{"url_path":"/sec/cik-0000017797/8-k/2026-09-11/item-9-01","section_key":"item-9-01","section_title":"Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.**","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":184,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.**\n\n \n\n(d) Exhibits\n\n \n\n**Exhibit**\n**Description**\n\n[Exhibit 4.1](tm2625236d1_ex4-1.htm)\n[Ninety-seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2026, among the Company, The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly Irving Trust Company) and Barbara Zsombori (successor to Frederick G. Herbst) and forms of global bonds.](tm2625236d1_ex4-1.htm)\n\n[Exhibit 5.1](tm2625236d1_ex5-1.htm)\n[Opinion regarding validity of the Mortgage Bonds.](tm2625236d1_ex5-1.htm)\n\n[Exhibit 23.1](tm2625236d1_ex5-1.htm)\n[Consent (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).](tm2625236d1_ex5-1.htm)\n\n[Exhibit 99.1](tm2625236d1_ex99-1.htm)\n[Underwriting Agreement, dated September 8, 2026, among the Company and BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.](tm2625236d1_ex99-1.htm)\n\nExhibit 104\nCover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.\n\n**  **\n\n2 \n\n \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURE**\n\n \n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities\nand Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\n**DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC**\n\n \n \n\nDate: September 11, 2026\nBy:\n/s/ Elizabeth Jones\n\n \n \nName:\nElizabeth Jones\n\n \n \nTitle:\nAssistant Secretary\n\n \n\n3"}