People In Power

“In 2006, when I became CEO, less than 2% of the CEOs were women. Today, there are 22% female CEOs – that’s huge progress.”

“We view ourselves as an energy transformation company, that our role is delivering on our obsession and love of customers and doing that in a way that delivers on our love of the planet and need to transform to a zero-carbon future.”

“When I showed up to one of my first power conferences after becoming the permanent CEO, there were only two women CEOs in attendance, including me.”

“The utility industry certainly punches above our fighting weight in percent of woman CEOs in the industry. The largest representation of Fortune 500 Female CEOs comes out of the utility industry.”

“Ten years ago, we went on this path to start decarbonizing our fleet. We were probably ahead of others because we realized our old, smaller coal plants were not economic.”

Interviews with CEOs from Alliant, CMS, CPS, Green Mountain, Hawaiian, Portland, and PNM.

Germany is politically united to close all remaining nuclear plants by the end of 2022 – but its coal generation will live on to at least 2038.

"Turns out there’s more people that have an innovation gene, but they had subordinated it. We started some things to celebrate the revolutionary in us all."

"Continuous innovation allows us to provide a critical service at a price point that is phenomenal."

"We were able to get regulatory approval to own storage and that’s a big step. You have to be willing to partner."