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" 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
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" The regulations keep on coming. And we are trying to make decisions that we will be happy with for decades. "
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" 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.' "
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" Volatility is not something that is a great fit for Duke if you look at the level of dividend we pay. "
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" Always play to your strengths, whether your strengths are gender-based or just natural aptitude. "
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" 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. "
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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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" We should be building more nuclear today. "
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" If you keep an open mind, you can learn so much from the people around you. "
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You
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" Our nation's power plant fleet must include a mix of solar, wind, hydro, natural gas and nuclear plants. "
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Plants
" 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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" I respect passionate views. "
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Respect
" I think we'll still be operating coal in 2030. Whether we will be in 2040, I think, is a question, or in 2050. "
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Think
Will
" I find, at times, people underestimate me. That's really an asset. "
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Underestimate
People
" When you're in a crisis, there's really no playbook. "
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You
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" 2013 was a year of great accomplishment for Duke: our first full year as a combined company. "
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Company
Great
" There weren't many women ahead of me. "
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Were
Ahead
Many
" Over the long term, we should develop and implement new technologies to capture and store coal's carbon emissions. We also must make our electric grid more resilient. "
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More
Over
Coal
" 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. "
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Energy
Employees
I Am
" The closing of ash basins is really part of decommissioning a coal plant. "
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Part
Plant
" 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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Feel
Anger
" At a certain career level, it's no longer about whether you are the smartest subject-matter expert in the room. "
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You
Room
Level
" If you can, anticipate that life is going to be full of detours. "
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Going
Full
Anticipate
" There is growing demand for renewable energy. "
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Growing
Energy
Renewable Energy
" 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. "
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Unfair
Story
You
" It's important to keep your long term perspective and communicate well both externally and internally. "
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Keep
Well
" 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. "
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Building
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Journey
" For 2015, Duke Energy's employees safety record received the top rank among large utilities as recognize by EEI. "
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Top
Rank
" 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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" We don't believe carbon capture is a proven, scalable, commercially available technology. "
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