People In Power

A conversation with the Department of Energy’s Acting Assistant Secretary Pat Hoffman.

WEC committed to a 60% reduction in carbon emissions by 2025. PUF talked with major players who are making this happen.

Portland General Electric CEO Maria Pope, OHSU’s Connie Seely and Praxair Linde’s Christian Lenci discuss their collaboration to accelerate decarbonization.

Exelon Utilities CEO Calvin Butler and Howard County Executive Calvin Ball discuss their collaboration to accelerate decarbonization.

Utilities and customers are increasingly collaborating to accelerate decarbonization. Exelon Utilities CEO Calvin Butler and Howard County Executive Calvin Ball discussed their collaboration with the PUF team. As did Portland General Electric CEO Maria Pope, Oregon Health & Science University chief administrative officer Connie Seely and Praxair Linde director of energy & USIG integration Christian Lenci.

“My priority is to ensure FERC protects those grid customers and does ensure reliability, while at the same time, we try to remove barriers to the massive opportunity that this changing market around us is presenting.”

“In speaking to AEP’s commitment to a clean future, in 2020, we were at a seventy-four percent reduction in carbon emissions when compared to 2000, and our own target is to be at eighty percent below that number by 2030.”

“I was asked to speak about how we are partnering at NARUC with USEA. I’m also going to talk a little about the gender initiatives that NARUC has undertaken in the last few years.”

“Whether it’s governments or companies, investors are coalescing around net zero carbon commitments, and net zero greenhouse gas commitments.”

Moderator Barry Perry: “Norway is a leader in the world on electrification and a lot of countries are looking to Norway for leadership and advice.”