N.C. Utilities Commission members Lucy Allen, left, and ToNola Brown-Bland (both cq) listen as Duke Energy Board member Michael Browning testifies about former Progress Energy CEO Bill Johnson being removed as CEO of the newly-merged Duke-Progress company during a hearing held in the Dobbs Building in Raleigh, NC on July 20, 2012. CHRIS SEWARD — cseward@newsobserver.com