Duke Energy (DUK) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Harry K. Sideris, President and CEO, was paid $13.7M in 2025, up 117% from $6.3M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 106:1, on median employee pay of $132,604.

Filed
March 20, 2026
Annual meeting
May 7, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
7
CEO total pay
$13.7M+117% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
106:1median $132,604
CEO pay in equity
74%$10.1M in awards
CEO Base Salary
$1,200,000Amount earned in 2025
CEO Target STI
150%Effective April 1, 2025
CEO Target LTI
750%Effective April 1, 2025
Median Employee Pay
$132,604Estimated annual total compensation

How Sideris was paid

$13.7M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary9%Stock awards74%Non-equity incentive14%Pension and deferred comp1%All other compensation2%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Harry K. SiderisPresident and CEO$13,652,630
Lynn J. GoodFormer Chair and CEO$8,269,436
Brian D. SavoyExecutive Vice President and CFO$4,787,223
Kodwo Ghartey-TagoeExecutive Vice President and CEO, Duke Energy Carolinas and Natural Gas Business$5,282,133
T. Preston GillespieExecutive Vice President, Chief Generation Officer and Enterprise Operational Excellence$4,587,221
Louis E. RenjelExecutive Vice President and CEO, Duke Energy Florida and Midwest and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer$3,782,150
Julia S. JansonFormer Executive Vice President and CEO, Duke Energy Carolinas$5,889,565

What changed and why

  • Harry K. Sideris was appointed President and CEO effective April 1, 2025, succeeding Lynn J. Good.
  • $1.3MIn connection with his appointment as CEO, Mr. Sideris received an increased base salary of $1,300,000.
  • $13.7MMr. Sideris received total compensation of $13,652,630 for fiscal year 2025.
  • Former CEO Lynn J. Good retired on April 1, 2025, without receiving severance compensation.
  • The CEO to median employee pay ratio was determined to be 106 to 1 based on annualized compensation.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.