Mail Stop 3628

                                                                  October 22,
2021

      Lynn J. Good
      Chief Executive Officer
      Duke Energy Progress, LLC
      410 South Wilmington Street
      Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-1748

      Karl W. Newlin
      Manager, President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
      Duke Energy Progress NC Storm Funding LLC
      410 South Wilmington Street
      Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-1748

                 Re:   Duke Energy Progress, LLC
                       Duke Energy Progress NC Storm Funding LLC
                       Registration Statement on Form SF-1
                       Filed September 3, 2021
                       File Nos. 333-259315 and 333-259315-01

      Dear Ms. Good and Mr. Newlin:

             We have reviewed your registration statement and have the
following comments. In
      some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we
may better
      understand your disclosure.

             Please respond to this letter by amending your registration
statement and providing the
      requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your
facts and
      circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell
us why in your
      response.

             After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and
the information you
      provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

      Registration Statement on Form SF-1

      General

          1. We note your disclosure on page 82 and elsewhere regarding the
conditions of issuance
             of additional storm recovery bonds by the issuing entity. Please
confirm that additional
 Lynn J. Good
Duke Energy Progress, LLC
Karl W. Newlin
Duke Energy Progress NC Storm Funding LLC
October 22, 2021
Page 2

         issuances of securities issued by the issuing entity will be
registered on separate
         registration statements.

Security for the Storm Recovery Bonds

Pledge of Collateral, page 82

      2. We note that, in addition to the recovery property, property in the
collection account and
         all of its subaccounts will also secure the bonds, including    cash,
instruments,
         investment property or other assets on deposit therein or credited
thereto from time to
         time and all financial assets and securities entitlements carried
therein or credited
         thereto.    Please confirm whether any of the underlying collateral
will consist of
         securities for purposes of Rule 190 under the Securities Act.

Part II     Information Not Required in Prospectus

Item 14. Exhibits, page 2

      3. Please file your remaining exhibits with your next amendment. Refer to
Item 1100(f) of
         Regulation AB and Instruction 1 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

         Please contact Arthur Sandel at (202) 551-3262 with any other
questions.

                                                               Sincerely,

                                                               /s/ Michelle
Stasny

                                                               Michelle Stasny
                                                               Special Counsel
                                                               Office of
Structured Finance


cc:      Adam O   Brian, Esq., Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
         Michael Fitzpatrick, Esq., Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP