Duke Energy's Rogers to Speak at Inaugural Platts Lecture

Duke Energy's Rogers to Speak at Inaugural Platts Lecture

November 06, 2007

CEO to Advocate Energy Efficiency as `Fifth Fuel'

    NEW YORK, Nov. 6 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- At the
inaugural Platts Lecture on "Climate, Energy, and the
Climate for Energy," Duke Energy Chairman, President
and CEO Jim Rogers is expected to challenge the energy
industry to "build a bridge to a low-carbon
economy." The lecture will be held Nov. 29 at the
Digital Sandbox in New York City.

    Rogers will discuss his view of energy efficiency as a
valuable "fifth fuel," to complement coal,
nuclear, natural gas and renewable generation. He also
plans to discuss the important role of advanced new
technologies in addressing climate change and overall
sustainability. 

    "As a major energy provider in the Americas, Duke
Energy has a special responsibility, as do all carbon
emitters, to find real and lasting solutions to the issue
of global climate change," said Rogers.  

    In addition to his leadership role at Duke Energy,
Rogers served as 
2006-2007 chairman of the Edison Electric Institute, the
national association for investor-owned electric companies.
He also spearheaded Duke Energy's participation in the U.S.
Climate Action Partnership, a coalition of businesses and
other groups calling for nationwide limits on CO2
emissions.

    He is co-chair of two energy efficiency organizations
-- the Alliance to Save Energy and the National Action Plan
for Energy Efficiency. In September, he joined eight
utility-industry CEOs at the Clinton Global Initiative in
New York to make a major commitment to increase energy
efficiency. 

    "The issues facing energy providers today are far
different from those of a decade ago," said Platts
President Victoria Chu Pao. "Sustainability, carbon
emissions and security of supply, sometimes in conflict
with each other, all have moved to the top of the list of
the concerns facing the energy industry's leaders.

    "Mr. Rogers has tackled all of these problems at
Duke Energy, and we're excited to be able to hear his views
on climate, energy and the climate for energy." 

    Gene Sperling, former White House National Economic
Advisor, will join Rogers to deliver a Platts Lecture Nov.
29, before the ninth annual Platts Global Energy Awards
event that evening.  The lecture series aspires to raise
the level of global energy industry debate, creating the
definitive forum for the examination of serious long-term
issues facing the world's energy businesses and
policy-makers. 

    The Platts Global Energy Awards were established in
1999 to recognize outstanding achievement in the energy
industry. The annual ceremony singles out the energy
industry's top performers, recognizing corporate and
individual achievement, innovation and entrepreneurship. 
International judges have included former OPEC energy
ministers, national regulators, heads of major energy
companies, leading academics and legislators.
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