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" I think we'll still be operating coal in 2030. Whether we will be in 2040, I think, is a question, or in 2050. "
Lynn Good
Still
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Will
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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
Decisions
Me
Look
" It was exciting putting hundreds of millions of dollars to work buying and building wind farms in Texas. "
Lynn Good
Building
Buying
Work
" For 2015, Duke Energy's employees safety record received the top rank among large utilities as recognize by EEI. "
Lynn Good
Energy
Top
Rank
" Reliable and competitively priced electricity is fundamental to growing our economy and creating jobs. Our customers expect nothing less. "
Lynn Good
Creating
Nothing
Electricity
" I respect passionate views. "
Lynn Good
Passionate
Views
Respect
" Utilities fall in love with their assets, and that's a danger we need to avoid. "
Lynn Good
Need
Love
Fall
" I find, at times, people underestimate me. That's really an asset. "
Lynn Good
Asset
Underestimate
People
" Our nation's power plant fleet must include a mix of solar, wind, hydro, natural gas and nuclear plants. "
Lynn Good
Gas
Power
Plants
" There are no coal plants on the drawing board for Duke, which leaves us with gas, renewables, and nuclear. "
Lynn Good
Gas
Drawing
Us
" If we just isolate distributed solar all by itself, it does not work without the utility around it. And so the utility needs to be paid for the services it provides. "
Lynn Good
Work
Without
Solar
" There is growing demand for renewable energy. "
Lynn Good
Growing
Energy
Renewable Energy
" We should be building more nuclear today. "
Lynn Good
More
Building
Today
" I don't see any new coal. "
Lynn Good
Any
Coal
New
" As you think about developing people through their careers, you're looking for that transition from being the smartest person in the room - and caring so much about that - to being the most effective. "
Lynn Good
You
Looking
People
" All options to produce, transmit, and store electricity should be considered, driven by clear price signals and constructive government policy. "
Lynn Good
Policy
Government
Electricity
" If you keep an open mind, you can learn so much from the people around you. "
Lynn Good
Learn
You
Open Mind
" I don't believe you can absolutely have it all. "
Lynn Good
Absolutely
Believe
You
" If we're going to be serious about decarbonizing the bulk-power system, nuclear has to be part of the conversation. "
Lynn Good
Going
System
Conversation
" I don't see a sea change by 2020, but I see migration in the direction of modernization and more flexibility in the generating system going forward. "
Lynn Good
Change
See
Sea
" Our customers are at the center of everything we do. "
Lynn Good
Everything
Customers
Center
" I am deeply honored by the trust the board has placed in me to lead Duke Energy. I have a high degree of confidence in the strength of our company's leadership and dedicated employees. "
Lynn Good
Leadership
Confidence
Trust
" There's nothing about Lynn Good at age 30 or age 35 that would have said, 'I am setting my sights on being a CEO.' "
Lynn Good
CEO
Said
I Am
" When I was growing up, we had a widow living next door to us. So the habit was that if we went to the grocery store, we called her first. If we cut our yard, we cut her yard, no questions asked. "
Lynn Good
Door
Questions
Growing Up
" We are setting a new standard for coal ash management and implementing smart, sustainable solutions for all of our ash basins. "
Lynn Good
Solutions
New
Management
" 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. "
Lynn Good
Like
Feel
Anger
" More than 40 percent of the electricity we generated in the Carolinas in 2015 was from carbon-free sources. "
Lynn Good
More
Electricity
Than
" Building new nuclear is something that is going to take a lot of commitment, not only from our company but from the communities we serve. It is a five-to-seven-year journey to build one, and they are expensive. "
Lynn Good
Building
Commitment
Journey
" Leaders play a unique role in periods of crisis and chaos. Because if you don't, you're not going to harness the power of all the people behind you. "
Lynn Good
You
Power
People
" 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. "
Lynn Good
Country
Conversation
Work
" Always play to your strengths, whether your strengths are gender-based or just natural aptitude. "
Lynn Good
Strengths
Always
Just