DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC
410 South Wilmington Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-1748
November 4, 2021
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Attention: | Arthur Sandel – Structured Finance |
| Michelle Stasny – Structured Finance |
| Re: | Duke Energy Progress, LLC | |
| Duke Energy Progress NC Storm Funding LLC | ||
| Registration Statement on Form SF-1 | ||
| File Nos. 333-259315 and 333-259315-01 |
Dear Mr. Sandel and Ms. Stasny:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Duke Energy Progress, LLC (DEP) and Duke Energy Progress NC Storm Funding LLC (together with DEP, the “Registrants”), hereby request that the effective date of the Registration Statement referred to above be accelerated so that the same will become effective on November 8, 2021 at 9 a.m. E.T., or as soon as practicable thereafter.
Please call or email Michael F. Fitzpatrick, Jr. of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP at (212) 309-1071 or mfitzpatrick@huntonak.com as soon as the registration statement has been declared effective.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| Duke Energy Progress, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Robert T. Lucas III | |
| Name: | Robert T. Lucas III | |
| Title: | Deputy General Counsel | |
| cc: | Michael F. Fitzpatrick, Jr., Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP |
| Adam O’Brian, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP |
