With the Customer Protection Plus framework, Duke Energy is committed to responsibly managing growth while maintaining reliability and creating customer benefits

CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Duke Energy customers will benefit from billions of dollars in long-term bill relief as data centers begin operations.

“Data centers will provide billions of dollars in customer benefits,” said Harry Sideris, president and CEO of Duke Energy. “Duke Energy remains laser-focused on ensuring data centers not only pay their fair share but also yield savings for our existing customers.”

Working with customers, regulators and other stakeholders, Duke Energy will ensure growth in energy demand creates lasting value for everyone. New revenues from growth support ongoing investments that improve the grid and expand energy resources.

How Duke Energy creates customer value from data center growth
Duke Energy’s Customer Protection Plus framework guides how the company evaluates, plans for and manages data center growth. It’s built on three priorities:

Preserve Reliability: Before new data center customers connect to the electric system, Duke Energy conducts engineering studies to ensure the grid can safely serve them while maintaining reliable service and power quality for existing customers.Power Responsible Growth: Large customers like data centers sign long-term agreements designed to protect existing customers and deliver customer savings.

Agreements can include customer-funded connection costs, long-term commitments, upfront financial security, termination charges and temporary curtailment provisions for limited, targeted grid events. Together, these provisions provide greater certainty, support long-term planning and help ensure growth creates value for customers.Produce Shared Value: When revenues from new large-load customers exceed the cost of serving them, those projects will create customer benefits while supporting investments that strengthen the grid, expand energy resources and support long-term economic growth across communities.

Learn more about the Customer Protection Plus framework and Duke Energy’s approach for data centers at duke-energy.com/DataCenters.

What they’re saying
“We’ve always put customers first, and these agreements are designed to do exactly that. Through long-term commitments, financial protections and careful planning, we’re working to ensure growth supports reliability and creates lasting value for customers.”
-Harry Sideris, president and CEO, Duke Energy

“A lot of the discussion around data centers focuses on how much energy they use. We’re equally focused on what that growth can mean for all customers. We’re committed to an ongoing, collaborative and transparent partnership with our customers, regulators and other stakeholders to ensure projects create meaningful customer benefits, all while ensuring the energy system is prepared for future growth.”
-Sasha Weintraub, EVP and chief customer officer, Duke Energy

Duke Energy
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is one of America’s largest energy holding companies. The company’s electric utilities serve 8.7 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, and collectively own 55,700 megawatts of energy capacity. Its natural gas utilities serve 1.6 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio and Kentucky.

Duke Energy is executing an energy modernization strategy, keeping customer value at the forefront as it invests in electric grid upgrades and efficient generation resources to strengthen the system and serve growing energy needs.

More information is available at duke-energy.com. Follow Duke Energy on X, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook for stories about the people and innovations powering its communities.

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EAGAN, Minn., July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today ImageTrend is pleased to announce that the State of Iowa has amended its EMS data system contract to incorporate ImageTrend’s Community Health module into the statewide EMS Registry. This enhancement is fully funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) through a $65,900 federal award supporting work under the Rural Health Transformation grant.

The Community Health module is ImageTrend’s dedicated electronic medical record solution for Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) programs. Through this addition, Iowa will have a unified documentation platform to support EMS-led Mobile Integrated Health demonstration projects across the state.

The module provides tools for documenting home visits, chronic disease follow-up, telehealth engagements, and high-utilizer outreach, key components of Iowa’s Healthy Hometowns initiative. Integrating these capabilities strengthens statewide data collection and improves the ability to measure outcomes, reduce emergency department utilization, and support maternal and community health.

The Community Health registry is supported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $209,040,063.71, with 100 percent funded by CMS/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, CMS/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

About ImageTrend

ImageTrend helps emergency response teams who struggle with documentation overload by giving them one AI-powered operating system so they can command with confidence and protect more lives with better decisions.

Founded in 1998, the company serves more than 9,000 agencies across Fire, Emergency Medical Services, and Hospital segments. With its deep industry knowledge and advanced data analytics capabilities, the software provider helps its customers streamline operations, shape long-term strategies, and dramatically improve outcomes. Its comprehensive software solutions and dedicated team provide the confidence and intelligence that first providers need to tackle today’s challenges and prepare for tomorrow’s uncertainties.

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Co-Hosted by Industry Leaders Justin Nuñez and Mike Valdes-Fauli, New Media Platform Explores the Deals, Investments and Cultural Forces Driving Sports Forward

MIAMI, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — ITOB: Inside the Owner’s Box, a new media platform at the intersection of sports + capital, launched this week across all digital distribution channels. 

ITOB is the co-creation of executives with decades of experience at iconic organizations: Justin Nuñez held leadership roles at Goldman Sachs and TPG Capital before co-founding a professional boxing league, which has since merged operations with TKO Group’s Zuffa Boxing. He currently advises professional athletes on their personal investments, as well as sports franchises on strategic growth and ownership initiatives. Mike Valdes-Fauli is the President of Chemistry Cultura, a full-service marketing agency working with Carnival, Coca-Cola, FIFA, NFL; and is also a Co-Founder of LiS: Latinos in Sports™, the central hub connecting leagues, teams and brands with the powerful Hispanic community

“The sports industry has grown exponentially across every metric imaginable, including franchise valuations, media rights agreements, international expansion and more,” said Justin Nuñez, Co-Founder of ITOB. “Given our backgrounds at the intersection of business and sports, we felt compelled to share a unique perspective and take the audience into the mindset of decision-making at the highest levels.”

ITOB begins its journey with a bi-weekly video podcast providing in-depth analysis of the latest deals and most prevalent industry trends, including private equity’s entrée into franchise ownership, the boom in sports real estate, cultural impact on fandom, digital AI disruption and more. Each episode includes a guest interview, and the first three feature Emilio Estefan, Multi-Platinum, Grammy-winning producer and the first Latino franchise owner in the NFL history; Josh Childress, former NBA player and Founder of private equity firm, CrestHaven Capital; and Daniel Suarez, NASCAR’s first foreign-born winner of a Major National Cup Championship.

ITOB is charting a path to multi-channel extensions, including industry convenings, a digital newsletter, and longer-form docu-content to build IP at the intersection of sports and business. 

“We’re keenly aware the world doesn’t need another podcast, unless it delivers something fresh, informative and unexpected,” said Mike Valdes-Fauli, Co-Founder of ITOB. “We aspire to be the secret weapon for sports industry leadership seeking an edge, with incisive commentary, unparalleled access…and a little fun along the way.”

ITOB is produced by Stay Tranquilo, a digital media company and podcast network specializing in passion points like sports, travel and wellness. Episodes drop every other Wednesday and are available on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, and the Stay Tranquilo network.

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