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" I am honored to be named chairman of Duke Energy's board and privileged to lead our company forward for our customers, employees, and shareholders. "
Lynn Good
Energy
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" Always play to your strengths, whether your strengths are gender-based or just natural aptitude. "
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" If you feel like there is going to be an emotional reaction that won't be helpful to resolve the situation, anger or other things, disarm the situation in some way, and you can use different techniques to do that. "
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" More than 40 percent of the electricity we generated in the Carolinas in 2015 was from carbon-free sources. "
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" It was exciting putting hundreds of millions of dollars to work buying and building wind farms in Texas. "
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" People who love what they do get after it every day. "
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" You see more women in the CFO ranks. It's an evolution. "
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" Natural gas is an important part of delivering energy, whether you're producing power or other solutions for customers. "
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" If we're going to be serious about decarbonizing the bulk-power system, nuclear has to be part of the conversation. "
Lynn Good
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" We see natural gas as an important part of the electricity generation mix for many decades to come. "
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" I actually had someone say to me, 'Lynn, you're going to have very good days, and you're going to have very bad days. But It's rare that things are as good as they look, and it's rare that things are as bad as they seem.' So having perspective, and challenging perspective, is important to making good decisions. "
Lynn Good
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Me
Look
" I will work to ensure Duke Energy is positioned to continue its track record of outstanding customer service and operational and financial excellence. "
Lynn Good
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" We support regional generation, particularly for nuclear. It's just a large investment. We think it's something a community comes around to make those investments work, and South Carolina is very committed to nuclear generation. "
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Work
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" Our customers are at the center of everything we do. "
Lynn Good
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Customers
Center
" When you're in a crisis, there's really no playbook. "
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" M&A is always an opportunistic tool to grow a company. "
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Tool
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" I become the face of the company, and that's a responsibility. "
Lynn Good
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Company
Become
" I hope nuclear becomes a part of the conversation, at the right time when we recognize the importance of that resource. I hope we can work that out as a country and figure out how we are going to put nuclear in the mix. "
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Conversation
Work
" There is growing demand for renewable energy. "
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Energy
Renewable Energy
" I can be incredibly focused, and I can appear impatient. So I've learned to slow down, get to know people, and provide more context. There's nothing wrong with getting to the point pretty quickly, but it's also helpful to give people an opportunity to talk about their work. "
Lynn Good
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" Fracking has been a real technological change that has caused great innovation in our business, and we've had the benefit of very low gas prices for our customers as a result of that. "
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Gas
" What we are investing in, from a generation standpoint, are renewables and natural gas. "
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" All options to produce, transmit, and store electricity should be considered, driven by clear price signals and constructive government policy. "
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Electricity
" If you can, anticipate that life is going to be full of detours. "
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" The way we grow is, we make investments. We've been building a natural-gas platform within Duke that started with the pipelines. "
Lynn Good
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Building
" When you are in a situation or a crisis, you need to define, what is the unique role that I can play? "
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" Reliable and competitively priced electricity is fundamental to growing our economy and creating jobs. Our customers expect nothing less. "
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" Effectiveness comes from those qualitative things that give you the ability to network, communicate, and lead people toward an outcome they can't see. "
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" There weren't many women ahead of me. "
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" I believe that nuclear needs to be a part of the solution if the U.S. really wants to be aggressive about reducing carbon. "
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