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Chairman, President and CEO, Duke Energy
JimRogers has more than 20 years of experience as a chief executive officer in the electric utility industry. He was named Chairman of Duke Energy in January 2007, and its President and Chief Executive Officer, following the merger of Duke Energy and Cinergy in April 2006. Previously, he served as Cinergy's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for more than 11 years. Prior to the formation of Cinergy, Mr. Rogers joined PSI Energy in 1988 as the company's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Before joining that firm, he was Deputy General Counsel for litigation and enforcement for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Mr. Rogers is past chairman and ex officio member of the Executive Committee of the Edison Electric Institute; and current chairman of the Institute for Electric Efficiency. He serves as a member of the board of directors and the Executive Committee of the Nuclear Energy Institute, and is a board member of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations. He is chairman of the Edison Foundation and co-chair of the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency and the Alliance to Save Energy.
He attended Emory University and earned a Bachelor's of Business Administration and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Kentucky, where he was a member of the Kentucky Law Journal and Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society.
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