The Year Ahead/Energy

Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good Says It Will Continue to Close Coal Basins

A Q&A about the utility industry’s move toward renewable energy.

Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good.

Photographer: Cassi Alexandra/Bloomberg

What do you see as the biggest challenge in the coming year?

I see the industry focusing on ways that we can transform by making smart investments in the grid and clean energy. And pursuing new technologies like electric vehicles, smart-cities initiatives, battery storage.

How has Duke’s power plant portfolio changed in the past 10 years, and how is it going to change over the next 10?