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

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

" When you are in a situation or a crisis, you need to define, what is the unique role that I can play? "

" I love nuclear. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

" I believe that nuclear needs to be a part of the solution if the U.S. really wants to be aggressive about reducing carbon. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" If we're going to be serious about decarbonizing the bulk-power system, nuclear has to be part of the conversation. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Nuclear is an important part of the heritage of Duke. We operate the largest regulated nuclear fleet in the U.S. We love the diversity of the generation. "

" There is growing demand for renewable energy. "

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" At a certain career level, it's no longer about whether you are the smartest subject-matter expert in the room. "

" 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. "

" The way we grow is, we make investments. We've been building a natural-gas platform within Duke that started with the pipelines. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "