Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers will step down next year in a deal with regulators relating to a controversy in which Duke's board ousted CEO Bill Johnson just hours after he took over the job during the summer. Duke hasn't admitted wrongdoing relating to its takeover of Progress Energy, which Johnson had led, but agreed to significant management restructuring as part of the settlement. "The whole saga has been a bit of a head-scratcher to begin with, and hopefully this is the end of it," said Paul Patterson, a utility analyst for Glenrock Associates.