The CFA Society of Cleveland Hosts Luncheon Featuring Duke Energy Corp.


CLEVELAND, Sept. 18, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- The CFA Society of Cleveland (CFASC) will host a luncheon featuring Duke Energy Corp. on Thursday, September 21 at 12:00 p.m. at Sammy's Metropolitan Ballroom (21st floor of The Huntington Building, East Ninth Street and Euclid Avenue). Julie Dill, Investor Relations and Chief Communication Officer for the Company will provide an update.

Reservations are required and may be made by contacting the CFASC at (216) 696-8066 or via e-mail at cfasc@mjmservices.org. The luncheon is free of charge to CFASC members. Non-members may attend for a fee of $20.

About Duke Energy Corp.

Duke Energy is a diversified energy company with a portfolio of natural gas and electric businesses, both regulated and unregulated, and an affiliated real estate company. Duke Energy supplies, delivers and processes energy for customers in the Americas. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy is a Fortune 500 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DUK. More information about the company is available on the Internet at: http://www.duke-energy.com.

About CFA Society of Cleveland

The CFA Society of Cleveland (CFASC), formerly The Cleveland Society of Security Analysts, was founded in 1950 and provides investment-related programs and services to its Northeast Ohio-based membership. The CFASC has approximately 460 members -- primarily portfolio managers and analysts working throughout the professional investment community. The mission of the CFASC is to promote excellence, education and integrity in the investment management profession. For more information, visit www.cfasc-cfai.org.

The CFASC is a member society of CFA Institute, the global, non-profit professional association that administers the Chartered Financial Analyst(r) (CFA(r)) curriculum and examination program worldwide publishes research, conducts professional-development programs, and sets voluntary, ethics-based professional and performance-reporting standards for the investment industry. CFA Institute has more than 84,000 members in 128 countries and territories, including the world's 69,600 CFA charterholders, as well as 134 affiliated professional societies in 55 countries and territories. CFA Institute is headquartered in Charlottesville, Va., USA, with regional headquarters in London, Hong Kong, and New York. More information may be found at www.cfainstitute.org.


            

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