3 little numbers haunt big energy producer

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3 little numbers haunt big energy producer

Link Posted by David Beard, Boston.com Staff April 13, 2008 09:24 AM

3. 12. 41.

Jim Rogers, who runs Duke Energy, can't shake those numbers.

His electricity company, operating coal- and nuclear-powered plants for the Midwest and Carolinas, is the nation's third largest emitter of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Duke is the 12th largest C02 emitter in the world. If it were a country, Duke would be 41st in emissions worldwide.

Rogers, 60, with 19 years experience running power companies, told a packed energy conference at MIT over the weekend that he will be judged by his grandchildren on what he called "the 3-12-41 test'' -- how much he can change his company's history of carbon emissions.

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