Departing Progress Energy CEO stands to get as much at $10.3 million
The Progress Energy chief executive whose sudden departure was announced hours after the merger creating America's largest electric utility is getting a big payout.
View ArticleDuke to NC regulators: CEO’s term not guaranteed
Duke Energy Corp.’s surprise CEO said Tuesday that America’s largest electric company dumped Progress Energy Inc. CEO Bill Johnson the same evening it was created in a merger because directors of the...
View ArticleHearings end, Duke Energy utilities probe still on
The North Carolina Utilities Commission ended three days of hearings Friday after testimony from two directors of Charlotte-based Duke Energy Corp, which finalized its takeover of Raleigh-based...
View ArticleDuke Energy to close troubled Fla. nuclear plant
The largest U.S. electricity company said Tuesday it will permanently close a Florida nuclear power plant after botched repairs and use $835 million from an insurance settlement to refund consumers...
View ArticleDuke Energy names insider as next CEO
Duke Energy Corp., the nation's largest electric utility, named Chief Financial Officer Lynn Good to replace Jim Rogers next month as CEO.
View ArticleFormer Duke Energy CEO: Clinton will be “more pragmatic” on climate change
WASHINGTON — With the presidential election only a few weeks out – and Hillary Clinton’s lead in polls holding strong – the question of how a Clinton administration would handle the issue of climate...
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