Quotes from Lynn Good

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 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.

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

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

You were in the midst of a chaotic, unfair, didn't-know-how-it-was-going-to-end story, and the only thing you could do was... keep moving.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

I love nuclear.

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

We should be building more nuclear today.

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

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.

I think we'll still be operating coal in 2030. Whether we will be in 2040, I think, is a question, or in 2050.

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!

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.

Always play to your strengths, whether your strengths are gender-based or just natural aptitude.

You're well-spoken, or you're very analytical, or you're a great team-builder, or you're great with relationships... Playing to your strengths is always something good to build on because you're trying to develop a foundation to keep growing, as a professional and as a leader.

Leadership is a journey - you never arrive.

I think about trust and confidence as something that you earn every day, and we will keep at it, earning it every day.

I respect passionate views.