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Which Way Will Duke Energy Go?
Nuclear power and coal generate about 70% of the nation’s electricity. But the nuclear industry faces new scrutiny and coal is under fire for its climate-changing CO2. What’s an electric company to do? The CEO of one of the biggest, Duke Energy’s Jim Rogers, explains the energy choices he’s making. A pending merger could make Duke the nation’s largest electric utility and Rogers a very powerful voice in the energy debate.
Living on Earth’s Jeff Young interviews Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers. Mr. Rogers’ “neighborhood” is about to get bigger, with a pending merger that would make Duke the nation’s largest electric utility company. Despite the disaster unfolding in Japan, Rogers says he’s betting more on nuclear power than coal, because he wants to reduce his company’s enormous carbon footprint.