Quotes from Lynn Good

Volatility is not something that is a great fit for Duke if you look at the level of dividend we pay.

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.

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.

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

I don't see any new coal.

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

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

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

Our customers are at the center of everything we do.

We are accountable for what happened at Dan River and have learned from this event.

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.

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

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

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

The enthusiasm around carbon capture and sequestration was probably greater before the shale-gas discovery and the low prices were so prevalent.

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.

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.

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.

If we are not more efficient, we put ourselves in a position where prices need to rise or profits deteriorate in a way that makes us less attractive to investors.

We don't believe carbon capture is a proven, scalable, commercially available technology.

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

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

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