ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Duke Energy is monitoring the potential for Tropical Cycle 9, hoping for a shift to tropical cold from Helene and preparing for the possibility of high tides, intense lighting and flooding that may result in electrical utility outages Overall, Adelante was the longest this week.

“Duke Energy Florida is preparing to respond as quickly as possible if its customers experience service interruptions,” explains Melissa Seixas, state president of Duke Energy Florida. “We strongly advise our customers to prepare to eliminate the potential consequences of the disruption and confirm that this is a time to ensure that all customers are safe and informed.”

After being aware of the warnings and following the instructions of the local emergency management authorities, customers must contact the following consequences in the next few days:

• Prepare (or repair) an emergency kit. The kit must include, among other things, indiscernible food, lanterns and lanterns for the campaign (with Pilas de Repuesto), a Botiquín de primeros auxilios, and a radio or portable television, or a radio meteorological of the NOAA.
  
• First, prepare for large electrical equipment. Come to our torment center so we can keep you safe during the final stages of a tormenta. Remember to collect planes for large people and people who need special medications when making large electrical equipment.
  
• Sign up to receive alerts and register for an electric car. Sign up for the Alertas de Suministro Eléctrico to receive the most updated information about the restoration work. If you do not have electricity, we ask you to send an SMS message with the device OUT to 57801, register online or through the mobile application or call 800.343.3525.\
  
• When Duke Energy restored the electric heating. This corresponds to a safety precaution that allows the restoration of the electrical installation, safety and public reception and the greatest possible safety and speed for most customers.

We recommend that you prepare for the next intense period at duke-energy.com/StormTips.

Duke Energy Florida

Duke Energy Florida, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, has 12,300 megawatts of energy and power capacity serving 2 million residential, commercial and industrial customers in a 3,000-million-square-mile service territory in Florida.

Duke Energy

Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company with headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, is one of the largest energy charter companies in the United States. Its public service businesses serve approximately 8.4 million customers in North Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky and have a total of 54,800 megawatts of captive energy capacity. Its natural gas businesses serve 1.7 million customers in North Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky.

Duke Energy has executed an ambitious clean energy transition, ensuring the reliability, consistency and accessibility of its vanguard workforce to achieve zero net emissions in its natural gas operations for 2030 and zero net carbon emissions in its power generation for the year 2050. The company is familiar with the major energy sources of red electricity and has higher power generation, including large energy storage, renewables, natural gas and nuclear power.

For more information, visit duke-energy.com and the Duke Energy News Center. Siga at Duke Energy en XLinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook; they have also used the lighting situation to tell stories about the personalities and innovations that are driving our energy transition.

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