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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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" When you're in a crisis, there's really no playbook. "

" I love nuclear. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" More than 40 percent of the electricity we generated in the Carolinas in 2015 was from carbon-free sources. "

" I find, at times, people underestimate me. That's really an asset. "

" The enthusiasm around carbon capture and sequestration was probably greater before the shale-gas discovery and the low prices were so prevalent. "

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

" I'll be the first one to tell you I burn coal... That fossil generation and the nuclear generation, frankly, is necessary in order for me to provide power. "

" As we look ahead, we see increasing opportunities for Duke in natural gas - not just for producing electricity, but in providing gas for our customers. We have been investing in renewables as well throughout the U.S. "

" People who love what they do get after it every day. "

" You're well-spoken, or you're very analytical, or you're a great team-builder, or you're great with relationships... Playing to your strengths is always something good to build on because you're trying to develop a foundation to keep growing, as a professional and as a leader. "

" 2013 was a year of great accomplishment for Duke: our first full year as a combined company. "

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

" If you keep an open mind, you can learn so much from the people around you. "

" 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. "

" It was exciting putting hundreds of millions of dollars to work buying and building wind farms in Texas. "

" For 2015, Duke Energy's employees safety record received the top rank among large utilities as recognize by EEI. "

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

" 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. "

" An investor in Duke Energy is expecting a dividend payment. That's roughly 70 to 75 percent of the earnings I produce. The business that goes with that level of dividend is a business that has more predictability, more stability. "

" 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. "

" I don't believe you can absolutely have it all. "

" 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. "

" I think we'll still be operating coal in 2030. Whether we will be in 2040, I think, is a question, or in 2050. "

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

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

" There weren't many women ahead of me. "

" 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.' "