Duke Energy CEO’s pay jumped to $21M last year

Duke Energy says its top executive’s compensation has more than doubled over the past two years. The country’s No. 2 electricity company by total customers reported to shareholders that Chief Executive Officer Lynn Good was paid more than $21.4 million in 2017, an increase from $10.8 million in 2015. The company’s proxy filing released Friday says Good’s base salary rose last year by about 4 percent to $1.3 million, but her stock awards shot up almost 90 percent to more than $17 million. Duke Energy has 7.5 million customers in the Carolinas, Florida, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.