Critical Role of State Commissions in Transmission
NARUC Annual Meeting
Panelists discussed lessons learned from transmission experiences and necessary considerations for future projects.
People In Power
Best Practices in Regulatory Innovation
NARUC Annual Meeting
This panel examined regulatory innovation practices from several states and lessons learned.
ESG: Duane Highley
Tri-State G&T
“We’re focused on attracting research at these former coal sites where we can transition them to energy storage sites. They’ve got the infrastructure and exceptionally good locations in terms of the transmission grid in the West.”
ESG: Paula Gold-Williams
CPS Energy
“We want customers to know the steps we’re trying toward being more environmentally responsible, but ensuring they have reliable and resilient power. I believe in bringing people along in that journey.”
ESG Publicly
Dentons
Conversations with CPS Energy’s CEO Paula Gold-Williams and Tri-State G&T CEO Duane Highley, moderated by Dentons Chair for U.S. Energy Practice Clint Vince.
ESG: Lisa Alexander
Sempra
“Some of those goals include delivering 60% renewable or zero-carbon energy to California electric consumers by 2030 at SDG&E and delivering 20% RNG to core customers by 2030 at SoCalGas.”
ESG: Caroline Winn
San Diego Gas & Electric
“We’re developing a green hydrogen project, and it’s part of that long-duration energy storage pilot. We’ll install hydrogen storage containers that will help support over ten hours of energy storage for a fuel cell.”
ESG: David Anderson and Kim Heiting
NW Natural
“Over eighty percent of our customers want us to be pursuing renewable natural gas, to be working on solutions that balance affordability and our climate objectives.”
ESG: Shawn Anderson and Pablo Vegas
NiSource
“We’re going to have to tailor solutions and blend them in a way that’s going to meet the needs of communities, make sure our customers are not left behind, and we have equitable outcomes.”
ESG: Catherine Finneran and Jeff Kotkin
Eversource
“Carbon neutrality is another way we’ve set ourselves apart. A couple of years ago when we set the goal to become carbon neutral by 2030 in our operations, we were the first to set such an early date for full neutrality.”