Articles About and By Duke Energy Leaders

A Green Coal Baron?
New York Times Magazine
6/22/08
Why Jim Rogers says going green can save the energy business.
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GHG Compliance Complexities
Public Utilities Fortnightly
February 2008
By John A. Bewick
National greenhouse-gas regulation is expected to cause considerable compliance difficulties. This article provides insight into the complexities of this very important issue.
Posted with permission.

The following articles recently appeared in Energy Daily and represent the views of Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers and FPL Group CEO Lew Hay regarding proposed cap-and-trade legislation.

Commentary: Climate Change Legislation Should Not Be Punitive (pdf, 82 KB)
Energy Daily
2/29/08
By Jim Rogers, chairman, president and CEO of Duke Energy

Commentary: Don’t Let Cap-and-Trade become Cap-and-Evade (pdf, 84 KB)
Energy Daily
3/6/08
By Lew Hay, chairman and CEO of FPL Group

Letter to the Editor: Rogers Responds to Hay’s Commentary (pdf, 88 KB)
Energy Daily
3/14/08
By Jim Rogers, president and CEO of Duke Energy

All articles reprinted with permission.

Power Play for Coal (pdf, 650KB)
National Journal
03/01/08
By Margaret Kriz
Rogers of Duke Energy said that utility-industry officials are ready to take up the challenge (of climate change). “We’ve been through the Hollywood, romanticized phase of recognizing that we have a huge problem” in global warming, he said. “We’re now in the phase of coming up with solutions. The scientists have done their work, and now it’s our turn.”
Reprinted with permission.

Business Person of 2007: Jim Rogers (pdf, 974 KB)
Charlotte Business Journal
12/28/2007
By John Downey
Reprinted with permission.

Meet the Maverick (pdf, 318 KB)
Power & Energy Magazine
December 2007
By Ben Thompson
As a coal-utility executive who is also a champion of carbon control legislation, Duke Energy Chairman Jim Rogers is something of a paradox.
Reprinted with permission.

Duke Energy’s Rogers Named Top Utilities CEO (pdf, 269KB)
Corporate Leader Magazine
November 2007 – Premiere Issue

10 Energy Executives to Watch (pdf, 74 KB)
Forbes
09/26/2007
By Brian Wingfield
Reprinted with permission

‘Cathedral Thinking:’ Energy’s Future (pdf, 50 KB)
Newsweek
August 20-27, 2007
By Fareed Zakaria
Excerpts from conversation with James E. Rogers about the future of energy.
Reprinted with permission.

How Green is Duke Energy? For Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers, Balance is the Key
The Charlotte Observer
06/03/2007
By Christopher D. Kirkpatrick

Step By Step; A Coal Executive With a Cleanup Mission
New York Times Profile
03/07/2007
By Steve Lohr
From The New York Times on the Web (c) The New York Times Company. Reprinted with Permission.