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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Lynn Good

Country

Conversation

Work

" We should be building more nuclear today. "

Lynn Good

Building

Today

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

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

" 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. "

" 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

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

" 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. "

" 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

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

" As you think about developing people through their careers, you're looking for that transition from being the smartest person in the room - and caring so much about that - to being the most effective. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

Lynn Good

Over

Coal

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

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

" Leadership is a journey - you never arrive. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There are no coal plants on the drawing board for Duke, which leaves us with gas, renewables, and nuclear. "

Lynn Good

Gas

Drawing

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

" You see more women in the CFO ranks. It's an evolution. "

" 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. "

Lynn Good

Level

Energy

" 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. "

" I am deeply honored by the trust the board has placed in me to lead Duke Energy. I have a high degree of confidence in the strength of our company's leadership and dedicated employees. "

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

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

" 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. "