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Secrets about Crystal River nuclear plant could be revealed at hearings this week
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The North Carolina Public Service Commission has summoned several Duke board members to explain the less-than-one-day tenure of Bill Johnson as CEO of the newly combined Duke-Progress Energy giant.

Johnson's "lack of transparency" in his accounting of the busted Crystal River plant seems central to his ouster. Duke has revealed that its own secret report highlights the plant's problems, but it has thus far resisted releasing the study.

There's little cover for any of those who will take the stand. What the board members heard leading up to Johnson's ouster and the statements they made are not protected by confidentiality, experts say. "They're now going to have their feet held to the fire to identify what it was that led to their decision," said Mark Cooper, senior fellow for economic analysis at the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School.