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Energy merger brings Rogers to Raleigh to explain boardroom coup

News and Observer -- His detractors have called him a “silver-tongued devil” and “one of the most dangerous utility leaders in the nation” in ruthless pursuit of profit and self-aggrandizement. They point to $1 billion in cost overruns on a coal-fired power plant in Indiana that exploded in an influence-peddling scandal, leading to the firing of Duke executives and the indictment of a former state utility regulator.

Rogers will face the N.C. Utilities Commission to answer questions about last week’s palace coup at Duke that resulted in the abrupt resignation of Bill Johnson as CEO. The public hearing is expected to be unlike anything the sleepy commission has ever experienced, bringing a crush of TV cameras and national news outlets upon a panel of political appointees that few residents of North Carolina

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Business & capitalism need to be checked.
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>>WTF does have to do with oil/gas prices?<<

@ kd5kpd;

Define WTF!

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"Johnson, 58, has remained out of sight, bound by a gag order in his $10.3 million severance package that forbids him from disparaging his former employer"

10.3 mil - what more do you need?


[Edited by: UseLessGasFolks at 7/10/2012 3:06:20 AM EST]
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HuH?
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Will this be on pay per view?
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he got caught
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“silver-tongued devil” and “one of the most dangerous utility leaders in the nation” in ruthless pursuit of profit sounds like bad news!!!!
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"They point to $1 billion in cost overruns on a coal-fired power plant in Indiana that exploded in an influence-peddling scandal, leading to the firing of Duke executives and the indictment of a former state utility regulator."

Wow. You mean corporations make mistakes (like cost overruns) and do illegal things like attempted bribery?
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Surprise, surprise.....
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And the price of gas is??
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no job is safe even the $1mill + ones! Finally, equality. Every time a millionaire is fired an angel gets it's wings
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And the price of gas is......?
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“WTF does have to do with oil/gas prices?”

Why do you ask, KD? The article deals directly with energy issues. Have you read the guidelines for GB news posting? It would be good to do that before complaining.
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Unfortunately, this won't cost Rogers his job.
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WTF does have to do with oil/gas prices?
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Surely that isn't Roy Rogers.
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