Will the federal government ever take more control of the nation’s energy policy? At the Carbon Economy conference in Washington in mid-November, Duke Energy ( DUK ) CEO Jim Rogers stole the show when he broached that idea. Today, each state has tremendous power to manage its own energy needs; governors and state public utility commissioners decide how much electricity is generated, from which sources — renewable or traditional fossil-fuel — and how much the electricity will cost.

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