Financialterms of the transaction were not made public.

Electricity generatedfrom the two projects will be sold through 20-year power purchase agreements withutility Southern California Edison. They are located in Kern County nearBakersfield.

After theircompletion, Duke will own and operate more than 65MW of solar power in thestate and 185MW at 23 facilities nationwide.

In 2013,Duke Energy Renewables built the 21MW Highlander Solar Power Project inTwentynine Palms and acquired the 4.5MW