Exhibit 4.1

Counterpart       of 75 Counterparts

DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC.

(formerly Carolina Power & Light d/b/a Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.)

TO

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(formerly The Bank of New York (formerly Irving Trust Company))

AND

TINA D. GONZALEZ

(successor to Frederick G. Herbst, Richard H. West, J.A. Austin, E.J. McCabe,

G. White, D.W. May, J.A. Vaughan, Joseph J. Arney, Wafaa Orfy,

W.T. Cunningham, Douglas J. MacInnes and Ming Ryan)

Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture

Providing among other things for

First Mortgage Bonds, Second Floating Rate Series, due 2017 (Ninety-fifth Series)

First Mortgage Bonds, 4.15% Series due 2044 (Ninety-sixth Series)

Dated as of November 1, 2014

Prepared by and Return to:

Hunton & Williams LLP

421 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1400

Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

EIGHTY-THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

INDENTURE , dated as of November 1, 2014, by and between DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC. (formerly Carolina Power & Light Company d/b/a Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.), a corporation of the State of North Carolina, whose post office address is 410 South Wilmington Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-1748 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (formerly The Bank of New York (formerly Irving Trust Company)), a corporation of the State of New York, whose post office address is 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Corporate Trustee”), and TINA D. GONZALEZ (successor to Frederick G. Herbst, Richard H. West, J.A. Austin, E.J. McCabe, G. White, D.W. May, J.A. Vaughan, Joseph J. Arney, Wafaa Orfy, W.T. Cunningham, Douglas J. MacInnes and Ming Ryan), whose post office address is 10161 Centurion Parkway, Jacksonville, Florida 32256 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Individual Trustee”; the Corporate Trustee and the Individual Trustee being hereinafter together sometimes referred to as the “Trustees”), as Trustees under the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of May 1, 1940 (hereinafter referred to as the “Original Mortgage” and, as supplemented from time to time by the eighty-two supplemental indentures mentioned below, by this Indenture, and by all other indentures, if any, supplemental to the Original Mortgage, hereinafter referred to as the “Mortgage”), which Original Mortgage was executed and delivered by the Company to Irving Trust Company (now The Bank of New York Mellon) and Frederick G. Herbst to secure the payment of bonds issued or to be issued under and in accordance with the provisions of the Original Mortgage, reference to which Original Mortgage is hereby made, this Indenture (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture”) being supplemental thereto:

WHEREAS, the Original Mortgage was recorded in various Counties in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina; and

WHEREAS, the Original Mortgage was indexed and cross-indexed in the real and chattel mortgage records in various Counties in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina; and

WHEREAS, an instrument, dated as of June 25, 1945, was executed by the Company appointing Richard H. West as Individual Trustee in succession to said Frederick G. Herbst (deceased) under the Original Mortgage, as theretofore supplemented, and by Richard H. West accepting said appointment, which instrument was recorded in various Counties in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina; and

WHEREAS, an instrument, dated as of December 12, 1957, was executed by the Company appointing J.A. Austin as Individual Trustee in succession to said Richard H. West (resigned) under the Original Mortgage, as theretofore supplemented, and by J.A. Austin accepting said appointment, which instrument was recorded in various Counties in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina; and

WHEREAS, an instrument, dated as of April 15, 1966, was executed by the Company appointing E.J. McCabe as Individual Trustee in succession to said J.A. Austin (resigned) under the Original Mortgage, as theretofore supplemented, and by E.J. McCabe accepting said appointment, which instrument was recorded in various Counties in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina; and

WHEREAS, by the Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture mentioned below, the Company, among other things, appointed G. White as Individual Trustee in succession to said E.J. McCabe (resigned), and G. White accepted said appointment; and

WHEREAS, by the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture mentioned below, the Company, among other things, appointed D.W. May as Individual Trustee in succession to said G. White (resigned), and D.W. May accepted said appointment; and

WHEREAS, by the Thirty-fifth Supplemental Indenture mentioned below, the Company, among other things, appointed J.A. Vaughan as Individual Trustee in succession to said D.W. May (resigned), and J.A. Vaughan accepted said appointment; and

WHEREAS, an instrument, dated as of June 27, 1988, was executed by the Company appointing Joseph J. Arney as Individual Trustee in succession to said J.A. Vaughan (resigned) under the Original Mortgage, as theretofore supplemented, and by Joseph J. Arney accepting said appointment, which instrument was recorded in various Counties in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina; and

WHEREAS, by the Forty-fifth Supplemental Indenture mentioned below, the Company, among other things, appointed Wafaa Orfy as Individual Trustee in succession to said Joseph J. Arney (resigned), and Wafaa Orfy accepted said appointment; and

WHEREAS, by the Forty-ninth Supplemental Indenture mentioned below, the Company, among other things, appointed W.T. Cunningham as Individual Trustee in succession to said Wafaa Orfy (resigned), and W.T. Cunningham accepted said appointment; and

WHEREAS, by the Sixty-sixth Supplemental Indenture mentioned below, the Company, among other things, appointed Douglas J. MacInnes as Individual Trustee in succession to said W.T. Cunningham (resigned), and Douglas J. MacInnes accepted said appointment; and

WHEREAS, by the Seventy-sixth Supplemental Indenture mentioned below, the Company, among other things, appointed Ming Ryan as Individual Trustee in succession to said Douglas J. MacInnes (resigned), and Ming Ryan accepted said appointment; and

WHEREAS, by the Seventy-ninth Supplemental Indenture mentioned below, the Company, among other things, appointed Tina D. Gonzalez as Individual Trustee in succession to said Ming Ryan (resigned), and Tina D. Gonzalez accepted said appointment; and

WHEREAS, such instruments were indexed and cross-indexed in the real and chattel mortgage records in various Counties in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina; and

WHEREAS, effective January 1, 2003, the Company began doing business under the name Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc., without changing the legal name of the Company; and certificates of doing business by the Company under such name were recorded in all counties in the State of North Carolina and South Carolina in which this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture is to be recorded and were filed and indexed and cross-indexed in the real property records in each of such counties; and

WHEREAS, effective April 29, 2013, the Company changed its name to Duke Energy Progress, Inc. and evidence of such name change was (i) recorded in all counties in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina in which this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture is to be recorded and (ii) filed and indexed and cross-indexed in the real property records in each of such counties; and

WHEREAS, by the Original Mortgage, the Company covenanted that it would execute and deliver such supplemental indenture or indentures and such further instruments and do such further acts as might be necessary or proper to carry out more effectually the purposes of the Mortgage and to make

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subject to the lien of the Original Mortgage any property thereafter acquired intended to be subject to the lien thereof; and

WHEREAS, for said purposes, among others, the Company executed and delivered to the Trustees the following supplemental indentures:

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which supplemental indentures (other than said Sixty-fifth Supplemental Indenture and said Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture) were recorded in various Counties in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina, and were indexed and cross-indexed in the real and chattel mortgage or security interest records in various Counties in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina; and

WHEREAS, no recording or filing of said Sixty-fifth Supplemental Indenture in any manner or place is required by law in order to fully preserve and protect the security of the bondholders and all rights of the Trustees or is necessary to make effective the lien intended to be created by the Original Mortgage or said Sixty-fifth Supplemental Indenture; and said Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture was recorded only in Rowan County, North Carolina to make subject to the lien of the Mortgage certain property of the Company located in said County intended to be subject to the lien of the Original Mortgage, all in accordance with Section 42 of the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, the Original Mortgage and said First through Eighty-second Supplemental Indentures (other than said Sixty-fifth and said Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indentures) were or are to be recorded in all Counties in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina in which this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture is to be recorded; and

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WHEREAS, in addition to the property described in the Original Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, the Company has acquired certain other property, rights and interests in property; and

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore issued, in accordance with the provisions of the Original Mortgage, as from time to time then supplemented, the following series of First Mortgage Bonds:

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which bonds are herein sometimes referred to as bonds of the First through Ninety-fourth Series, respectively; and

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WHEREAS, Section 8 of the Original Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, provides that the form of each series of bonds (other than the First Series) issued thereunder and of the coupons to be attached to coupon bonds of such series shall be established by Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company and that the form of such series, as established by said Board of Directors, shall specify the descriptive title of the bonds and various other terms thereof, and may also contain such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Mortgage as said Board of Directors may, in its discretion, cause to be inserted therein expressing or referring to the terms and conditions upon which such bonds are to be issued and/or secured under the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, Section 120 of the Original Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, provides, among other things, that any power, privilege or right expressly or impliedly reserved to or in any way conferred upon the Company by any provision of the Mortgage, whether such power, privilege or right is in any way restricted or is unrestricted, may be in whole or in part waived or surrendered or subjected to any restriction if at the time unrestricted or to additional restriction if already restricted, and the Company may enter into any further covenants, limitations or restrictions for the benefit of any one or more series of bonds issued thereunder, or the Company may cure any ambiguity contained therein, or in any supplemental indenture, or may establish the terms and provisions of any series of bonds other than said First Series, by an instrument in writing executed and acknowledged by the Company in such manner as would be necessary to entitle a conveyance of real estate to record in all of the states in which any property at the time subject to the lien of the Mortgage shall be situated; and

WHEREAS, the Company now desires to create two new series of bonds and to add to its covenants and agreements contained in the Original Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, certain other covenants and agreements to be observed by it; and

WHEREAS, the execution and delivery by the Company of this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture, and the terms of the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series and Ninety-sixth Series, hereinafter referred to, have been duly authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company by appropriate resolutions of said Board of Directors;

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

That the Company, in consideration of the premises and of One Dollar to it duly paid by the Trustees at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and in further evidence of assurance of the estate, title and rights of the Trustees and in order further to secure the payment of both the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the bonds from time to time issued under the Mortgage, according to their tenor and effect and the performance of all the provisions of the Original Mortgage (including any instruments supplemental thereto and any modification made as in the Mortgage provided) and of said bonds, hereby grants, bargains, sells, releases, conveys, assigns, transfers, mortgages, pledges, sets over and confirms (subject, however, to Excepted Encumbrances as defined in Section 6 of the Original Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented) unto The Bank of New York Mellon and Tina D. Gonzalez, as Trustees under the Mortgage, and to their successor or successors in said trust, and to said Trustees and their successors and assigns forever, all the following described properties of the Company:

All electric generating plants, stations, transmission lines, and electric distribution systems, including permanent improvements, extensions or additions to or about such electrical plants, stations, transmission lines and distribution systems of the Company; all dams, power houses, power sites, buildings, generators, reservoirs, pipe lines, flumes, structures and works; all substations, transformers, switchboards, towers, poles, wires, insulators, and other appliances and equipment, and the Company’s rights or interests in the land upon which the same are situated,

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and all other property, real or personal, forming a part of or appertaining to, or used, occupied or enjoyed in connection with said generating plants, stations, transmission lines, and distribution systems; together with all rights of way, easements, permits, privileges, franchises and rights for or related to the construction, maintenance, or operation thereof, through, over, under or upon any public streets or highways, or the public lands of the United States, or of any State or other lands; and all water appropriations and water rights, permits and privileges; including all property, real, personal, and mixed, acquired by the Company after the date of the execution and delivery of the Original Mortgage, in addition to property covered by the above-mentioned supplemental indentures (except any herein or in the Original Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, expressly excepted), now owned or, subject to the provisions of Section 87 of the Mortgage, hereafter acquired by the Company and wheresoever situated, including (without in anywise limiting or impairing by the enumeration of the same the scope and intent of the foregoing or of any general description contained in this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture) all lands, power sites, flowage rights, water rights, flumes, raceways, dams, rights of way and roads; all steam and power houses, gas plants, street lighting systems, standards and other equipment incidental thereto, telephone, radio and television systems, air-conditioning systems and equipment incidental thereto, water works, steam heat and hot water plants, lines, service and supply systems, bridges, culverts, tracks, ice or refrigeration plants and equipment, street and interurban railway systems, offices, buildings and other structures and the equipment thereof; all machinery, engines, boilers, dynamos, electric and gas machines, regulators, meters, transformers, generators, motors, electrical, gas and mechanical appliances, conduits, cables, water, steam, heat, gas or other pipes, gas mains and pipes, service pipes, fittings, valves and connections, pole and transmission lines, wires, cables, tools, implements, apparatus, furniture, chattels and choses in action; all municipal and other franchises, consents or permits; all lines for the transmission and distribution of electric current, gas, steam heat or water for any purpose including poles, wires, cables, pipes, conduits, ducts and all apparatus for use in connection therewith; all real estate, lands, easements, servitudes, licenses, permits, franchises, privileges, rights of way and other rights in or relating to real estate or the occupancy of the same and (except as herein or in the Original Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, expressly excepted) all the right, title and interest of the Company in and to all other property of any kind or nature appertaining to and/or used and/or occupied and/or enjoyed in connection with any property hereinbefore or in the Original Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, described.

TOGETHER WITH all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances belonging or in any wise appertaining to the aforesaid property or any part thereof, with the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders and (subject to the provisions of Section 57 of the Original Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented) the tolls, rents, revenues, issues, earnings, income, product and profits thereof, and all the estate, right, title and interest and claim whatsoever, at law as well as in equity, which the Company now has or may hereafter acquire in and to the aforesaid property and franchises and every part and parcel thereof.

IT IS HEREBY AGREED by the Company that, subject to the provisions of Section 87 of the Original Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, all the property, rights, and franchises acquired by the Company after the date hereof (except any herein or in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, expressly excepted) shall be and are as fully granted and conveyed hereby and as fully embraced within the lien hereof and the lien of the Original Mortgage as if such property, rights and franchises were now owned by the Company and were specifically described herein and conveyed hereby.

PROVIDED THAT the following are not and are not intended to be now or hereafter granted, bargained, sold, released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, pledged, set over or confirmed hereunder and are hereby expressly excepted from the lien and operation of this Eighty-third

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Supplemental Indenture and from the lien and operation of the Mortgage, namely: (1) cash, shares of stock and obligations (including bonds, notes and other securities) not hereafter specifically pledged, paid, deposited or delivered under the Mortgage or covenanted so to be; (2) merchandise, equipment, materials or supplies held for the purpose of sale in the usual course of business and fuel, oil and similar materials and supplies consumable in the operation of any properties of the Company; rolling stock, buses, motor coaches, vehicles and automobiles; (3) bills, notes and accounts receivable, and all contracts, leases and operating agreements not specifically pledged under the Mortgage or this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture or covenanted so to be; (4) electric energy and other materials or products generated, manufactured, produced or purchased by the Company for sale, distribution or use in the ordinary course of its business; (5) any property which does not constitute Property Additions, Funded Property or Funded Cash (each as defined in the Original Mortgage as supplemented) and (6) any property and rights heretofore released from the lien of the Original Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented; provided, however, that the property and rights expressly excepted from the lien and operation of the Original Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, and this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture in the above subdivisions (2) and (3) shall (to the extent permitted by law) cease to be so excepted in the event and as of the date that either or both of the Trustees or a receiver or trustee shall enter upon and take possession of the Mortgaged and Pledged Property in the manner provided in Article XII of the Mortgage by reason of the occurrence of a Default as defined in said Article XII.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all such properties, real, personal and mixed, granted, bargained, sold, released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, pledged, set over or confirmed by the Company as aforesaid, or intended so to be, unto the Trustees, their successors and assigns forever.

IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS, for the same purposes and upon the same terms, trusts and conditions and subject to and with the same provisos and covenants as are set forth in the Original Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture being supplemental to the Original Mortgage.

AND IT IS HEREBY COVENANTED by the Company that all the terms, conditions, provisos, covenants and provisions contained in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, shall affect and apply to the property hereinbefore described and conveyed and to the estate, rights, obligations and duties of the Company and the Trustees and the beneficiaries of the trust with respect to said property, and to the Trustees and their successors as Trustees of said property in the same manner and with the same effect as if the said property had been owned by the Company at the time of the execution of the Original Mortgage and had been specifically and at length described in and conveyed to the Trustees by the Original Mortgage as a part of the property therein stated to be conveyed.

The Company further covenants and agrees to and with the Trustees and their successor or successors in such trust under the Mortgage as follows:

ARTICLE I
NINETY-FIFTH SERIES OF BONDS

SECTION 1.  (A) There shall be a series of bonds designated “Second Floating Rate Series, due 2017” (herein sometimes referred to as the “Ninety-fifth Series”), each of which shall also bear the descriptive title “First Mortgage Bond”, and the form thereof, which shall be established by Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, shall contain suitable provisions with respect to the matters hereinafter in this Section specified. Bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series shall be initially issued in the aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000 and mature on November 20, 2017 (the “Stated Maturity”), be issued as fully registered bonds in the denominations of Two Thousand Dollars and in any integral multiple of One Thousand Dollars in excess thereof and be dated as in Section 10 of the Mortgage

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provided, the principal of and interest on each said bond to be payable at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts. If a due date for the payment of principal on the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the payment of principal and interest due on that day will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest will accrue on the amounts payable for the period from and after the original due date and until the next Business Day.

All bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series shall bear interest from November 20, 2014 or the last date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for at the rates set quarterly pursuant to this Section 1(A), payable quarterly in arrears on the twentieth day of February, May, August and November of each year, commencing February 20, 2015 (each such date being an “Interest Payment Date” for bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series; provided, however, in the event that any Interest Payment Date for the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series (other than the Interest Payment Date that is the Stated Maturity of the principal of the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series) would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day). Interest on the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a 360-day year. The term “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are required or authorized to close.

The bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series will bear interest for each quarterly Interest Period at a per annum rate determined by the Calculation Agent. The interest rate applicable during each quarterly Interest Period will be equal to LIBOR on the Interest Determination Date for such Interest Period plus 20 basis points. Promptly upon such determination, the Calculation Agent will notify the Company and the Corporate Trustee, if the Corporate Trustee is not then serving as the Calculation Agent, of the interest rate for the new Interest Period. The interest rate determined by the Calculation Agent, absent manifest error, shall be binding and conclusive upon the beneficial owners and holders of the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series, the Company and the Corporate Trustee.

Upon the request of a holder of the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series, the Calculation Agent will provide to such holder the interest rate in effect on the date of such request and, if determined, the interest rate for the next Interest Period.

The accrued interest on the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series for any period is calculated by multiplying the principal amount of the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series by an accrued interest factor. The accrued interest factor is computed by adding the interest factor calculated for each day in the period for which accrued interest is being calculated. The interest factor (expressed as a decimal rounded upwards if necessary) is computed by dividing the interest rate (expressed as a decimal rounded upwards if necessary) applicable to such date by 360.

All percentages resulting from any calculation of the interest rate on the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one-hundred thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards (e.g., 0.567845% (or .00567845) being rounded to 0.56785% (or .0056785) and 0.567844% (or .00567844) being rounded to 0.56784% (or .0056784)), and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upwards).

For purposes of this Section 1(A), except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

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“Calculation Agent” means The Bank of New York Mellon, as appointed pursuant to Section 3(A) of this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture, or its successor appointed by the Company pursuant to Article Three hereof, acting as calculation agent.

“Interest Determination Date” means the second London Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the relevant Interest Period.

“Interest Period” means the period commencing on an Interest Payment Date for the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series (or, with respect to the initial Interest Period only, commencing on the original issue date for the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series) and ending on the day before the next succeeding Interest Payment Date for the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series.

“LIBOR” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for deposits in U.S. dollars for a three-month period commencing on the first day of that Interest Period and ending on the next Interest Payment Date for the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series that appears on Reuters LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Interest Determination Date for that Interest Period. If such rate does not appear on the Reuters LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Interest Determination Date for that Interest Period, LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars for the Interest Period and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 are offered to prime banks in the London interbank market by four major banks in the London interbank market, which may include affiliates of one or more of the underwriters of the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series, selected by the Company, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Interest Determination Date for that Interest Period. The Company will request the principal London office of each such bank to provide a quotation of its rate to the Calculation Agent. If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR with respect to that Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR with respect to that Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by three major banks in New York City, which may include affiliates of one or more of the underwriters of the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series, selected by the Company, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Interest Determination Date for that Interest Period for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for that Interest Period and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000. However, if fewer than three banks selected by the Company to provide quotations are quoting as described above, LIBOR for that Interest Period will be the same as LIBOR as determined for the previous Interest Period.

“London Business Day” means a day that is a Business Day and a day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted, or with respect to any future date are expected to be transacted, in the London interbank market.

“Reuters LIBOR01 Page” means the display designated as Reuters LIBOR01 on the Reuters 3000 Xtra (or such other page as may replace the Reuters LIBOR01 Page on that service, or such other service as may be nominated for the purpose of displaying rates or prices comparable to the London Interbank Offered rate for U.S. dollar deposits by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (“IBA”) or its successor or such other entity assuming the responsibility of IBA or its successor in calculating the London Interbank Offered rate in the event IBA or its successor no longer does so).

(B)                                The bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series shall not be redeemable prior to their maturity.

(C)                                Subject to the provisions set forth below with respect to Ninety-fifth Series Global Bonds, at the option of the registered owner, any bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series, upon surrender thereof for cancellation at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, shall be exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of bonds of the same series of other

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authorized denominations. The bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series may bear such legends as may be necessary to comply with any law or with any rules or regulations made pursuant thereto or with the rules or regulations of any stock exchange or to conform to usage or agreement with respect thereto.

Subject to the provisions set forth below with respect to Ninety-fifth Series Global Bonds, bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series shall be transferable upon the surrender thereof for cancellation, together with a written instrument of transfer in form approved by the registrar duly executed by the registered owner or by his duly authorized attorney, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.

Upon any exchange or transfer of bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series, the Company may make a charge therefor sufficient to reimburse it for any tax or taxes or other governmental charge required to be paid by the Company, as provided in Section 12 of the Mortgage, but the Company hereby waives any right to make a charge in addition thereto for any exchange or transfer of bonds of said Series.

(D)                                The bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series shall be issued in registered form without coupons and shall be issued initially in the form of one or more global bonds (each such global bond hereinafter sometimes referred to as a “Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond”) to or on behalf of The Depository Trust Company (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “DTC”), as depositary therefor, and registered in the name of such depositary or its nominee. Any bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series to be issued or transferred to, or to be held by or on behalf of DTC as such depositary or such nominee (or any successor of such depositary or nominee) for such purpose shall bear the depositary legends as required or otherwise agreed to by the Corporate Trustee and the Company, and in the case of a successor depositary, such legend or legends as such depositary and/or the Company shall require and to which each shall agree, in each case such agreement to be confirmed in writing to the Corporate Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture, payment of interest on the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the registered holders thereof at their registered address, and, with respect to a Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond, the Company may make payments of principal of and interest on such Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond pursuant to and in accordance with such arrangements as are agreed upon by the Company and the depositary for such Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond.

Except under the limited circumstances described below, bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series represented by a Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond or Bonds shall not be exchangeable for, and shall not otherwise be issuable as, bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series in definitive form. The Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond or Bonds described in this Section 1(D) may not be transferred except by the depositary to a nominee of the depositary or by a nominee of the depositary to the depositary or another nominee of the depositary or to a successor depositary or its nominee.

A Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond shall be exchangeable for bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series registered in the names of persons other than the depositary or its nominee only if (i) the depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a depositary for such Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond and no successor depositary shall have been appointed by the Company within 90 days of receipt by the Company of such notification, or if at any time the depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, at a time when the depositary is required to be so registered to act as such depositary and no successor depositary shall have been appointed by the Company within 90 days after it becomes aware of such cessation, (ii) a Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series or (iii) the Company in its sole discretion, and subject to the procedures of the depositary, determines that such Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond shall be so exchangeable. Any Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond that is exchangeable

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pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series registered in such names as the depositary shall direct.

In any exchange provided in the preceding paragraph the Company shall execute, and the Corporate Trustee, upon receipt of a Company request for the authentication and delivery of bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series in the form of definitive certificates in exchange in whole or in part for such Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond or Bonds, shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge, to each person specified by the depositary, bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series in the form of definitive certificates of like tenor and terms in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond or the aggregate principal amount of such Ninety-fifth Series Global Bonds in exchange for such Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond or Bonds. Upon the exchange of the entire principal amount of a Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond for bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series in the form of definitive certificates, such Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond shall be canceled by the Corporate Trustee. Bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series issued in exchange for a Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the depositary for such Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond, acting pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Corporate Trustee. Provided that the Company and the Corporate Trustee have so agreed, the Corporate Trustee shall deliver such bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series to the persons in whose names the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series are so to be registered.

Any endorsement of a Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond to reflect the principal amount thereof, or any increase or decrease in such principal amount, shall be made in such manner and by such person or persons as shall be specified in or pursuant to any applicable letter of representations or other arrangement entered into with, or procedures of, the depositary with respect to such Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond or in a Company request. Subject to the terms of the Mortgage, the Corporate Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any such Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond in the manner and upon instructions given by the person or persons specified in or pursuant to any applicable letter of representations or other arrangement entered into with, or procedures of, the depositary with respect to such Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond or in any applicable Company request. If a Company request is so delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to such Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond contained therein shall be in writing but need not be accompanied by or contained in a Treasurer’s Certificate and need not be accompanied by an opinion of counsel.

The depositary or, if there be one, its nominee, shall be the holder of a Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond for all purposes under the Mortgage and the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series and beneficial owners with respect to such Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond shall hold their interests pursuant to applicable procedures of such depositary. The Company, the Corporate Trustee, any bond registrar, any paying agent and any other agent of the Company or the Corporate Trustee shall be entitled to deal with such depositary for all purposes of the Mortgage relating to such Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond (including the payment of principal and interest and the giving of instructions or directions by or to the beneficial owners of such Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond as the sole holder of such Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond and shall have no obligations to the beneficial owners thereof (including any direct or indirect participants in such depositary)). None of the Company, the Corporate Trustee, any paying agent, any bond registrar or any other agent of the Company or the Corporate Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a beneficial owner in or pursuant to any applicable letter of representations or other arrangement or transaction entered into with, or procedures of, the depositary with respect to such Ninety-fifth Series Global Bond or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests, or for any acts or omissions of a depositary.

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ARTICLE II
NINETY-SIXTH SERIES OF BONDS

SECTION 2.  (A) There shall be a series of bonds designated “4.15% Series due 2044” (herein sometimes referred to as the “Ninety-sixth Series”), each of which shall also bear the descriptive title “First Mortgage Bond”, and the form thereof, which shall be established by Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, shall contain suitable provisions with respect to the matters hereinafter in this Section specified. Bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series shall be initially issued in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000, mature on December 1, 2044, bear interest at the rate of 4.15% per annum, payable from November 20, 2014, if the date of said bonds is on or prior to June 1, 2015, or, if the date of said bonds is after June 1, 2015, from the June 1 or December 1 next preceding the date of said bonds, semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year commencing on June 1, 2015, be issued as fully registered bonds in the denominations of Two Thousand Dollars and in any integral multiple of One Thousand Dollars in excess thereof and be dated as in Section 10 of the Mortgage provided, the principal of and interest on each said bond to be payable at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts.

Interest on bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. If a due date for the payment of interest, principal or any Redemption Price (as defined below) on the bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series, falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the payment will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest will accrue on the amounts payable for the period from and after the original due date and until the next Business Day. The term “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are required or authorized to close.

(B)                                At any time on or after June 1, 2044, the bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series shall be redeemable at the option of the Company, or with the Proceeds of Released Property (as contemplated by clause (4) of Section 61 of the Mortgage), in whole or in part and from time to time, prior to maturity, upon notice as provided in Sections 52 and 54 of the Mortgage (given by mail not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for redemption), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the bonds then Outstanding to be redeemed, plus in each case accrued but unpaid interest on such principal amount to, but excluding, such date fixed for redemption. At any time prior to June 1, 2044, the bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series shall be redeemable at the option of the Company, or with the Proceeds of Released Property (as contemplated by clause (4) of Section 61 of the Mortgage), in whole or in part and from time to time, upon notice as provided in Sections 52 and 54 of the Mortgage (given by mail not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for redemption (together with the date fixed for redemption referred to in the preceding sentence, each a “Redemption Date”)), at a redemption price (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Make-Whole Redemption Price” and, together with the redemption price referred to in the preceding sentence, each a “Redemption Price”) equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the bonds then Outstanding to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on such bonds from such Redemption Date to the maturity date, computed by discounting such payments, in each case, to such Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 20 basis points, plus in either case accrued but unpaid interest on such principal amount to, but excluding, such Redemption Date. On and after any Redemption Date, if sufficient cash shall have been deposited with the Corporate Trustee (and/or if the Company has irrevocably directed the Corporate Trustee to apply, from moneys held by it available to be used for the redemption of bonds, sufficient cash) to redeem all of the bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series called for redemption, interest on the bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series, or the portions of them so called for redemption, shall cease to accrue.

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“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated maturity (on a day count basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

“Quotation Agent” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, a Primary Treasury Dealer (as defined below) selected by Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. and a Primary Treasury Dealer selected by Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, or their respective affiliates or successors, each of which is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of the foregoing or their affiliates or successors shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

In case of a redemption of only a part of the bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series, absent any written agreement of the registered holders of all of the bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series satisfactory to the Corporate Trustee specifying the particular bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series to be redeemed, the Corporate Trustee shall draw by lot, according to such method as it shall deem proper in its discretion, the particular bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series, or portions of them, to be redeemed.

In case of any bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series called for redemption in whole or in part prior to June 1, 2044, the Company shall deliver to the Corporate Trustee promptly upon its calculation thereof, but in any event prior to the related Redemption Date, a Treasurer’s Certificate setting forth its calculation of the Make-Whole Redemption Price applicable to such redemption. The Corporate Trustee shall be under no duty to inquire into, may conclusively presume the correctness of, and shall be fully protected in relying upon the Company’s calculation of any Make-Whole Redemption Price of the bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series.

In lieu of stating any Make-Whole Redemption Price, notices of redemption of the bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series called for redemption in whole or in part shall state substantially the following: “The redemption price of the bonds to be redeemed shall equal the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the bonds then Outstanding to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon from the Redemption Date to the maturity date,

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computed by discounting such payments, in each case, to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined in the Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture) plus 20 basis points, plus in each case accrued but unpaid interest on the principal amount thereof called for redemption to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.”

Except as provided herein, Article X of the Mortgage shall apply to redemptions of bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series.

(C)                                Subject to the provisions set forth below with respect to Ninety-sixth Series Global Bonds, at the option of the registered owner, any bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series, upon surrender thereof for cancellation at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, shall be exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of bonds of the same series of other authorized denominations. The bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series may bear such legends as may be necessary to comply with any law or with any rules or regulations made pursuant thereto or with the rules or regulations of any stock exchange or to conform to usage or agreement with respect thereto.

Subject to the provisions set forth below with respect to Ninety-sixth Series Global Bonds, bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series shall be transferable upon the surrender thereof for cancellation, together with a written instrument of transfer in form approved by the registrar duly executed by the registered owner or by his duly authorized attorney, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.

Upon any exchange or transfer of bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series, the Company may make a charge therefor sufficient to reimburse it for any tax or taxes or other governmental charge required to be paid by the Company, as provided in Section 12 of the Mortgage, but the Company hereby waives any right to make a charge in addition thereto for any exchange or transfer of bonds of said Series.

(D)                                The bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series shall be issued in registered form without coupons and shall be issued initially in the form of one or more global bonds (each such global bond hereinafter sometimes referred to as a “Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond”) to or on behalf of The Depository Trust Company (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “DTC”), as depositary therefor, and registered in the name of such depositary or its nominee. Any bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series to be issued or transferred to, or to be held by or on behalf of DTC as such depositary or such nominee (or any successor of such depositary or nominee) for such purpose shall bear the depositary legends as required or otherwise agreed to by the Corporate Trustee and the Company, and in the case of a successor depositary, such legend or legends as such depositary and/or the Company shall require and to which each shall agree, in each case such agreement to be confirmed in writing to the Corporate Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture, payment of interest on the bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the registered holders thereof at their registered address, and, with respect to a Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond, the Company may make payments of principal of, any Redemption Price and interest on such Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond pursuant to and in accordance with such arrangements as are agreed upon by the Company and the depositary for such Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond.

Except under the limited circumstances described below, bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series represented by a Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond or Bonds shall not be exchangeable for, and shall not otherwise be issuable as, bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series in definitive form. The Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond or Bonds described in this Section 2(D) may not be transferred except by the depositary to a nominee of the depositary or by a nominee of the depositary to the depositary or another nominee of the depositary or to a successor depositary or its nominee.

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A Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond shall be exchangeable for bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series registered in the names of persons other than the depositary or its nominee only if (i) the depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a depositary for such Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond and no successor depositary shall have been appointed by the Company within 90 days of receipt by the Company of such notification, or if at any time the depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, at a time when the depositary is required to be so registered to act as such depositary and no successor depositary shall have been appointed by the Company within 90 days after it becomes aware of such cessation, (ii) a Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series or (iii) the Company in its sole discretion, and subject to the procedures of the depositary, determines that such Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond shall be so exchangeable. Any Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series registered in such names as the depositary shall direct.

In any exchange provided in the preceding paragraph the Company shall execute, and the Corporate Trustee, upon receipt of a Company request for the authentication and delivery of bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series in the form of definitive certificates in exchange in whole or in part for such Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond or Bonds, shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge, to each person specified by the depositary, bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series in the form of definitive certificates of like tenor and terms in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond or the aggregate principal amount of such Ninety-sixth Series Global Bonds in exchange for such Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond or Bonds. Upon the exchange of the entire principal amount of a Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond for bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series in the form of definitive certificates, such Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond shall be canceled by the Corporate Trustee. Bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series issued in exchange for a Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the depositary for such Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond, acting pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Corporate Trustee. Provided that the Company and the Corporate Trustee have so agreed, the Corporate Trustee shall deliver such bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series to the persons in whose names the bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series are so to be registered.

Any endorsement of a Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond to reflect the principal amount thereof, or any increase or decrease in such principal amount, shall be made in such manner and by such person or persons as shall be specified in or pursuant to any applicable letter of representations or other arrangement entered into with, or procedures of, the depositary with respect to such Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond or in a Company request. Subject to the terms of the Mortgage, the Corporate Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any such Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond in the manner and upon instructions given by the person or persons specified in or pursuant to any applicable letter of representations or other arrangement entered into with, or procedures of, the depositary with respect to such Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond or in any applicable Company request. If a Company request is so delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to such Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond contained therein shall be in writing but need not be accompanied by or contained in a Treasurer’s Certificate and need not be accompanied by an opinion of counsel.

The depositary or, if there be one, its nominee, shall be the holder of a Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond for all purposes under the Mortgage and the bonds of the Ninety-sixth Series and beneficial owners with respect to such Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond shall hold their interests pursuant to applicable procedures of such depositary. The Company, the Corporate Trustee, any bond registrar, any paying agent and any other agent of the Company or the Corporate Trustee shall be entitled to deal with such depositary for all purposes of the Mortgage relating to such Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond (including the payment of principal, the Redemption Price, if applicable, and interest and the giving of instructions

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or directions by or to the beneficial owners of such Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond as the sole holder of such Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond and shall have no obligations to the beneficial owners thereof (including any direct or indirect participants in such depositary)). None of the Company, the Corporate Trustee, any paying agent, any bond registrar or any other agent of the Company or the Corporate Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a beneficial owner in or pursuant to any applicable letter of representations or other arrangement or transaction entered into with, or procedures of, the depositary with respect to such Ninety-sixth Series Global Bond or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests, or for any acts or omissions of a depositary.

ARTICLE III
CALCULATION AGENT FOR THE BONDS OF THE NINETY-FIFTH SERIES

SECTION 3.  (A)  Appointment .  Upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Company hereby appoints The Bank of New York Mellon as the Company’s calculation agent for the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series (the “Calculation Agent”) and The Bank of New York Mellon hereby accepts such appointment as the Company’s agent for the purpose of calculating the applicable interest rates on the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series in accordance with the provisions set forth herein.

(B)                                Duties and Obligations .  The Calculation Agent shall: (a) calculate the applicable interest rates on the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series in accordance with the provisions set forth herein, and (b) exercise due care to determine the interest rates on the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series and shall communicate the same to the Company and the Corporate Trustee (if the Corporate Trustee is not then serving as the Calculation Agent) as soon as practicable after each determination.

The Calculation Agent will, upon the request of a holder of the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series, provide to such Holder the interest rate in effect on the date of such request and, if determined, the interest rate for the next Interest Period (as defined in Section 1(A)).

(C)                                Terms and Conditions .  The Calculation Agent accepts its obligations set forth herein, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, including the following, to all of which the Company agrees:

(i)                                      The Calculation Agent shall be entitled to such compensation as may be agreed upon with the Company for all services rendered by the Calculation Agent, and the Company promises to pay such compensation and to reimburse the Calculation Agent for the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with the services rendered by it hereunder upon receipt of such invoices as the Company shall reasonably require. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Calculation Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or expense (including the costs and expenses of defending against any claim (regardless of who asserts such claim) of liability) incurred by the Calculation Agent that arises out of or in connection with its accepting appointment as, or acting as, Calculation Agent hereunder, except such as may result from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Calculation Agent or any of its agents or employees. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Calculation Agent shall incur no liability and shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company for, or in respect of, any actions taken or suffered to be taken in good faith by the Calculation Agent in reliance upon (a) the written opinion or advice of counsel or (b) written instructions from the Company. The Calculation Agent shall not be liable for any error resulting from the use of or reliance on a source of information used in good faith and with due care to calculate any interest rate hereunder. The provisions of this clause (i) shall survive the payment in full of the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series and the resignation or removal of the Calculation Agent.

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(ii)                                   In acting under this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture, the Calculation Agent is acting solely as agent of the Company and does not assume any obligations to or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the beneficial owners or holders of the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series.

(iii)                                The Calculation Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken or omitted to be taken or anything suffered by it in reliance upon the terms of the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series or this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture or any notice, direction, certificate, affidavit, statement or other paper, document or communication reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been approved or signed by the proper party or parties.

(iv)                               The Calculation Agent, its officers, directors, employees and shareholders may become the owners or pledgee of, or acquire any interest in, any bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series, with the same rights that it or they would have if it were not the Calculation Agent, and may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Company as freely as if it were not the Calculation Agent.

(v)                                  Neither the Calculation Agent nor its officers, directors, employees, agents or attorneys shall be liable to the Company for any act or omission hereunder, or for any error of judgment made in good faith by it or them, except in the case of its or their willful misconduct or gross negligence.

(vi)                               The Calculation Agent may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

(vii)                            The Calculation Agent shall be obligated to perform such duties and only such duties as are herein specifically set forth, and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture against the Calculation Agent.

(viii)                         Unless herein otherwise specifically provided, any order, certificate, notice, request, direction or other communication from the Company made or given by it under any provision of this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture shall be sufficient if signed by any officer of the Company.

(ix)                               The Calculation Agent may perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through its agents or attorneys, and the Calculation Agent shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.

(x)                                  The Company will not, without first obtaining the prior written consent of the Calculation Agent, make any change to this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture or the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series if such change would materially and adversely affect the Calculation Agent’s duties and obligations hereunder or thereunder.

(xi)                               In no event shall the Calculation Agent be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether it has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

(xii)                            In no event shall the Calculation Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or

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natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services.

(xiii)                         Under certain circumstances, the Calculation Agent may be required to determine the interest rates on the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series on the basis of quotations received from banks or other financial institutions (the “Reference Banks”) selected by the Company for the purpose of quoting such rates. The Calculation Agent shall not be responsible to the Company or any third party for any failure of the Reference Banks to fulfill their duties or meet their obligations as Reference Banks or as a result of the Calculation Agent having acted (except in the event of gross negligence or willful misconduct) on any quotation or other information given by any Reference Bank which subsequently may be found to be incorrect.

(D)                                Qualifications .  The Calculation Agent shall be authorized by law to perform all the duties imposed upon it by this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture, and shall at all times have a capitalization of at least $50,000,000. The Calculation Agent may not be an affiliate of the Company.

(E)                                 Resignation and Removal .  The Calculation Agent may at any time resign as Calculation Agent by giving written notice to the Company of such intention on its part, specifying the date on which its desired resignation shall become effective; provided, however, that such date shall never be earlier than 45 days after the receipt of such notice by the Company, unless the Company otherwise agrees in writing. The Calculation Agent may be removed at any time by the filing with it of any instrument in writing signed on behalf of the Company and specifying such removal and the date when it is intended to become effective. Such resignation or removal shall take effect upon the date of the appointment by the Company, as hereinafter provided, of a successor Calculation Agent. If within 30 days after notice of resignation or removal has been given, a successor Calculation Agent has not been appointed, the Calculation Agent may, at the expense of the Company, petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Calculation Agent. If at any time the Calculation Agent shall resign or be removed, or be dissolved, or if the property or affairs of the Calculation Agent shall be taken under the control of any state or federal court or administrative body because of bankruptcy or insolvency or for any other reason, then a successor Calculation Agent shall as soon as practicable be appointed by the Company by an instrument in writing filed with the predecessor Calculation Agent, the successor Calculation Agent and the Corporate Trustee. Upon the appointment of a successor Calculation Agent and acceptance by it of such appointment, the Calculation Agent so succeeded shall cease to be such Calculation Agent hereunder. Upon its resignation or removal, the Calculation Agent shall be entitled to the payment by the Company of its compensation, if any is owed to it, for services rendered hereunder and to the reimbursement of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred in connection with the services rendered by it hereunder and to the payment of all other amounts owed to it hereunder.

(F)                                  Successors .  Any successor Calculation Agent appointed hereunder shall execute and deliver to its predecessor, the Company and the Corporate Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Calculation Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the authority, rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and obligations of such predecessor with like effect as if originally named as such Calculation Agent hereunder, and such predecessor, upon payment of its charges and disbursements then unpaid, shall thereupon become obliged to transfer and deliver, and such successor Calculation Agent shall be entitled to receive, copies of any relevant records maintained by such predecessor Calculation Agent.

(G)                                Corporate Trustee Deemed Calculation Agent Upon Certain Circumstances .  In the event that the Calculation Agent shall resign or be removed, or be dissolved, or if the property or affairs of the Calculation Agent shall be taken under the control of any state or federal court or administrative body

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because of bankruptcy or insolvency or for any other reason, and the Company shall not have made a timely appointment of a successor Calculation Agent, the Corporate Trustee, notwithstanding the provisions of this Article Three, shall be deemed to be the Calculation Agent for all purposes of this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture until the appointment by the Company of the successor Calculation Agent.

(H)                               Merger, Conversion, Consolidation, Sale or Transfer .  Any corporation into which the Calculation Agent may be merged or converted, or any corporation with which the Calculation Agent may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Calculation Agent shall be a party or to which the Calculation Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of its corporate trust assets or business shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be the successor Calculation Agent under this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. Notice of any such merger, conversion or consolidation or sale shall forthwith be given to the Company and the Corporate Trustee (if the Corporate Trustee is not then serving as the Calculation Agent).

(I)                                    Notice .  Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other document provided or permitted hereby to be given or furnished to the Calculation Agent shall be delivered in person, sent by letter or fax or communicated by telephone (subject, in the case of communication by telephone, to confirmation dispatched within 24 hours by letter or by fax) as follows:

The Bank of New York Mellon

c/o The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

10161 Centurion Parkway N., 2nd Floor

Jacksonville, Florida 32256

Telephone: (904) 998-4717

Fax: (904) 645-1921

or to any other address of which the Calculation Agent shall have notified the Company and the Corporate Trustee (if the Corporate Trustee is not then serving as the Calculation Agent) in writing as herein provided.

The Calculation Agent agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, pdf, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods, provided, however, that the Calculation Agent shall have received an incumbency certificate listing persons designated to give such instructions or directions and containing specimen signatures of such designated persons, which such incumbency certificate shall be amended and replaced whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company elects to give the Calculation Agent e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Calculation Agent in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Calculation Agent’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Calculation Agent shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Calculation Agent’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Calculation Agent including without limitation the risk of the Calculation Agent acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

(J)                                    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .  EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE CALCULATION AGENT AND THE CORPORATE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY

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JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS EIGHTY-THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE BONDS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

(K)                               Calculation of Interest Rate for First Interest Period .  The Calculation Agent, at the request of the Company, has determined, prior to the date of execution and delivery of this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture, the interest rate for the initial Interest Period for the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series. In connection with such determination, the Calculation Agent shall be entitled to the same rights, protections, exculpations and immunities otherwise available to it under this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture.

ARTICLE IV
DIVIDEND COVENANT

SECTION 4.  The Company covenants and agrees that, so long as any of the bonds of the Ninety-fifth Series or Ninety-sixth Series remain Outstanding, the Company will not declare or pay any dividends upon its common stock (other than dividends in common stock) or make any other distributions on its common stock or purchase or otherwise retire any shares of its common stock, unless immediately after such declaration, payment, purchase, retirement or distribution (hereinafter in this Section referred to as “Restricted Payments”), and giving effect thereto, the amount arrived at by adding:

(a)                                  the aggregate amount of all such Restricted Payments (other than the dividend of fifty cents ($.50) per share declared on December 8, 1948 and paid on February 1, 1949 to holders of common stock) made by the Company during the period from December 31, 1948, to and including the effective date of the Restricted Payment in respect of which the determination is being made, plus

(b)                                  an amount equal to the aggregate amount of cumulative dividends for such period (whether or not paid) on all preferred stock of the Company from time to time outstanding during such period, at the rate or rates borne by such preferred stock, plus

(c)                                   an amount equal to the amount, if any, by which fifteen per centum (15%) of the Gross Operating Revenues of the Company for such period shall exceed the aggregate amount during such period expended and/or accrued on its books for maintenance and/or appropriated on its books out of income for property retirement, in each case in respect of the Mortgaged and Pledged Property and/or automotive equipment used primarily in the electric utility business of the Company (but excluding any provisions for amortization of any amounts included in utility plant acquisition adjustment accounts or utility plant adjustment accounts), will not exceed the amount of the aggregate net income of the Company for said period available for dividends (computed and ascertained in accordance with sound accounting practice, on a cumulative basis, including the making of proper deductions for any deficits occurring during any part of such period), plus $3,000,000.

The Company further covenants and agrees that not later than May 1 of each year beginning with the year 2015 it will furnish to the Corporate Trustee a Treasurer’s Certificate stating whether or not the Company has fully observed the restrictions imposed upon it by the covenant contained in this Section 4.

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ARTICLE V
CERTAIN PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE ADVANCES

SECTION 5.  Upon the filing of this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture for record in all counties in which the Mortgaged and Pledged Property is located, and until a further indenture or indentures supplemental to the Mortgage shall be executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustees pursuant to authorization by the Board of Directors of the Company and filed for record in all counties in which the Mortgaged and Pledged Property is located further increasing or decreasing the amount of future advances which may be secured by the Mortgage, the Mortgage may secure future advances and other indebtedness and sums not to exceed in the aggregate $2,500,000,000, in addition to $6,143,725,000 in aggregate principal amount of bonds to be Outstanding at the time of such filing, and all such advances and other indebtedness and sums shall be secured by the Mortgage, equally, to the same extent and with the same priority, as the amount originally advanced on the security of the Original Mortgage, namely, $46,000,000, and such advances and other indebtedness and sums may be made or become owing and may be repaid and again made or become owing and the amount so stated shall be considered only as the total amount of such advances and other indebtedness and sums as may be outstanding at one time.

ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 6.  Subject to any amendments provided for in this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture, the terms defined in the Original Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, shall, for all purposes of this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture, have the meanings specified in the Original Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented.

SECTION 7.  The Trustees hereby accept the trusts herein declared, provided, created or supplemented and agree to perform the same upon the terms and conditions herein and in the Original Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, set forth and upon the following terms and conditions:

The Trustees shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made by the Company solely. In general each and every term and condition contained in Article XVI of the Original Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, shall apply to and form part of this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture with the same force and effect as if the same were herein set forth in full with such omissions, variations and insertions, if any, as may be appropriate to make the same conform to the provisions of this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture.

SECTION 8.  Subject to the provisions of Article XV and Article XVI of the Mortgage, whenever in this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture either of the parties hereto is named or referred to, this shall be deemed to include the successors or assigns of such party, and all the covenants and agreements in this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company or by or on behalf of the Trustees shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of such parties whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 9.  Nothing in this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture, expressed or implied, is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon, or to give to, any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and the holders of the Outstanding bonds and coupons, any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture or any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof, and all the covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, and of the holders of the Outstanding bonds and coupons.

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SECTION 10.  This Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture shall be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

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The laws of South Carolina provide that in any real estate foreclosure proceeding a defendant against whom a personal judgment is taken or asked may within thirty days after the sale of the mortgaged property apply to the court for an order of appraisal. The statutory appraisal value as approved by the court would be substituted for the high bid and may decrease the amount of any deficiency owing in connection with the transaction. THE COMPANY HEREBY WAIVES AND RELINQUISHES THE STATUTORY APPRAISAL RIGHTS, WHICH MEANS THE HIGH BID AT THE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE WILL BE APPLIED TO THE DEBT REGARDLESS OF ANY APPRAISED VALUE OF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY .

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Duke Energy Progress, Inc. has caused its corporate name to be hereunto affixed, and this instrument to be signed and sealed by its President or one of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer and its corporate seal to be attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries, and The Bank of New York Mellon has caused its corporate name to be hereunto affixed, and this instrument to be signed and sealed by one of its Vice Presidents, Senior Associates or Associates and its corporate seal to be attested by one of its Vice Presidents, Senior Associates or Associates, and Tina D. Gonzalez has hereunto set her hand and seal, all as of the day and year first above written.

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[EIGHTY-THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2014

TO THE DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC. MORTGAGE AND DEED OF TRUST

DATED AS OF MAY 1, 1940]

[TRUSTEES’ SIGNATURE PAGE]

[EIGHTY-THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2014
TO THE CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY MORTGAGE AND DEED OF TRUST
DATED AS OF MAY 1, 1940]

This 20th day of November, A.D. 2014, personally came before me, PATRICIA C. ROSS, a Notary Public, STEPHEN G. DE MAY, who, being by me duly sworn, acknowledged before me that he is Senior Vice President and Treasurer of DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC., and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument in writing is the corporate seal of said company, and that said writing was signed and sealed by him in behalf of said corporation by its authority duly given. And the said STEPHEN G. DE MAY acknowledged the said writing to be the act and deed of said corporation.

On the 20th day of November, in the year of 2014, before me personally came STEPHEN G. DE MAY, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at 2023 Queens Road W, Charlotte, NC 28207-2707; that he is Senior Vice President and Treasurer of DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC., one of the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like order.

This 20th day November, A.D. 2014, personally came before me, PATRICIA C. ROSS, a Notary Public, ROBERT T. LUCAS III, who, being by me duly sworn, acknowledged before me that he is the Assistant Secretary of DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC., and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument in writing is the corporate seal of said company, and that said writing was signed and attested by him on behalf of said corporation by its authority duly given.

On the 20th day of November, in the year of 2014, before me personally came ROBERT T. LUCAS III, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at 1650 Myers Park Drive, Charlotte, NC 28207; that he is the Assistant Secretary of DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC., one of the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed and attested his name thereto by the authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation.

On November 18th, 2014 before me, the undersigned, personally appeared FRANCINE KINCAID, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that she signed the same in her capacity as a Vice President of THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee, and that by her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, signed the instrument.

I, Danny Lee, a Notary Public of the State of New York, certify that FRANCINE KINCAID personally came before me this day and acknowledged that she is a Vice President of THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee, and that she, as Vice President, being authorized to do so, signed the foregoing on behalf of the corporation.

Witness my hand and official seal, this the 18th day of November, 2014.

On November 18, 2014 before me, the undersigned, personally appeared GLENN MCKEEVER, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he signed and attested the same in his capacity as a Vice President of THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, signed and attested the instrument.

I, Danny Lee, a Notary Public of the State of New York, certify that GLENN MCKEEVER personally came before me this day and acknowledged that he is a Vice President of THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee, and that he, as Vice President, being authorized to do so, signed and attested the foregoing on behalf of the corporation.

Witness my hand and official seal, this the 18th day of November, 2014.

On November 18, 2014 before me, the undersigned, personally appeared TINA D. GONZALEZ, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her capacity as successor Individual Trustee, and that by her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

I, David J. Clendenin, a Notary Public of the State of Florida, do hereby certify that TINA D. GONZALEZ, as successor Individual Trustee, personally appeared before me this day and acknowledged the due execution of the foregoing instrument.

Witness my hand and official seal, this the 18th day of November, 2014.

THIS SECURITY IS A NINETY-SIXTH SERIES GLOBAL BOND WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE MORTGAGE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE MORTGAGE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC. (FORMERLY CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY D/B/A PROGRESS ENERGY CAROLINAS, INC.) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

THIS FIRST MORTGAGE BOND, 4.15% SERIES DUE 2044 MAY, UNDER CONDITIONS PROVIDED IN THE MORTGAGE, BE EXCHANGED FOR FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS, 4.15% SERIES DUE 2044 IN THE FORM OF DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES OF LIKE TENOR AND OF AN EQUAL AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, IN AUTHORIZED DENOMINATIONS, REGISTERED IN THE NAMES OF SUCH PERSONS AS THE DEPOSITARY SHALL INSTRUCT THE CORPORATE TRUSTEE. ANY SUCH EXCHANGE SHALL BE MADE UPON RECEIPT BY THE CORPORATE TRUSTEE OF A REQUEST BY DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC. THEREFOR AND A WRITTEN INSTRUCTION FROM THE DEPOSITARY SETTING FORTH THE NAME OR NAMES IN WHICH THE CORPORATE TRUSTEE IS TO REGISTER SUCH FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS, 4.15% SERIES DUE 2044 IN THE FORM OF DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES.

DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC.

First Mortgage Bond,

4.15% Series due 2044

DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC., a corporation of the State of North Carolina (the “ Company ”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to

Cede & Co.

or registered assigns, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,

FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($500,000,000)

on December 1, 2044, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts, and to pay to the registered owner hereof interest thereon from November 20, 2014, if the date of this bond is on or prior to June 1, 2015, or, if the date of this bond is after June 1, 2015, from the June 1 or December 1 next preceding the date of this bond, at the rate of 4.15% per annum (with interest on overdue principal and overdue installments of interest payable in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage (as hereinafter defined)) in like coin or currency semi-annually at said office or agency, on June 1 and December 1 in each year until the principal of this bond shall have become due and payable (each an “ Interest Payment Date ”). If the date of this bond is on or prior to June 1, 2015, such payments shall commence on June 1, 2015.  Interest on this bond will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months

Any interest on this bond which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the person in whose name this bond (or one or more predecessor bonds) is registered at the close of business on the tenth calendar day next preceding such Interest Payment Date ( i.e. , May 22 and November 21, respectively) (each a “ Regular Record Date ”), provided, however, that so long as this bond is registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, its nominee or a successor depositary, the Regular Record Date shall be the close of business on the business day (as defined in the Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture mentioned below) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Any interest on this bond which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant Regular Record Date solely by virtue of such holder having been such holder; and such interest, together with any interest thereon as provided in the Mortgage (collectively, “ Defaulted Interest ”), may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Subsection A or B below:

A.                                     The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the bonds of this series (as defined below) to the persons in whose names such bonds (or their respective predecessor bonds) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner (a “Special Record Date”). The Company shall notify the Corporate Trustee referred to below in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each bond and the date of the proposed payment (which date shall be such as will enable the Corporate Trustee to comply with the next two sentences hereof), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Corporate Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Corporate Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Subsection provided and not to be deemed otherwise part of the trust estate or trust moneys. Thereupon the Corporate Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than

10 days after the receipt by the Corporate Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Corporate Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each holder of a bond of this series at such holder’s address as it appears in the bond register not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. The Corporate Trustee may, in its discretion in the name and at the expense of the Company, cause a similar notice to be published at least once in a newspaper approved by the Company in each place of payment of the bonds of this series, but such publication shall not be a condition precedent to the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the persons in whose names the bonds of this series (or their respective predecessor bonds) are registered on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Subsection B.

B.                                     The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the bonds of this series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such bonds may be listed and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Corporate Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Subsection, such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Corporate Trustee.

Subject to the foregoing, each bond of this series delivered under the Mortgage hereinafter mentioned upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other bond of this series shall carry all the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other bond.

This bond is one of an issue of bonds of the Company issuable in series and is one of a series known as its First Mortgage Bonds, 4.15% Series due 2044 (the “ bonds of this series ”), all bonds of all series issued and to be issued under and equally secured (except in so far as any sinking fund or other fund, established in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage hereinafter mentioned, may afford additional security for the bonds of any particular series) by a Mortgage and Deed of Trust (together with any indenture supplemental thereto, including the Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2014, the “ Mortgage ”), dated as of May 1, 1940, executed by the Company to The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly Irving Trust Company), as Corporate Trustee, and Tina D. Gonzalez (successor to Frederick G. Herbst), as Individual Trustee. Reference is made to the Mortgage for a description of the property mortgaged and pledged, the nature and extent of the security, the rights of the holders of the bonds and of the Trustees in respect thereof, the duties and immunities of the Trustees and the terms and conditions upon which the bonds are and are to be secured and the circumstances under which additional bonds may be issued. With the consent of the Company and to the extent permitted by and as provided in the Mortgage, the rights and obligations of the Company and/or the rights of the holders of the bonds and/or coupons and/or the terms and provisions of the Mortgage may be modified or altered by affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in principal amount of the bonds then outstanding under the Mortgage and, if the rights of one or more, but less than all, series of bonds then outstanding are to be affected, then also by affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in principal amount of the bonds then outstanding of each series of bonds so to be affected (excluding in any case bonds disqualified from voting by reason of the Company’s interest therein as provided in the Mortgage); provided that, without the consent of the holder hereof, no such modification or alteration, among other things, shall impair or affect the right of the holder to receive payment of the principal of and interest on this bond, on or after the respective due dates expressed herein, or permit the creation of any lien equal or prior to the lien of the Mortgage or deprive the holder of a lien on the mortgaged and pledged property.

The principal hereof may be declared or may become due prior to the maturity date hereinbefore named on the conditions, in the manner and at the time set forth in the Mortgage, upon the occurrence of a default as in the Mortgage provided.

This bond is transferable as prescribed in the Mortgage by the registered owner hereof in person, or by his duly authorized attorney, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, upon surrender and cancellation of this bond, and thereupon a new fully registered temporary or definitive bond of the same series for a like principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor as provided in the Mortgage. The Company and the Trustees may deem and treat the person in whose name this bond is registered as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes.

In the manner prescribed in the Mortgage, any bonds of this series, upon surrender thereof for cancellation at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of bonds of the same series of other authorized denominations.

At any time on or after June 1, 2044, the bonds of this series shall be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part and from time to time, prior to maturity, upon notice as provided in the Mortgage (given by mail not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for redemption), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the bonds then outstanding to be redeemed, plus in each case accrued interest on such principal amount to, but excluding, such date fixed for redemption. At any time prior to June 1, 2044, the bonds of this series shall be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part and from time to time, upon notice as provided in the Mortgage (given by mail not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for redemption (together with the date fixed for redemption referred to in the preceding sentence, each a “ Redemption Date ”)), at a redemption price (together with the redemption price referred to in the preceding sentence, each a “ Redemption Price ”) equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the bonds then outstanding to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on such bonds from the Redemption Date to the maturity date, computed by discounting such payments, in each case, to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined in the Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture mentioned above) plus 20 basis points, plus in either case accrued but unpaid interest on such principal amount to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. On and after any Redemption Date, if sufficient cash shall have been deposited with Corporate Trustee (and/or if the Company has irrevocably directed the Corporate Trustee to apply, from moneys held by it available to be used for the redemption of bonds, sufficient cash) to redeem all of the bonds of this series called for redemption, interest on the bonds of this series, or the portions of them so called for redemption, shall cease to accrue. Reference is made to said Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture for the full terms of the redemption provisions applicable to the bonds of this series.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal or any Redemption Price of or interest on this bond against any incorporator or any past, present or future subscriber to the capital stock, stockholder, officer or director of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, as such, either directly or through the Company or any predecessor or successor corporation, under any rule of law, statute or constitution or by the enforcement of any assessment or otherwise, all such liability of incorporators, subscribers, stockholders, officers and directors being released by the holder or owner hereof by the acceptance of this bond and being likewise waived and released by the terms of the Mortgage.

This bond shall not become obligatory until The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly Irving Trust Company), the Corporate Trustee under the Mortgage, or its successor thereunder, shall have signed the form of certificate endorsed hereon.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC. has caused this bond to be signed in its corporate name with the manual or facsimile signature of its President or one of its Vice Presidents and its corporate seal to be impressed or imprinted hereon and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries.

CORPORATE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE

This bond is one of the bonds, of the series herein designated, described or provided for in the within-mentioned Mortgage.

THIS SECURITY IS A NINETY-FIFTH SERIES GLOBAL BOND WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE MORTGAGE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE MORTGAGE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC. (FORMERLY CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY D/B/A PROGRESS ENERGY CAROLINAS, INC.) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

THIS FIRST MORTGAGE BOND, SECOND FLOATING RATE SERIES, DUE 2017 MAY, UNDER CONDITIONS PROVIDED IN THE MORTGAGE, BE EXCHANGED FOR FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS, SECOND FLOATING RATE SERIES, DUE 2017 IN THE FORM OF DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES OF LIKE TENOR AND OF AN EQUAL AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, IN AUTHORIZED DENOMINATIONS, REGISTERED IN THE NAMES OF SUCH PERSONS AS THE DEPOSITARY SHALL INSTRUCT THE CORPORATE TRUSTEE. ANY SUCH EXCHANGE SHALL BE MADE UPON RECEIPT BY THE CORPORATE TRUSTEE OF A REQUEST BY DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC. THEREFOR AND A WRITTEN INSTRUCTION FROM THE DEPOSITARY SETTING FORTH THE NAME OR NAMES IN WHICH THE CORPORATE TRUSTEE IS TO REGISTER SUCH FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS, SECOND FLOATING RATE SERIES, DUE 2017 IN THE FORM OF DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES.

DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC.

First Mortgage Bond,

Second Floating Rate Series, due 2017

DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC., a corporation of the State of North Carolina (the “ Company ”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to

Cede & Co.

or registered assigns, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,

TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($200,000,000)

on November 20, 2017 (the “ Stated Maturity ”), in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts, and to pay to the registered owner hereof interest thereon from November 20, 2014 or the last date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for at the rates set quarterly pursuant to this bond, payable quarterly in arrears on the twentieth day of February, May, August and November of each year, commencing February 20, 2015 (each such date being an “ Interest Payment Date ” for this bond; provided, however, in the event that any Interest Payment Date for this bond (other than the Interest Payment Date that is the Stated Maturity of the principal of this bond) would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day). Interest on this bond shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a 360-day year. The term “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are required or authorized to close.

This bond will bear interest for each quarterly Interest Period at a per annum rate determined by the Calculation Agent. The interest rate applicable during each quarterly Interest Period will be equal to LIBOR on the Interest Determination Date for such Interest Period plus 20 basis points. Promptly upon such determination, the Calculation Agent will notify the Company and the Corporate Trustee referred to below, if the Corporate Trustee is not then serving as the Calculation Agent, of the interest rate for the new Interest Period. The interest rate determined by the Calculation Agent, absent manifest error, shall be binding and conclusive upon the beneficial owners and holders of this bond, the Company and the Corporate Trustee.

Upon the request of the holder of this bond, the Calculation Agent will provide to such holder the interest rate in effect on the date of such request and, if determined, the interest rate for the next Interest Period.

The accrued interest on this bond for any period is calculated by multiplying the principal amount of this bond by an accrued interest factor. The accrued interest factor is computed by adding the interest factor calculated for each day in the period for which accrued interest is being calculated. The interest factor (expressed as a decimal rounded upwards if necessary) is computed by dividing the interest rate (expressed as a decimal rounded upwards if necessary) applicable to such date by 360.

All percentages resulting from any calculation of the interest rate on this bond will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one-hundred thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards (e.g., 0.567845% (or .00567845) being rounded to 0.56785% (or .0056785) and 0.567844% (or .00567844) being rounded to 0.56784% (or .0056784)), and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upwards).

For purposes of this bond, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

“Calculation Agent” means The Bank of New York Mellon, as appointed pursuant to Section 3(A) of the Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture referred to below, or its successor appointed by the Company pursuant to Article Three thereof, acting as calculation agent.

“Interest Determination Date” means the second London Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the relevant Interest Period.

“Interest Period” means the period commencing on an Interest Payment Date for this bond (or, with respect to the initial Interest Period only, commencing on the original issue date for this bond) and ending on the day before the next succeeding Interest Payment Date for this bond.

“LIBOR” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for deposits in U.S. dollars for a three-month period commencing on the first day of that Interest Period and ending on the next Interest Payment Date for this bond that appears on Reuters LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Interest Determination Date for that Interest Period. If such rate does not appear on the Reuters LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Interest Determination Date for that Interest Period, LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars for the Interest Period and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 are offered to prime banks in the London interbank market by four major banks in the London interbank market, which may include affiliates of one or more of the underwriters of this bond, selected by the Company, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Interest Determination Date for that Interest Period. The Company will request the principal London office of each such bank to provide a quotation of its rate to the Calculation Agent. If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR with respect to that Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR with respect to that Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by three major banks in New York City, which may include affiliates of one or more of the underwriters of the bonds of this series (as defined below), selected by the Company, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Interest Determination Date for that Interest Period for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for that Interest Period and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000. However, if fewer than three banks selected by the Company to provide quotations are quoting as described above, LIBOR for that Interest Period will be the same as LIBOR as determined for the previous Interest Period.

“London Business Day” means a day that is a Business Day and a day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted, or with respect to any future date are expected to be transacted, in the London interbank market.

“Reuters LIBOR01 Page” means the display designated as Reuters LIBOR01 on the Reuters 3000 Xtra (or such other page as may replace the Reuters LIBOR01 Page on that service, or such other service as may be nominated for the purpose of displaying rates or prices comparable to the London Interbank Offered rate for U.S. dollar deposits by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (“IBA”) or its successor or such other entity assuming the responsibility of IBA or its successor in calculating the London Interbank Offered rate in the event IBA or its successor no longer does so).

Any interest on this bond which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the person in whose name this bond (or one or more predecessor bonds) is registered at the close of business on the tenth calendar day next preceding such Interest Payment Date (each a “ Regular Record Date ”), provided, however, that so long as this bond is registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, its nominee or a successor depositary, the Regular Record Date shall be the close of business on the business day (as defined in the Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture mentioned below) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Any interest on this bond which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant Regular Record Date solely by virtue of such holder having been such holder; and such interest, together with any interest thereon as provided in the Mortgage (collectively, “ Defaulted Interest ”), may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Subsection A or B below:

A.                                     The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the bonds of this series to the persons in whose names such bonds (or their respective predecessor bonds) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner (a “ Special Record Date ”). The Company shall notify the Corporate Trustee referred to below in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each bond and the date of the proposed payment (which date shall be such as will enable the Corporate Trustee to comply with the next two sentences hereof), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Corporate Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Corporate Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Subsection provided and not to be deemed otherwise part of the trust estate or trust moneys. Thereupon the Corporate Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Corporate Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Corporate Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each holder of a bond of this series at such holder’s address as it appears in the bond register not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. The Corporate Trustee may, in its discretion in the name and at the expense of the Company, cause a similar notice to be published at least once in a newspaper approved by the Company in each place of payment of the bonds of this series, but such publication shall not be a condition precedent to the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the persons in whose names the bonds of this series (or their respective predecessor bonds) are registered on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Subsection B.

B.                                     The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the bonds of this series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such bonds may be listed and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Corporate Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Subsection, such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Corporate Trustee.

Subject to the foregoing, each bond of this series delivered under the Mortgage hereinafter mentioned upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other bond of this series shall carry all the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other bond.

This bond is one of an issue of bonds of the Company issuable in series and is one of a series known as its First Mortgage Bonds, Second Floating Rate Series, due 2017 (the “ bonds of this series ”), all bonds of all series issued and to be issued under and equally secured (except in so far as any sinking fund or other fund, established in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage hereinafter mentioned, may afford additional security for the bonds of any particular series) by a Mortgage and Deed of Trust

(together with any indenture supplemental thereto, including the Eighty-third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2014, the “ Mortgage ”), dated as of May 1, 1940, executed by the Company to The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly Irving Trust Company), as Corporate Trustee, and Tina D. Gonzalez (successor to Frederick G. Herbst), as Individual Trustee. Reference is made to the Mortgage for a description of the property mortgaged and pledged, the nature and extent of the security, the rights of the holders of the bonds and of the Trustees in respect thereof, the duties and immunities of the Trustees and the terms and conditions upon which the bonds are and are to be secured and the circumstances under which additional bonds may be issued. With the consent of the Company and to the extent permitted by and as provided in the Mortgage, the rights and obligations of the Company and/or the rights of the holders of the bonds and/or coupons and/or the terms and provisions of the Mortgage may be modified or altered by affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in principal amount of the bonds then outstanding under the Mortgage and, if the rights of one or more, but less than all, series of bonds then outstanding are to be affected, then also by affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in principal amount of the bonds then outstanding of each series of bonds so to be affected (excluding in any case bonds disqualified from voting by reason of the Company’s interest therein as provided in the Mortgage); provided that, without the consent of the holder hereof, no such modification or alteration, among other things, shall impair or affect the right of the holder to receive payment of the principal of and interest on this bond, on or after the respective due dates expressed herein, or permit the creation of any lien equal or prior to the lien of the Mortgage or deprive the holder of a lien on the mortgaged and pledged property.

The principal hereof may be declared or may become due prior to the maturity date hereinbefore named on the conditions, in the manner and at the time set forth in the Mortgage, upon the occurrence of a default as in the Mortgage provided.

This bond is transferable as prescribed in the Mortgage by the registered owner hereof in person, or by his duly authorized attorney, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, upon surrender and cancellation of this bond, and thereupon a new fully registered temporary or definitive bond of the same series for a like principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor as provided in the Mortgage. The Company and the Trustees may deem and treat the person in whose name this bond is registered as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes.

In the manner prescribed in the Mortgage, any bonds of this series, upon surrender thereof for cancellation at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of bonds of the same series of other authorized denominations.

The bonds of this series shall not be redeemable prior to their maturity.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal or interest on this bond against any incorporator or any past, present or future subscriber to the capital stock, stockholder, officer or director of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, as such, either directly or through the Company or any predecessor or successor corporation, under any rule of law, statute or constitution or by the enforcement of any assessment or otherwise, all such liability of incorporators, subscribers, stockholders, officers and directors being released by the holder or owner hereof by the acceptance of this bond and being likewise waived and released by the terms of the Mortgage.

This bond shall not become obligatory until The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly Irving Trust Company), the Corporate Trustee under the Mortgage, or its successor thereunder, shall have signed the form of certificate endorsed hereon.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC. has caused this bond to be signed in its corporate name with the manual or facsimile signature of its President or one of its Vice Presidents and its corporate seal to be impressed or imprinted hereon and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries.

CORPORATE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE

This bond is one of the bonds, of the series herein designated, described or provided for in the within-mentioned Mortgage.