"I am honored to be named chairman of Duke Energy's board and privileged to lead our company forward ..." — Lynn Good

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

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.

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.

I don't believe you can absolutely have it all.