (DEP). The hearing is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, September 29, 2025, along with DEP’s other 2025 rider proceedings, in Commission Hearing Room 2115, Dobbs Building, 430 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina. Public witness testimony will be received in accordance with Commission Rule R1-21(g). If no significant protests are received by September 22, 2025, the Commission may cancel the public witness hearing. This proceeding is being held pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-133.9 and Commission Rule R8-69, and for the purpose of determining whether an increment or decrement Rider is required to allow DEP to recover all reasonable and prudent costs incurred for adoption and implementation of new DSM and new EE measures and appropriate incentives. On June 10, 2025, DEP filed its application in the above-captioned docket. By its application, DEP requests a DSM/EE cost recovery rider effective for service rendered on and after January 1, 2026. If approved by the Commission the request would result in a total annual revenue decrease of approximately $2.8 million, effective January 1, 2026, from the DSM/EE rider currently in effect. As shown in the table below, this request would result in an increase of 0.002 cents per kilowatt- hour (kWh) for residential customers. Non-residential General Service customers, depending upon their participation in DEP’s DSM or EE programs, would see a decrease of 0.036 cents per kWh in their EE rider, and a DSM rider increase of 0.003 cents per kWh. Lighting customers would see an increase of 0.033 cents per kWh. Industrial and large commercial customers that have opted out of DEP’s DSM and EE programs pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 62-133.9 are not subject to the DSM/EE rider. Rate Class Current Rate Proposed Change from per kWh Rate per kWh last year Residential 0.767 0.769 0.002 General Service EE 0.233 0.197 -0.036 General Service DSM 0.041 0.044 0.003 Lighting -0.022 0.011 0.033 Further information may be obtained from the Office of the Chief Clerk, North Carolina Utilities Commission, Dobbs Building, 5th Floor, 430 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina, where a copy of DEP’s application and testimony is available for review by the public, or on the Commission’s website at www.ncuc.gov. The Public Staff is authorized by statute to represent consumers in proceedings before the Commission. Written statements to the Public Staff should include any information that the writers wish to be considered by the Public Staff in its investigation of the matter. Such statements should be addressed to Mr. Christopher J. Ayers, Executive Director, Public Staff 4326 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4300. Written statements are not evidence unless persons appear at a hearing and testify concerning the information contained in their written statements. Any person desiring to intervene in the proceeding as a formal party of record should file a petition under North Carolina Utilities Commission Rules R1-5 and R1-19 on or before September 2, 2025. Such petitions should be filed with the Chief Clerk of the North Carolina Utilities Commission, 4325 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4300. The direct testimony and exhibits of expert witnesses to be presented by intervenors should also be filed with the Commission on or before September 2, 2025. ISSUED BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION. This the 21st day of July, 2025. NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION Tamika D. Conyers, Deputy Clerk