30. James Rogers
30. James Rogers
Chairman and CEO, Duke Energy

Duke Energy's merger with Progress Energy, expected to close at the end of this year, will make it the biggest regulated utility in the U.S. Rogers is a seasoned energy executive who attracted attention in 2009 when he announced that Duke was moving away from coal generation and favoring nuclear power because, he said, nuclear plants presented less of a waste storage problem.


By Richard McGill Murphy, contributor @FortuneMagazine - Last updated November 17 2011: 5:58 PM ET
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