December 10, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Progress Energy’s (NYSE: PGN) board of directors has declared a dividend on the company’s common stock of 62 cents per share, payable Feb. 1, 2010, to shareholders of record as of Jan. 11, 2010.

North Carolina-based Progress Energy (NYSE: PGN ), headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., is an energy company with more than 22,000 megawatts of generation capacity and $9 billion of posted annual revenues.

Progress Energy includes two electric utilities that serve approximately 3.1 million customers in the Carolinas and Florida.

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