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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.' "
Lynn Good
CEO
Said
I Am
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" I don't think of myself as a powerful woman. "
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Think
Myself
Powerful
" 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. "
Lynn Good
Business
Change
Gas
" The closing of ash basins is really part of decommissioning a coal plant. "
Lynn Good
Really
Part
Plant
" Reliable and competitively priced electricity is fundamental to growing our economy and creating jobs. Our customers expect nothing less. "
Lynn Good
Creating
Nothing
Electricity
" Anytime we make additional investment in a coal plant, we are really challenging whether that investment is economic. "
Lynn Good
Coal
Plant
Make
" 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
" I don't see any new coal. "
Lynn Good
Any
Coal
New
" 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. "
Lynn Good
Support
Work
Community
" 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
" 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. "
Lynn Good
Unfair
Story
You
" Natural gas is an important part of delivering energy, whether you're producing power or other solutions for customers. "
Lynn Good
Natural
You
Power
" I went to work in accounting at Arthur Andersen. At one point, it was the creme de la creme. I wanted to work there because it looked like the hardest thing I could find, and I loved being on a steep learning curve. I progressed quickly, and two years out of college, I was managing a small team of people. "
Lynn Good
Learning
Team
Work
" We are accountable for what happened at Dan River and have learned from this event. "
Lynn Good
Happened
Dan
River
" It was exciting putting hundreds of millions of dollars to work buying and building wind farms in Texas. "
Lynn Good
Building
Buying
Work
" We should be building more nuclear today. "
Lynn Good
More
Building
Today
" For 2015, Duke Energy's employees safety record received the top rank among large utilities as recognize by EEI. "
Lynn Good
Energy
Top
Rank
" I don't believe you can absolutely have it all. "
Lynn Good
Absolutely
Believe
You
" 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
" I find, at times, people underestimate me. That's really an asset. "
Lynn Good
Asset
Underestimate
People
" It's important to keep your long term perspective and communicate well both externally and internally. "
Lynn Good
Important
Keep
Well
" 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
Employees
I Am
" 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. "
Lynn Good
You
Trying
People
" The enthusiasm around carbon capture and sequestration was probably greater before the shale-gas discovery and the low prices were so prevalent. "
Lynn Good
Enthusiasm
Discovery
Capture
" When you're in a crisis, there's really no playbook. "
Lynn Good
Really
You
Crisis
" Utilities fall in love with their assets, and that's a danger we need to avoid. "
Lynn Good
Need
Love
Fall
" I think about trust and confidence as something that you earn every day, and we will keep at it, earning it every day. "
Lynn Good
Trust
Day
Confidence
" I become the face of the company, and that's a responsibility. "
Lynn Good
Face
Company
Become
" You see more women in the CFO ranks. It's an evolution. "
Lynn Good
You
Evolution
Ranks
" The regulations keep on coming. And we are trying to make decisions that we will be happy with for decades. "
Lynn Good
Decisions
Happy
Will
" Through Duke Energy's strong balance sheet and electric generation expertise, and Piedmont's understanding of natural gas markets and proficient operations, the combined company will be well-positioned for a future that may require additional natural gas infrastructure and services to meet the needs of our customers. "
Lynn Good
Energy
Strong
Meet