Steven K. Young — Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at Duke Energy Corporation

Mr. Steven K. Young, also known as Steve, serves as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc. Mr. Young has been the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at Duke Energy Florida, LLC and Duke Energy Indiana, LLC since August 2013. He serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC. He has been the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Duke Energy Corporation and Progress Energy Inc., since August 6, 2013. He serves as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at Duke Energy Progress, LLC. He has been Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Duke Energy Ohio, Inc. since August 2013. He served as Chief Accounting Officer, Senior Vice President and Controller of Duke Energy Florida, LLC since April 2006. He served as Principal Accounting Officer, Senior Vice President and Controller at Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC. He served as the Chief Accounting Officer of Duke Energy Corporation from July 2012 to September 1, 2013. Mr. Young served as Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President and Controller of Duke Energy Progress, Inc. (formerly Carolina Power & Light Company) since July 2012, April 2006 and April 2006 respectively. He served as the Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President and Controller of Progress Energy Inc. He was named Manager of bulk power agreements in system planning and operating in 1991 and manager of the rate department in 1993. He served as Corporate Controller and Senior Vice President of Duke Energy Corporation since December 2006 until September 1, 2013. Previously, Mr. Young served as Principal Accounting Officer of Duke Energy Corp. He served as a Controller and Senior Vice President of Duke Energy Ohio, Inc since April 2006. He served as Chief Accounting Officer, Controller and Senior Vice President at Duke Energy Indiana, LLC since 2006. He served as the Chief Financial Officer, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of Spectra Energy Capital, LLC (formerly, Duke Capital LLC). Mr. Young served as the Principal Accounting Officer of Duke Energy Ohio, Inc since April 2006. He served as a Vice President of Duke Energy Corp. from June 1, 2005 to December 2006. He served as a Group Vice President of Duke Power Company, a division of Duke Energy Corp. from March 2004 to June 2005 and served as its Chief Financial Officer from February 2003 to June 2005. He served as a Vice President of Rates and Regulatory Affairs for Duke Power from March 1998 to March 2003. Mr. Young joined Duke Power in 1980 as a Financial Assistant. He is a certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant in North Carolina. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Institute of Managerial Accountants and National Association of Accountants. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School of Business. Mr. Young holds Bachelor of Arts in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.