Duke Energy Corporation PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Dec 2001 · Treasurer: Larry Valenti · Charlotte, NC

Raised
$519,852
incl. $284,516 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$226,542
Spent outside Tennessee
$208,850
92% of spending
To TN candidates
$10,500
4.6% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $226,542 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $208,850 (92%) — went to activity outside Tennessee.

Why this number?

Operating share of spending compares operating spending with total spent.

Show formula

Operating / overhead spending divided by everything this committee spent (each expenditure lands in exactly one bucket).

Operating spending: $5,992 ÷ Total spent: $226,542
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $5,992
Contributions to candidates $10,500

“Spent outside Tennessee” is money this committee sent out of state — a multi-state committee’s lump non-Tennessee line plus any individually-filed out-of-state contributions (itemized below). Separate from out-of-state donors.

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $10,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $10,500 difference, $10,500 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $10,500 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Bredesen, Phil $7,500.00
  • Brooks, Harry $1,000.00
  • Marsha Blackburn for Congress $1,000.00
  • Alexander, Lamar $1,000.00

Tennessee caps what a PAC may give one candidate per election — $15,400 for statewide and House races, $30,800 for Senate races (2025–26 limits; a primary and a general count as separate elections). Registry of Election Finance limits.

Contributions to Other PACs

Contributions to other political action committees
Committee Total
Tennessee Republican Caucus $1,200.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $208,850 to 115 candidates and committees outside Tennessee, across 15 states. These are counted as spending outside Tennessee, not as Tennessee candidate support — Who Funds Tennessee doesn’t track out-of-state races, so they don’t link to a page here.

Contributions to candidates and committees outside Tennessee
Recipient State Total
National Republican Congressional Committee Washington, D.C. $15,000.00
Santorum, Rick Virginia $5,500.00
Burns, Conrad Virginia $5,000.00
Fund for A Conservative Future PAC Virginia $5,000.00
Kompac Virginia $5,000.00
Oklahoma First PAC Oklahoma $5,000.00
The Freedom Project Washington, D.C. $5,000.00
Western Action PAC Virginia $5,000.00
Alliance for the West Virginia $5,000.00
Elizabeth Dole Committee, Inc. North Carolina $5,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Donations $5,000.00
Taxes $992.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Paul Anderson Charlotte, NC Duke Energy Corporation $3,000.00
Alva Mullinax Concord, NC Duke Energy Business Services $2,250.00
Fred Fowler Houston, TX Spectra $2,250.00
Martha Wyrsch Charlotte, NC Panenergy SVC Limited Partnership $2,250.00
Richard Osborne Charlotte, NC Duke Energy Business Services $2,250.00
Robert Evans Spring, TX — $2,250.00
Ruth Shaw Davidson, NC Duke Power Company LLC $2,250.00
Ellen Ruff Charlotte, NC Duke Power Company LLC $2,212.47
Sandra Meyer Charlotte, NC Duke Energy Business Services $2,175.03
Alan Harris Fulshear, TX Spectra $2,137.50

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q4 2005 Historical $289,371.56 $281,262.02 Source ↗
Q3 2005 Historical $263,215.32 $289,371.56 Source ↗
Q2 2005 Historical $254,320.07 $263,215.32 Source ↗
Q1 2005 Late Historical $243,360.01 $254,320.07 Source ↗