DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC

410 South Wilmington Street

Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-1748

November 4, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporate Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention:	Arthur Sandel – Structured Finance
	Michelle Stasny – Structured Finance

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

Dear Mr. Sandel and Ms. Stasny:

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Duke Energy Progress, LLC (DEP) and Duke Energy Progress NC Storm Funding LLC (together with DEP, the “Registrants”), hereby request that the effective date of the Registration Statement referred to above be accelerated so that the same will become effective on November 8, 2021 at 9 a.m. E.T., or as soon as practicable thereafter.

Please call or email Michael F. Fitzpatrick, Jr. of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP at (212) 309-1071 or mfitzpatrick@huntonak.com as soon as the registration statement has been declared effective.

Very truly yours,
Duke Energy Progress, LLC
By:	/s/ Robert T. Lucas III
Name:	Robert T. Lucas III
Title:	Deputy General Counsel

cc:	Michael F. Fitzpatrick, Jr., Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
	Adam O’Brian, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP