Strategy & Planning

U of Missouri’s Financial Research Institute held a two-part webinar on Optimal Transmission Planning and Development for 2022 and Beyond.

“The SEC believes climate-change risk information is important to investors, who are increasingly relying on disclosures companies have been voluntarily publishing through corporate sustainability reports, or through EEI and AGA ESG reporting templates.”

“More climate change is projected, and the industry needs to plan for it. Our work helps understand the risks driven by climate change and other factors, such as evolving local economies and development trends, technologies, and markets.”

“Last November, my fellow Commissioners and I revised the rules to provide public access to renewable contract terms 18 months after the CPUC approves investor-owned-utility contracts (or 18 months after execution of contracts by other providers whose contracts do not require CPUC approval).”

“A lot of people said, if we are to have a decarbonized energy system, then the gas system cannot be a part of it. This report shows we can, and it shows it in a reasonable way.”

“We want to prioritize policies regarding tax and finance, infrastructure, resiliency, environment, changing customer expectations, reliability, and support for customers and workers.”

“Avista’s team of engineers, McKinstry, and our smart people got together and designed these buildings from the ground up with innovative systems. Instead of operating in silos, the buildings were designed to interact. They basically talk to each other and the energy grid.”

“There is a role for natural gas. We are comfortable in our net-zero plan saying we won’t require new gas generation after 2035. We expect gas generation will be used less and less, primarily for peak. But we have severe, extended peaks in our region.”

Conversation with Exelon COO Calvin Butler about his company’s focus following the separation with Constellation Energy.

“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.”