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Based in Charlotte , North Carolina and founded in 1900 , Duke Energy owns 58,200 megawatts of baseload and peak generation in the United States . The company ’ s service territory covers 104,000 square miles with 250,200 miles of distribution lines and delivers power to 7.2 million customers . Duke Energy offers natural gas distribution services in Ohio and Kentucky . The company also has more than 4,300 megawatts of electric generation in Latin America , including the operation of eight hydroelectric power plants in Brazil with an installed capacity of 2,307 megawatts . Lynn Good currently serves as Duke Energy ’ s CEO .

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42 July 2014