Zitat des Tages von Lynn Good:
It's important to keep your long term perspective and communicate well both externally and internally.
There is growing demand for renewable energy.
When you are in a situation or a crisis, you need to define, what is the unique role that I can play?
You move an organization when they understand where you want them to go.
When I was growing up, we had a widow living next door to us. So the habit was that if we went to the grocery store, we called her first. If we cut our yard, we cut her yard, no questions asked.
There are no coal plants on the drawing board for Duke, which leaves us with gas, renewables, and nuclear.
Utilities fall in love with their assets, and that's a danger we need to avoid.
You see more women in the CFO ranks. It's an evolution.
I become the face of the company, and that's a responsibility.
Our highest priorities are safe operations and the well-being of the people and communities we serve.
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.
I believe that nuclear needs to be a part of the solution if the U.S. really wants to be aggressive about reducing carbon.
Through Duke Energy's strong balance sheet and electric generation expertise, and Piedmont's understanding of natural gas markets and proficient operations, the combined company will be well-positioned for a future that may require additional natural gas infrastructure and services to meet the needs of our customers.
If we're going to be serious about decarbonizing the bulk-power system, nuclear has to be part of the conversation.
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.
I love nuclear.
Reliable and competitively priced electricity is fundamental to growing our economy and creating jobs. Our customers expect nothing less.
Natural gas is an important part of delivering energy, whether you're producing power or other solutions for customers.
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.
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.
We are accountable for what happened at Dan River and have learned from this event.
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.'
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 don't think of myself as a powerful woman.
If you can, anticipate that life is going to be full of detours.
All options to produce, transmit, and store electricity should be considered, driven by clear price signals and constructive government policy.
The closing of ash basins is really part of decommissioning a coal plant.
I don't believe you can absolutely have it all.
Our customers are at the center of everything we do.
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.
The way we grow is, we make investments. We've been building a natural-gas platform within Duke that started with the pipelines.
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.
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.
I am deeply honored by the trust the board has placed in me to lead Duke Energy. I have a high degree of confidence in the strength of our company's leadership and dedicated employees.
I will work to ensure Duke Energy is positioned to continue its track record of outstanding customer service and operational and financial excellence.
M&A is always an opportunistic tool to grow a company.
