On November13, 2012, Duke Energy Corporation (the "Company") entered into a Selling Agent Agreement, dated as of November 13, 2012 (the "Selling Agent Agreement"), with Incapital LLC (as Purchasing Agent) and the agents named therein, with respect to the sale by the Company of up to $1,000,000,000 aggregate initial offering price of Duke Energy InterNotes Due One Year or More from Date of Issue ("Duke Energy InterNotes"). The Selling Agent Agreement, forms of the Duke Energy Internotes and a legal opinion regarding the validity of such securities are filed as exhibits to this Form 8-K for the purpose of incorporating such documents into the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-169633).

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit                                     Description

Exhibit 4.1    Form of Duke Energy InterNote (Fixed Rate)

Exhibit 4.2    Form of Duke Energy InterNote (Floating Rate)

Exhibit 5.1    Opinion regarding validity of Duke Energy InterNotes

Exhibit 23.1   Consent (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)

Exhibit 99.1   Selling Agent Agreement, dated as of November 13, 2012, between the
               Company, Incapital LLC, as Purchasing Agent, and the agents named
               therein