Duke Energy Corporation is an American electric power and natural gas holding company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. During 2018 Duke Energy along with 90 additional Fortune 500 companies "paid an effective federal tax rate of 0% or less" as a result of Donald Trump´s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. In 2024 it ranked as the 141st largest company in the United States – its highest-ever placement on the Fortune 500 list. Wikipedia