Edgar Filing: Duke Energy CORP

Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Â TURNER JAMES L

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
04/03/2006

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Duke Energy CORP [DUK]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

526 S. CHURCH STREET

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Group Executive & CCO-FE&G

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

CHARLOTTE,Â NCÂ 28202

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	33,728.9956 ⁽¹⁾	D	Â
Common Stock	4,323.6155 ⁽¹⁾	I	By 401(k)
Common Stock	50,388 ⁽¹⁾	I	By Spouse

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Phantom Stock	Â ⁽²⁾	Â ⁽²⁾	Common Stock	1,065.953 ⁽¹⁾	$ ⁽³⁾	D	Â
Stock Option (Right to buy)	04/16/2000	04/16/2007	Common Stock	3,588 ⁽¹⁾	$ 21.715	D	Â
Stock Option (Right to buy)	01/01/2001	01/01/2008	Common Stock	3,588 ⁽¹⁾	$ 24.74	D	Â
Stock Option (Right to buy)	01/01/2002	01/01/2009	Common Stock	3,588 ⁽¹⁾	$ 21.875	D	Â
Stock Option (Right to buy)	Â ⁽⁴⁾	12/14/2009	Common Stock	49,336 ⁽¹⁾	$ 15.264	D	Â
Stock Option (Right to buy)	01/19/2003	01/19/2010	Common Stock	31,824 ⁽¹⁾	$ 15.625	D	Â
Stock Option (Right to buy)	07/18/2003	07/18/2010	Common Stock	12,480 ⁽¹⁾	$ 17.488	D	Â
Stock Option (Right to buy)	01/01/2004	01/01/2011	Common Stock	24,180 ⁽¹⁾	$ 22.496	D	Â
Stock Option (Right to buy)	01/01/2005	01/01/2012	Common Stock	29,952 ⁽¹⁾	$ 21.561	D	Â
Stock Option (Right to buy)	01/01/2006	01/01/2013	Common Stock	29,952 ⁽¹⁾	$ 21.718	D	Â
Stock Option (Right to buy)	01/01/2007	01/01/2014	Common Stock	30,888 ⁽¹⁾	$ 24.837	D	Â
Stock Option (Right to buy)	01/01/2008	01/01/2015	Common Stock	30,888 ⁽¹⁾	$ 26.788	D	Â
Stock Option (Right to buy)	01/01/2009	01/01/2016	Common Stock	35,100 ⁽¹⁾	$ 27.208	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
TURNER JAMES L 526 S. CHURCH STREET CHARLOTTE,Â NCÂ 28202	Â	Â	Â Group Executive & CCO-FE&G	Â

Signatures

By: David S. Maltz, attorney-in-fact		04/13/2006
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	On April 3, 2006, Cinergy Corp. ('Issuer') merged into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Duke Energy Holding Corp. (now known as Duke Energy Corporation) ('Duke Energy'). In connection with the merger, each share of Issuer's common stock was converted into the right to receive 1.56 shares of Duke Energy's common stock and each stock option of Issuer was converted by multplying the number of Issuer shares previously covered by the option by 1.56 and dividing the prior exercise price of the option by 1.56.
(2)	Generally payable upon reporting person's termination of service.
(3)	The derivative security converts into common stock on a one-for-one basis and will be settled in stock.
(4)	The reporting person was granted 50,000 stock options on December 14, 1999. The options became exercisable in five equal annual installments.

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