POWER OF ATTORNEY
For Executing Forms ID, 3, 4, 5 and 144
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of David S. Maltz, Nancy M. Wright, Kristin M. Oberheu, Phoebe
L. Elliott and each of their respective designees, signing singly, the undersigned’s
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s
capacity as an officer and/or director of Duke Energy Corporation (the
“Company”), Forms ID, 3, 4, and 5, or such other documents as the
Securities and Exchange Commission may require, in accordance with
Section 16(a) (collectively, “Forms ID, 3,4 and 5”) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Form 144, or such other
documents as the Securities and Exchange Commission may require,
in accordance with Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules
thereunder;
(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any
such Forms ID, 3, 4, 5 or 144, complete and execute any amendment
or amendments thereto and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-
fact’s discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact’s designee or designees, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneysin4act, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rule 144 of the Securities Act
of 1933, or any other rule or regulation promulgated thereunder.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms ID, 3, 4, 5, and 144, or such other
documents, with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by Duke Energy Corporation, or any affiliates thereof, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this Liday of (jr , 2016.
By: t
Name: William E. Webster, Jr.