Speakers

B. Keith Trent is group executive and chief strategy, policy, and regulatory officer for Duke Energy. He is responsible for strategy, state and federal policy and government affairs, technology initiatives, corporate communications, community affairs, and environment, health, and safety policy. His team includes the regulated utility company presidents’ organizations, which have responsibility for regulatory and legislative activities in five states. Trent has more than 18 years of experience as an accomplished legal counselor. He joined Duke Energy in May 2002 as general counsel, litigation. He was responsible for managing all major litigation and government investigations for the enterprise. He was named group vice president, general counsel and secretary in June 2005 and group executive and chief development officer in April 2006. In that role, he led corporate development, including corporate strategy, and mergers and acquisitions. He was named group executive and chief strategy and policy officer in September 2006. He began his career as a reservoir/production engineer with Arco Oil & Gas in Houston in January 1982.