Duke Energy

• Franchised Electric Utilities
• Wholesale Power Generation

Duke Energy owns and operates regulated (franchised) and unregulated (wholesale) power plants in North America and Latin America.

In Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, our regulated facilities serve approximately 1.6 million customers with a generating capability of approximately 8,100 megawatts. The company has a diverse mix of generation resources, including nuclear, coal-fired, oil- and natural gas-fired, and hydroelectric power plants.

In North America, Duke Energy generates and sells wholesale electricity to utilities, cooperatives, municipalities and other large energy users to support electric reliability—especially during times of high demand. The fleet has a generating capability of approximately 9,000 megawatts and features some of the most technologically advanced natural gas-fired facilities.

Please read the Letter to Our Suppliers (pdf, 20 KB) regarding the merger between Duke Energy and Cinergy.

Cinergy Legacy Supply Chain

Information and tools for suppliers to Cinergy before the merger with Duke Energy.

Duke Energy Suppliers

Information and tools for prospective suppliers and suppliers to Duke Energy before the merger with Cinergy.

• Supplier Diversity
• Our Policies
• Current Duke Energy Supplier Registration
• Potential Duke Energy Supplier Registration
• My Duke Energy Log In

The City of Hamilton

The City of Hamilton has hydroelectric, gas and coal generating facilities that supply all of the City's internal requirements for electric power. In fact, the City owns the largest Municipal Electric Generator in the State of Ohio! Historically, Hamilton has had 30% reserves to meet the summer peak electrical demand. Fifty percent of the energy supplied by the system is generated by the largest environmentally friendly hydroelectric plant on the Ohio River.  Their customer owned services include natural gas, electricity, water and wastewater.

Butler Rural Electric Company
Butler Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. provides electricity and other value added services to more than 10,500 members in parts of Butler, Preble, Hamilton, and Montgomery counties. As a cooperative, they are owned by members.

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WATER RESOURCES:

Butler County Water Resources (PDF File)**

Butler County Department of Environ-ental Services (BCDES) is committed to providing water and sewer service to current and future customers in a professional, efficient and cost-effective manner. Serving approximately 30,000 water and sewer customers in the Southeastern quadrant of Butler County, BCDES operates and maintains approximately 600 miles of water supply mains and the system has adequate pumping and storage capacity for projected development through 2007. BCDES maintains over 700 miles of public sanitary sewer pipelines and operates two regional water reclamation facilities. These facilities serve Fairfield, West Chester and Liberty Townships with ample capacity to meet the growing needs of the County through the year 2010. To learn more about services and operations, log onto the website at www.butlercountyohio.org or call 513-887-3967.

The county water acreage consists of about 700 acres of lakes including about half of Acton Lake. There are 29 other lakes and ponds that are at least five acres in size. Most of the water acreage is used for recreation. There are approximately 304 linear miles of major streams and rivers (estimated from ODNR Div. of Water river basin maps). In addition to 960 miles of township ditches that are co-maintained by the townships and the county, there are 490 miles of county maintained ditches, 441 storm structures such as catch basins, 54,000 feet of county maintained storm sewer, and 8,600 feet of paved gutters maintained under the ditch section of Ohio Revised Code 6137.

TELEPHONE RESOURCES:

In Butler County, most telephone service is provided by Cincinnati Bell, except for Middletown, served primarily by Ameritech, and Oxford, served primarily by GTE. Cincinnati Bell is a leader in providing full service, integrated communications - including advanced voice, data, Internet, wireless and directory services - to Greater Cincinnati businesses and customers.

Cincinnati Bell provides the region with award winning customer service and business solutions not found anywhere else in the country, such as local, long distance, wireless, Internet and broadband services from one provider, billed together with one point of contact. Additionally, its high-speed, asymmetrical digital subscriber line service, called ZoomTown, helps make Cincinnati one of the country's most wired cities with service available to more than 80 percent of the population.

Cincinnati Bell has the national resources of the most advanced fiber optic network and award-winning IP backbone. Cincinnati Bell offers state-of-the-art data and Internet services as well as the most competitive long distance, customer service and provisioning guarantees.

Cincinnati Bell has one of the most successful post- and pre-paid wireless launches with one-third of all wireless customers subscribing to Cincinnati Bell Wireless. In addition, it's long distance offer, Any Distance, has captured more than 60 percent of Greater Cincinnati's market share since it launched.

For more information, log on to www.cincinnatibell.com

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Butler County Department of Environmental Services
BCDES provides safe, reliable environmental services to Butler County – one of the fastest growing counties in Ohio. Under the direction of the Board of County Commissioners, BCDES provides quality water and wastewater services to a growing population of over 100,000 in West Chester, Liberty, Fairfield, Hanover and Ross Townships.

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Emergency Management Agency
The Butler County Local Emergency Planning Committee (BCLEPC), as established pursuant to the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986, and shall prepare hazardous materials emergency plans that indicate the facilities that use, produce, or store hazardous substances that are present in Butler County. The BCLEPC shall serve as the repository for reports filed under Title III and shall direct Title III implementation activities and perform outreach programs to increase the awareness, understanding and compliance with the EPCRA.

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