On Tuesday, the former CEO of Duke (largest utility in the Country) gave this quote to a reporters when asked what he would do if he got into business today.
“I would come into the industry as someone who is an attacker, not a defender. I’d want the solar on the rooftop. I’d want to run that. I’d want the ability to deploy new technologies that lead to productivity gains to the use of electricity in homes and businesses. I would go after the monopoly that I see weakened over the last 25 years. My goal would be to take customers away from utilities as fast as I could, because I think they’re vulnerable. Regulations will not be changed fast enough to protect them. The business model will not be changed fast enough.”
Last night at the Charlotte Business Energy Awards he mentioned that he has another “run in him.” Who is calling him first?
News
- Bain & Co: Be right more often: How utilities can make better bets
- CleanTechnica: TASC Open Letter To Former Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers
- GTM: Rumor: Sunrun Joins With REC to Bulk Up in Residential Solar Fray
- Motley Fool: The Issue Lurking Behind Utility Solar
- Politico: White House taps Norman Bay to head FERC
- RE World: Renewable Finance Outlook for 2014: Where Will the Cash Flow?
- Think Progress: Georgia Republican Is Working To Increase Access To Solar
- Forbes: Obama’s ‘All-The-Above’ Energy Becomes A Strategy Of One
Opinions
Have a great day!
Yann