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Progress Energy to change name to Duke Energy in April 2013 Progress Energy will take on its new name, Duke Energy, by April 2013. Enlarge Progress Energy will take on its new name, Duke Energy, by April 2013. Florida's second-largest utility company will no longer be known as Progress Energy come April 2013, as the company will be taking on its new name, Duke Energy, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Progress Energy and Duke Energy merged July 2, becoming the largest utility company in the U.S. with 7.1 million customers in Florida, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and the Carolinas. Read more about the merger from our affiliate publication the Charlotte Business Journal. Duke Energy announced Tuesday it would being rolling out its new look and combined name across its six-state service territory in the first and second quarters of 2013, the Times reports. Progress Energy has more than 1.6 million customers in Florida.