Duke Energy 08/03/05_GAAP

This document provides reconciliations between Duke Energy Corporation's ongoing (non-GAAP) earnings per share and reported (GAAP) earnings per share for the second quarter of 2005 and year-to-date 2005. It identifies special items excluded from ongoing EPS, including mark-to-market changes on hedges and gains/losses from sales of assets, and reconciles their impact. Segment earnings before interest and taxes are also reconciled from ongoing to reported figures.