Experts wonder if penalty for Duke Energy execs is serious or symbolic

Business and environmental experts say Duke Energy rightly cut the compensation for its top executives to hold them accountable for last year’s coal ash spill on the Dan River. The question is whether Duke did enough.

The Duke board of directors cut CEO Lynn Good’s cash incentive by $606,000 and reduced payments to other top executives because of the spill. Good’s total incentive package for 2014, which includes estimated values for stock and option grants made this year that will vest in later…