==Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council==
'''Duke Energy''' has been a corporate funder of the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] (ALEC), the [[ALEC State Chairmen|state corporate co-chair]] of Indiana and South Carolina <ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011</ref> and a member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7BFB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE-BD4429893665%7D/eea_35-day_mailingstfs11%20Ohio.pdf Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force Meeting 2010 States and Nation Policy Summit December 2, 2010 Meeting Minutes], organizational document, March 31, 2011, p. 43, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref>. Duke was a "Vice Chair"-level sponsor of the 2016 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Nick Surgey, "[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/27/exxonmobil-top-sponsor-alec-annual-meeting/ ExxonMobil Top Sponsor at ALEC Annual Meeting]," ''Exposed by CMD'', Center for Media and Democracy, July 27, 2016.</ref> See [[ALEC Corporations]] for more.
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==Negative tax rate==
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