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" My father was a World War II Marine who became a high school principal. He always had a heart for students who maybe were underprivileged or had difficulty of some sort. "

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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. "

Lynn Good

I Believe

Aggressive

Solution

" M&A is always an opportunistic tool to grow a company. "

" 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

Feel

Anger

" 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. "

" Volatility is not something that is a great fit for Duke if you look at the level of dividend we pay. "

" If we are not more efficient, we put ourselves in a position where prices need to rise or profits deteriorate in a way that makes us less attractive to investors. "

Lynn Good

Need

Position

" I become the face of the company, and that's a responsibility. "

" If you can, anticipate that life is going to be full of detours. "

" We are setting a new standard for coal ash management and implementing smart, sustainable solutions for all of our ash basins. "

" Always play to your strengths, whether your strengths are gender-based or just natural aptitude. "

" Natural gas is an important part of delivering energy, whether you're producing power or other solutions for customers. "

" I will work to ensure Duke Energy is positioned to continue its track record of outstanding customer service and operational and financial excellence. "

" If I were to share with you the number of attacks that come into the Duke network every day, you would be astounded. And it's not from people working out of their garage; it's from nation-states that are trying to penetrate systems. "

" Anytime we make additional investment in a coal plant, we are really challenging whether that investment is economic. "

" Utilities fall in love with their assets, and that's a danger we need to avoid. "

" 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. "

" We are accountable for what happened at Dan River and have learned from this event. "

" Our highest priorities are safe operations and the well-being of the people and communities we serve. "

" Reliable and competitively priced electricity is fundamental to growing our economy and creating jobs. Our customers expect nothing less. "

" I don't think of myself as a powerful woman. "

" We see natural gas as an important part of the electricity generation mix for many decades to come. "

" We don't believe carbon capture is a proven, scalable, commercially available technology. "

" 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. "

" Our nation's power plant fleet must include a mix of solar, wind, hydro, natural gas and nuclear plants. "

" Effectiveness comes from those qualitative things that give you the ability to network, communicate, and lead people toward an outcome they can't see. "

" I respect passionate views. "

" You were in the midst of a chaotic, unfair, didn't-know-how-it-was-going-to-end story, and the only thing you could do was... keep moving. "

" On two occasions, utility executives I'd never met had looked at me and said, 'I thought you'd be bigger!' In a way, I took that as a compliment! "

Lynn Good

Thought

You

" 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. "

" I had never seen a computer when I went to college. "