Lynn Good Quotes
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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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2013 was a year of great accomplishment for Duke: our first full year as a combined company.
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As we look ahead, we see increasing opportunities for Duke in natural gas - not just for producing electricity, but in providing gas for our customers. We have been investing in renewables as well throughout the U.S.
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People who love what they do get after it every day.
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Natural gas is an important part of delivering energy, whether you're producing power or other solutions for customers.
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I don't see any new coal.
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All options to produce, transmit, and store electricity should be considered, driven by clear price signals and constructive government policy.
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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.
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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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More than 40 percent of the electricity we generated in the Carolinas in 2015 was from carbon-free sources.
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M&A is always an opportunistic tool to grow a company.
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What we are investing in, from a generation standpoint, are renewables and natural gas.
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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.
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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.
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Utilities fall in love with their assets, and that's a danger we need to avoid.
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It was exciting putting hundreds of millions of dollars to work buying and building wind farms in Texas.
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Volatility is not something that is a great fit for Duke if you look at the level of dividend we pay.
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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.
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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!
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We don't believe carbon capture is a proven, scalable, commercially available technology.
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We are accountable for what happened at Dan River and have learned from this event.
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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.
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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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I think we'll still be operating coal in 2030. Whether we will be in 2040, I think, is a question, or in 2050.