Exhibit 24.1
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
Power of Attorney
Registration Statement on Form S-3
The undersigned officers and/or directors of Duke Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), whether on behalf of the Corporation or as an officer and/or director thereof, do each hereby constitute and appoint Michael P. Callahan, David S. Maltz and Elizabeth H. Jones, and each of them, to act as attorneys-in- fact for and in the respective names, places and stead of the undersigned, to execute, seal, sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 of the Corporation related to the offer and sale of notes of the Corporation pursuant to the Duke Energy PremierNotes Program, and any and all amendments thereto, hereby granting to said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned, or any of them, might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys-in-fact.
Executed as of the 19th day of September, 2025.
| SIGNATURE | TITLE | |
| /s/ Jeffrey B. Guldner | Director | |
| Jeffrey B. Guldner |
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
Power of Attorney
Registration Statement on Form S-3
The undersigned officers and/or directors of Duke Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), whether on behalf of the Corporation or as an officer and/or director thereof, do each hereby constitute and appoint Kodwo Ghartey-Tagoe, Michael P. Callahan, David S. Maltz and Elizabeth H. Jones, and each of them, to act as attorneys-in-fact for and in the respective names, places and stead of the undersigned, to execute, seal, sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 of the Corporation related to the offer and sale of notes of the Corporation pursuant to the Duke Energy PremierNotes Program, and any and all amendments thereto, hereby granting to said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned, or any of them, might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys-in-fact.
Executed as of the 1st day of May, 2025.
| SIGNATURE | TITLE | |
| /s/ Harry H. Sideris | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
| Harry K. Sideris | (Principal Executive Officer and Director) | |
| /s/ Brian D. Savoy | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
| Brian D. Savoy | (Principal Financial Officer) | |
| /s/ Cynthia S. Lee | Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller | |
| Cynthia S. Lee | (Principal Accounting Officer) | |
| /s/ Theodore F. Craver, Jr. | Independent Chair | |
| Theodore F. Craver, Jr. |
| /s/ Derrick Burks | Director | |
| Derrick Burks | ||
| /s/ Annette K. Clayton | Director | |
| Annette K. Clayton | ||
| /s/ Robert M. Davis | Director | |
| Robert M. Davis | ||
| /s/ Caroline D. Dorsa | Director | |
| Caroline D. Dorsa | ||
| /s/ W. Roy Dunbar | Director | |
| W. Roy Dunbar | ||
| /s/ Nicholas C. Fanandakis | Director | |
| Nicholas C. Fanandakis | ||
| /s/ John T. Herron | Director | |
| John T. Herron | ||
| /s/ Idalene F. Kesner | Director | |
| Idalene F. Kesner | ||
| /s/ E. Marie McKee | Director | |
| E. Marie McKee |
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| /s/ Michael J. Pacillo | Director | |
| Michael J. Pacilio | ||
| /s/ Thomas E. Skains | Director | |
| Thomas E. Skains | ||
| /s/ William E. Webster, Jr. | Director | |
| William E. Webster, Jr. |
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