UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 26, 2005

Commission File Number	Exact names of registrants as specified in their charters, address of principal executive offices, telephone number and state of incorporation	IRS Employer Identification Number
1-15929                                  1-8349                                  1-3382                                          1-3274	PROGRESS ENERGY, INC. 410 South Wilmington Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-1748 Telephone: (919) 546-6111 State of Incorporation: North Carolina FLORIDA PROGRESS CORPORATION 410 South Wilmington Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-1748 Telephone: (919) 546-6111 State of Incorporation: Florida CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY d/b/a Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. 410 South Wilmington Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-1748 Telephone: (919) 546-6111 State of Incorporation: North Carolina FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION d/b/a Progress Energy Florida, Inc. 100 Central Avenue St. Petersburg, Florida 33701-3324 Telephone: (727) 820-5151 State of Incorporation: Florida	56-2155481 59-2147112 56-0165465 59-0247770

None

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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This combined Form 8-K is filed separately by four registrants: Progress Energy, Inc., Florida Progress Corporation, Carolina Power & Light Company d/b/a Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. and Florida Power Corporation d/b/a Progress Energy Florida, Inc. Information contained herein relating to any individual registrant is filed by such registrant solely on its own behalf, and is not, and shall not, be deemed to be filed or disclosed by any other registrant.

SECTION 7 – Regulation FD

ITEM 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

From August 29, 2005 through September 1, 2005, representatives of Progress Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) will be meeting with various investors in Asia. The Company is giving notice of the fact that during the course of those meetings, the Company will reaffirm its prior guidance of on-going earnings of $2.90 to $3.20 per share for the 2005 fiscal year, as discussed in more detail in the press release that was an exhibit to the Form 8-K the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2005. The presentation materials for the meetings are available on the Company’s Web site at: http://www.progress-energy.com.

The on-going earnings guidance contained in this report constitutes a forward-looking statement within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Earnings guidance is not historical information but is forward-looking and, accordingly, involves estimates, projections, goals, forecasts, assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements.

Any forward-looking statement is based on information current as of the date of this report and speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and neither Progress Energy, Inc. (“Progress Energy” or the “Company”), Florida Progress Corporation (“FPC”), Carolina Power & Light Company d/b/a Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. (“PEC”) nor Florida Power Corporation d/b/a Progress Energy Florida, Inc. (“PEF”) undertakes any obligation to update any forward-looking statement or statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made.

Examples of factors that you should consider with respect to on-going earnings guidance include, but are not limited to, the following:

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o the impact of fluid and complex government laws and regulations, including those relating to the
environment;
deregulation or restructuring in the electric industry that may result in increased competition and
unrecovered (stranded) costs and the uncertainty regarding the timing, creation and structure of
regional transmission organizations;
weather conditions that directly influence the demand for electricity;
the Company's timing of recovery of the costs associated with the four hurricanes that impacted our
service territory in 2004 or the ability to recover through the regulatory process other
significant weather events;
recurring seasonal fluctuations in demand for electricity and fluctuations in the price of energy
commodities and purchased power;
economic fluctuations and the corresponding impact on the Company and its subsidiaries' commercial and
industrial customers;
the ability of the Company's subsidiaries to pay upstream dividends or distributions to it;
the impact on the facilities and the businesses of the Company from a terrorist attack;
the inherent risks associated with the operation of nuclear facilities, including environmental, health,
regulatory and financial risks;
the ability to successfully access capital markets on favorable terms;
the ability of the Company to maintain its current credit ratings and the impact on the Company's
financial condition and ability to meet its cash and other financial obligations in the event
its credit ratings are downgraded below investment grade;
the impact that increases in leverage may have on the Company;
the impact of derivative contracts used in the normal course of business by the Company;
investment performance of pension and benefit plans;
the Company's ability to control costs, including pension and benefit expense, and achieve its cost
management targets for 2007;
the availability and use of Internal Revenue Code Section 29 (Section 29) tax credits by synthetic fuel
producers and the Company's continued ability to use Section 29 tax credits related to its
coal-based solid synthetic fuel businesses and the impact to the Company's financial condition
and performance in the event it is determined the Company is not entitled to previously taken
Section 29 tax credits;
the outcome of PEF's rate proceeding in 2005 regarding its future base rates;
the Company's ability to manage the risks involved with the operation of its nonregulated plants,
including dependence on third parties and related counter-party risks, and a lack of operating
history;
the Company's ability to manage the risks associated with its energy marketing operations;
the outcome of any ongoing or future litigation or similar disputes and the impact of any such outcome
or related settlements; and
unanticipated changes in operating expenses and capital expenditures.

Many of these risks similarly impact the Company’s subsidiaries. These and other risk factors are detailed from time to time in the Company’s, FPC’s, PEC’s and PEF’s filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Many, but not all of the factors that may impact actual results are discussed in the Risk Factors sections of the Company’s, FPC’s, PEC’s and PEF’s annual reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, which were filed with the SEC on March 16, 2005. These reports should be read carefully. All such factors are difficult to predict, contain uncertainties that may materially affect actual results and may be beyond the control of the Company, FPC, PEC and PEF. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all such factors, nor can it assess the effect of each such factor on the Company, FPC, PEC and PEF.

SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

PROGRESS ENERGY, INC.,
FLORIDA PROGRESS CORPORATION,
CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
d/b/a PROGRESS ENERGY CAROLINAS, INC. and
FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION
d/b/a PROGRESS ENERGY FLORIDA, INC.
Registrants


By:/s/ Jeffrey M. Stone
      Jeffrey M. Stone
      Controller
      (Chief Accounting Officer)

Date: August 26, 2005