{"url_path":"/sec/cik-0000030371/8-k/2026-06-05/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 ****Other Events.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-05","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30371/0001104659-26-070990-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-070990","cik":"0000030371","ticker":null,"issuer_name":"Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30371/0001104659-26-070990-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000030371","primary_entity_name":"Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC"},"word_count":344,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 8.01.****Other Events.**\n\n \n\nOn June 5, 2026, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC\n(the “Company”) consummated the issuance and sale of the securities described below pursuant to an underwriting agreement,\ndated June 2, 2026 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), with CIBC World Markets Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, PNC Capital\nMarkets LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC, Truist Securities, Inc.\nand U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”),\npursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriters $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s\nFirst and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 4.65% Series due 2031, $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s First\nand Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 5.15% Series due 2036 and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s First and\nRefunding Mortgage Bonds, 5.75% Series due 2056 (collectively, the “Mortgage Bonds”). The Mortgage Bonds were sold to\nthe Underwriters at discounts to their principal amounts. The Mortgage Bonds were issued under the First and Refunding Mortgage, dated\nas of December 1, 1927, as amended and supplemented from time to time, including by the One-Hundred and Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture,\ndated as of June 5, 2026 (the “One-Hundred and Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture”), relating to the Mortgage Bonds, each\nbetween the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (as so amended and supplemented, the “Mortgage”).\nThe disclosure in this Item 8.01 is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of the Mortgage, including the One-Hundred and Thirteenth\nSupplemental Indenture which together with the forms of global bonds evidencing the Mortgage Bonds, is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto,\nand the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. Such exhibits are incorporated herein by reference. Also,\nin connection with the issuance and sale of the Mortgage Bonds, the Company is filing a legal opinion regarding the validity of the Mortgage\nBonds as Exhibit 5.1 to this Form 8-K for the purpose of incorporating the opinion into the Company’s Registration Statement\non Form S-3, as amended (No. 333-290475-05)."}