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

FORM 10-K
FOR ANNUAL AND TRANSITION REPORTS
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Mark One)
	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
	For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 or
	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
	For the transition period from ___________ to ___________
	Commission file number 1-4928

DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

North Carolina (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	56-0205520 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
526 South Church Street, Charlotte, North Carolina (Address of principal executive offices)	28202-1803 (Zip Code)
704-594-6200 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, without par value	New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
6.375% Preferred Stock A, 1993 Series, par value $25	New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
7.20% Quarterly Income Preferred Securities issued by Duke Energy Capital Trust I and guaranteed by Duke Energy Corporation	New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
7.20% Trust Preferred Securities issued by Duke Energy Capital Trust II and guaranteed by Duke Energy Corporation	New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Preference Stock Purchase Rights	New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Series C 6.60% Senior Notes Due 2038	New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Corporate Units	New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Title of class
Preferred Stock, par value $100

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Yes No

Estimated aggregate market value of the common equity held by nonaffiliates of the registrant at June 30, 2003	$	18,018,000,000
Number of shares of Common Stock, without par value, outstanding at March 2, 2004	$	912,888,377

Documents incorporated by reference:

The registrant is incorporating herein by reference certain sections of the proxy statement relating to the 2004 annual meeting of shareholders to provide information required by Part II, portions of Item 5, and Part III, Items 10, 11, 12,13 and 14 of this annual report.

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DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2003
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item
PART I.
1.	Business
	General
	Franchised Electric
	Natural Gas Transmission
	Field Services
	Duke Energy North America
	International Energy
	Other Operations
	Environmental Matters
	Geographic Regions
	Employees
	Executive Officers of Duke Energy
2.	Properties
3.	Legal Proceedings
4.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
PART II.
5.	Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
6.	Selected Financial Data
7.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition
7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
9.	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
9A.	Controls and Procedures
PART III.
10.	Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
11.	Executive Compensation
12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
14.	Principal Accounting Fees and Services
PART IV.
15.	Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedule, and Reports on Form 8-K
	Signatures
	Exhibit Index

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995

Duke Energy Corporation's reports, filings and other public announcements may contain or incorporate by reference statements that do not directly or exclusively relate to historical facts. Such statements are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can typically identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking words, such as "may," "will," "could," "project," "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "estimate," "continue," "potential," "plan," "forecast" and other similar words. Those statements represent Duke Energy's intentions, plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors. Many of those factors are outside Duke Energy's control and could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements. Those factors include:

• State, federal and foreign legislative and regulatory initiatives that affect cost and investment recovery, have an impact on rate structures, and affect the speed at and degree to which competition enters the electric and natural gas industries
• The outcomes of litigation and regulatory investigations, proceedings or inquiries
• Industrial, commercial and residential growth in Duke Energy's service territories
• The weather and other natural phenomena
• The timing and extent of changes in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates
• General economic conditions, including any potential effects arising from terrorist attacks and any consequential hostilities or other hostilities
• Changes in environmental and other laws and regulations to which Duke Energy and its subsidiaries are subject or other external factors over which Duke Energy has no control
• The results of financing efforts, including Duke Energy's ability to obtain financing on favorable terms, which can be affected by various factors, including Duke Energy's credit ratings and general economic conditions
• Lack of improvement or further declines in the market prices of equity securities and resultant cash funding requirements for Duke Energy's defined benefit pension plans
• The level of creditworthiness of counterparties to Duke Energy's transactions
• The amount of collateral required to be posted from time to time in Duke Energy's transactions
• Growth in opportunities for Duke Energy's business units, including the timing and success of efforts to develop domestic and international power, pipeline, gathering, processing and other infrastructure projects
• Competition and regulatory limitations affecting the success of Duke Energy's divestiture plans, including the prices at which Duke Energy is able to sell its assets
• The performance of electric generation, pipeline and gas processing facilities
• The extent of success in connecting natural gas supplies to gathering and processing systems and in connecting and expanding gas and electric markets
• The effect of accounting pronouncements issued periodically by accounting standard-setting bodies and
• Conditions of the capital markets and equity markets during the periods covered by the forward-looking statements

In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the events described in the forward-looking statements might not occur or might occur to a different extent or at a different time than Duke Energy has described. Duke Energy undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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