Perspective

The new normal of COVID-19 and pandemic-related health requirements has coincided with the new reality of increasing severe weather events and fires.

“We have to clean electricity. There will be more coal to gas. There will be more renewables, but we need to make sure the largest source of clean energy, nuclear, stays online.”

Moderated by Sheryl Carter, director, power sector, climate & clean energy program, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), on the panel were Agustin Cabrera, director, RePower LA, LAANE, and Martha Guzman Aceves, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission.

Moderated by Rob Chapman, EPRI's VP of electrification, sustainability, and environment, the panel included Alex Fitzsimmons, deputy assistant secretary for energy efficiency, DOE, Diane Huis, senior VP of innovation and business development, North Carolina Electric Membership Corp., and Natalia Mathura, principal, utility business models, SEPA.

Moderated by EPRI's Mark Duvall, director, electrification and customer solutions, on the panel were Chelsea Sexton, electric vehicle advisor, Tony Posawatz, CEO, Invictus iCAR LLC, and Ed Kjaer, CEO, CMK Consulting LLC.

Moderated by Neva Espinoza, EPRI's director of research and development, the panel included Bo Cerup-Simonsen, executive technical advisor, fleet management & technology, Maersk, Paul Browning, CEO, Mitsubishi Power Americas, and Michael Berube, acting deputy assistant secretary, sustainable transportation, energy efficiency and renewable energy, DOE.

Moderator Arshad Mansoor, EPRI president, led a panel with Pedro Pizarro CEO, Edison International, and Debra Smith CEO, Seattle City Light, looking ahead at what electrification will bring.

Conversation with EPRI’s Director for Research and Development.

PUF brings you a taste of the Electrification Virtual Summit, with excerpts from plenary sessions held each day.

When NELA was founded, Ohm’s Law was actually fairly novel.