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" What we are investing in, from a generation standpoint, are renewables and natural gas. "
Lynn Good
Gas
Generation
Investing
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" Always play to your strengths, whether your strengths are gender-based or just natural aptitude. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" For 2015, Duke Energy's employees safety record received the top rank among large utilities as recognize by EEI. "
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" 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
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" There are no coal plants on the drawing board for Duke, which leaves us with gas, renewables, and nuclear. "
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Gas
Drawing
Us
" As we continue to move to a lower-carbon future, we will also continue to work constructively with states to identify customer solutions that preserve the reliability and affordability that our communities expect. "
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" I believe that nuclear needs to be a part of the solution if the U.S. really wants to be aggressive about reducing carbon. "
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Aggressive
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" More than 40 percent of the electricity we generated in the Carolinas in 2015 was from carbon-free sources. "
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" 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. "
Lynn Good
You
Looking
People
" 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. "
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School
High
Heart
" Our nation's power plant fleet must include a mix of solar, wind, hydro, natural gas and nuclear plants. "
Lynn Good
Gas
Power
Plants
" 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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Support
Work
Community
" I had never seen a computer when I went to college. "
Lynn Good
Had
College
Computer
" We see natural gas as an important part of the electricity generation mix for many decades to come. "
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See
Electricity
" M&A is always an opportunistic tool to grow a company. "
Lynn Good
Always
Tool
Grow
" 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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Business
Change
Gas
" 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
" All options to produce, transmit, and store electricity should be considered, driven by clear price signals and constructive government policy. "
Lynn Good
Policy
Government
Electricity
" There weren't many women ahead of me. "
Lynn Good
Were
Ahead
Many
" 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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Still
Think
Will
" I don't see any new coal. "
Lynn Good
Any
Coal
New
" The way we grow is, we make investments. We've been building a natural-gas platform within Duke that started with the pipelines. "
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Within
Grow
Building
" We are accountable for what happened at Dan River and have learned from this event. "
Lynn Good
Happened
Dan
River
" 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
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Team
Work
" Leadership is a journey - you never arrive. "
Lynn Good
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Never
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" 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. "
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" There is growing demand for renewable energy. "
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" When you are in a situation or a crisis, you need to define, what is the unique role that I can play? "
Lynn Good
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You
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" Anytime we make additional investment in a coal plant, we are really challenging whether that investment is economic. "
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