Strategy & Planning

“We have always been leaders in the utilities space when it comes to a focus on resilience. That comes from our experiences with severe weather events.”

“We are very independent, maybe more independent than we get credit for. I don’t think we’re political at all. We all bring different expertise and have a similar mindset of serving the State.”

“The new expectation is we’re not going to have an outage that lasts longer than 24 hours. That is the challenge and we’re blending that with new customer expectations when it comes to renewable energy.”

“My number one issue has always been customer service, and it doesn’t matter if it’s gas, electric, water, or wastewater. You give a utility monopoly, so customers have no choice, and they need to be protected.”

“I am a big advocate for electric vehicles. Florida is second in the country in electric vehicle adoption, which is something I am proud of.”

Conversations with Chair Andrew Fay, Commissioners Art Graham, Gary Clark, Mike LaRosa, and Gabriella Passidomo.

The Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration forecasts the year and beyond, hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center.

“We want to continue to have enough baseload power to reliably serve our members. That would be multiple types of resources, whether it’s nuclear, coal, or natural gas.”

“Where in critical infrastructure do I think the next industry difference can be made? Particularly around reliance, safety, impact on community. I concluded digitization is the next frontier.”

“Critical balancing capability is largely provided by highly flexible natural gas generation. We must invest to maintain (and improve) the natural gas system’s ability to meet the balancing needed to assure reliability.”