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And James Fama, vice president for energy delivery at the Edison Electric Institute, said the system appears to have worked well, given that the lights came back on and the circuitry was not damaged.

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James Rogers is chairman of the board, president and CEO of Duke Energy and chairman of the Edison Electric Institute.

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