Duke Energy 2010 Annual Report Download - page 18

DUKE ENERGY AT A GLANCE
BUSINESS SEGMENT OVERVIEW
U.S. FRANCHISED
ELECTRIC AND GAS
GENERATION DIVERSITY
(percent owned capacity)
Coal 49%
Nuclear 19%
Natural Gas/Fuel Oil 20%
Hydro 12%
CUSTOMER DIVERSITY
(in billed GWh sales)
Residential 34%
Commercial 32%
Industrial 25%
Wholesale/Other 9%
U.S. Franchised Electric and Gas (USFE&G) consists of
Duke Energy’s regulated generation, electric and gas
transmission and distribution systems. USFE&G’s generation
portfolio is a balanced mix of energy resources having different
operating characteristics and fuel sources designed to provide
energy at the lowest possible cost.
Electric Operations
■Owns approximately 27,000 megawatts (MW) of
generating capacity
■Service area covers about 50,000 square miles with an
estimated population of 12 million
■Service to approximately 4 million residential, commercial
and industrial customers
■Over 152,200 miles of distribution lines and a 20,900-mile
transmission system
Gas Operations
■Regulated natural gas transmission and distribution services
to approximately 500,000 customers in southwestern Ohio
and northern Kentucky
COMMERCIAL
POWER
GENERATION DIVERSITY
(percent owned capacity)
Coal 41%
Natural Gas 44%
Renewable 12%
Other 3%
Commercial Power owns, operates and manages power plants,
primarily located in the Midwest, and a renewable energy
portfolio. Commercial Power’s subsidiary, Duke Energy Retail,
serves retail electric customers in Ohio with generation and
other energy services at competitive rates. Commercial Power
also includes Duke Energy Generation Services (DEGS), an
on-site energy solutions and utility services provider.
■Owns and operates a balanced generation portfolio
of approximately 7,550 net MW of power generation
(excluding wind and solar generation assets)
■Duke Energy Renewables currently has approximately
986 MW of wind energy in operation and over 5,000 MW
of wind energy projects in development, and owns 16 MW
of commercial solar capacity
DUKE ENERGY
INTERNATIONAL
GENERATION DIVERSITY
(percent owned capacity)
Hydro 69%
Fuel Oil 20%
Natural Gas 11%
Duke Energy International (DEI) operates and manages power
generation facilities and engages in sales and marketing of
electric power and natural gas outside the U.S. DEI’s activities
target power generation in Latin America. DEI also has an
equity investment in National Methanol Co., a Saudi Arabian
regional producer of MTBE, a gasoline additive.
■Owns, operates or has substantial interests in approximately
4,200 net MW of generation facilities
■About 70 percent of DEI’s generating capacity is
hydroelectric
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