I will work to ensure Duke Energy is positioned to continue its track record of outstanding customer service and operational and financial excellence. – Lynn Good
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
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
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. – Lynn Good
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
Our highest priorities are safe operations and the well-being of the people and communities we serve. – Lynn Good
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. – Lynn Good
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. – Lynn Good
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. – Lynn Good
It’s important to keep your long term perspective and communicate well both externally and internally. – Lynn Good
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
We don’t believe carbon capture is a proven, scalable, commercially available technology. – Lynn Good
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. – Lynn Good
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. – Lynn Good
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. – Lynn Good
The regulations keep on coming. And we are trying to make decisions that we will be happy with for decades. – Lynn Good
I get energized around a plan – what’s it going to be like in three months? Six months? You’re not going to let it defeat you. You got to keep going. – Lynn Good
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
At a certain career level, it’s no longer about whether you are the smartest subject-matter expert in the room. – Lynn Good
2013 was a year of great accomplishment for Duke: our first full year as a combined company. – Lynn Good
The way we grow is, we make investments. We’ve been building a natural-gas platform within Duke that started with the pipelines. – Lynn Good
If we’re going to be serious about decarbonizing the bulk-power system, nuclear has to be part of the conversation. – Lynn Good
I think we’ll still be operating coal in 2030. Whether we will be in 2040, I think, is a question, or in 2050. – Lynn Good
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