Dive Summary:

• Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers gave President Barack Obama a vote of confidence and stated that the president’s energy policies have been successful over the last four years.
• Rogers cited a decline in per-home usage of electricity, new licenses for nuclear plants, and an abundance of cheap natural gas as the main reasons why Obama should be considered a success.
• The announcement comes during the Democratic National Convention, which is being held in Charlotte, North Carolina and has Rogers as the event’s co-chairman.

From the article:

President Barack Obama has been given an important vote of confidence from within the energy sector, with Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers telling news network CNN that the country is better off now when it comes to energy than it was before Obama’s election.

The statement comes just as the Democratic National Convention gets set to open in Charlotte, North Carolina, with Rogers acting as co-chairman of the event’s host committee. While the words come from within his own camp, Obama appears to be gaining ground on rival Mitt Romney with voters across the country where energy policy is concerned. ...