LYNN GOOD

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

It's important to keep your long term perspective and communicate well both externally and internally.

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.

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.

When you're in a crisis, there's really no playbook.

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

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.

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

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

There is growing demand for renewable energy.

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.

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

I respect passionate views.

The closing of ash basins is really part of decommissioning a coal plant.

Anytime we make additional investment in a coal plant, we are really challenging whether that investment is economic.

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.

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

What we are investing in, from a generation standpoint, are renewables and natural gas.

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

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.

There weren't many women ahead of me.

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!

I love nuclear.

Natural gas is an important part of delivering energy, whether you're producing power or other solutions for customers.