{"url_path":"/sec/cik-0000017797/8-k/2026-09-11/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 Other Events.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-09-11","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17797/0001104659-26-107068-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-107068","cik":"0000017797","ticker":null,"issuer_name":"DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17797/0001104659-26-107068-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000017797","primary_entity_name":"DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC."},"word_count":330,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 8.01. Other Events.**\n\n \n\nOn September 11, 2026, Duke Energy Progress, LLC\n(the “Company”) consummated the issuance and sale of the securities described below pursuant to an underwriting agreement,\ndated September 8, 2026 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), with BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc.,\nPNC Capital Markets LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives\nof the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to\nthe Underwriters $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s First Mortgage Bonds, 5.55% Series due 2036 and $300,000,000\naggregate principal amount of the Company’s First Mortgage Bonds, 6.15% Series due 2056 (collectively, the “Mortgage Bonds”).\nThe Mortgage Bonds were sold to the Underwriters at discounts to their principal amounts. The Mortgage Bonds were issued under the Mortgage\nand Deed of Trust (dated as of May 1, 1940) with The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly Irving Trust Company) (the “Corporate Trustee”)\nand Barbara Zsombori (successor to Frederick G. Herbst), as trustees (together with the Corporate Trustee, the “Mortgage Trustees”),\nas supplemented from time to time, including by the Ninety-seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2026 (the “Ninety-seventh\nSupplemental Indenture”), among the Company and the Mortgage Trustees, relating to the Mortgage Bonds (collectively, the “Mortgage”).\n\n \n\nThe foregoing disclosure is qualified in its entirety\nby the provisions of the Mortgage, the Ninety-seventh Supplemental Indenture, together with the forms of global bonds evidencing the Mortgage\nBonds included therein, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto, and the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. Such\nexhibits are incorporated herein by reference. Also, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Mortgage Bonds, the Company is filing\na legal opinion regarding the validity of the Mortgage Bonds as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K for the purpose of incorporating\nthe opinion into the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-290475-01)."}