James B. Hyler Jr.: Carlos Saladrigas

Carlos Saladrigas: The four directors -- G. Alex Bernhardt Sr., James B. Hyler Jr., James T. Rhodes and Carlos Saladrigas -- have failed to fulfill their obligations of risk oversight as members of a committee overseeing health, safety, and environmental compliance at the company, Anne Simpson , senior portfolio manager for Calpers, and Stringer wrote in a letter filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today, according to Bloomberg. A federal grand jury is probing the states oversight of the companys 33 coal-ash ponds in North Carolina. Governor Pat McCrory, a former Duke employee, has asked the company to remove coal from riverbanks to prevent a recurrence. Photographer: John D. Simmons/Charlotte Observer/MCT via Getty Images Duke Energy Corp. DUK shareholders should vote against four board members for lapses that led to a February coal-ash spill that fouled a North Carolina River, the California Public Employees Retirement System and New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer said. About 39,000 tons of ash spilled from a pond at a shuttered coal-fired power plant near Eden, North Carolina , on Feb. 2, triggering investigations and subpoenas. The incident, the third-largest coal-ash spill in the U.S., coated 70 miles 113 kilometers of the Dan River, according to the letter. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.