<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">FYI<div>Robert M<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">January 18, 2011 9:10:34 AM GMT-05:00</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:mill@continuum.org">mill@continuum.org</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Nuclear Energy Debate Is Central to the Duke-Progress Merger</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div> <div> <table width="604" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "> <tbody><tr> <td width="600"><img alt="Oil & Energy Investor with Dr. Kent Moors" src="http://moneymorning.com/images2/OEI-KM.png"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="15" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "> <tbody><tr> <td width="590" valign="top"> <font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">January 18, 2011</font><br> <font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font> <hr width="100%" size="1" noshade="" align="center"> <font size="5" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Nuclear Energy Debate Is Central<br> to the Duke-Progress Merger </strong></font> <font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <br> <em>by Dr. Kent Moors</em> <br> <br><br> The pending mega-merger between <strong>Duke Energy Corp.</strong> (NYSE:DUK) and <strong>Progress Energy Inc.</strong> (NYSE:PGN) is going to change some basic assumptions about the power generation sector. This new union will create the largest utility in the U.S., and that is going to have an impact on how electricity is generated and transmitted.<br> <br> For one thing, there is likely to be a renewed move to develop nuclear energy capacity and to make it a utility-friendly option.<br><br> Both companies currently have reactors. Both are based in North Carolina and have a heavy presence in the region. That means the Carolinas will almost certainly see additional development in the sector from the newly formed company.<br><br> That is going to place the renewed nuclear debate squarely in the middle of this year-long merging process.<br><br> <strong><em><a href="http://clicks.oilandenergyinvestor.com//t/AQ/AAPb0w/AAPmVA/AAMr2w/AQ/AZeVUw/-XdH">Find out why the effects of this merger could inform nuclear policy for years to come...</a></em></strong> <br><br> </font> <hr width="100%" size="1" noshade="" align="center"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <img src="http://clicks.oilandenergyinvestor.com//t/AQ/AAPb0w/AAPmVA/RA/AQ/AZeVUw/AhKF" border="0" alt="" title="" height="1" width="1"> </div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>