Edison Electric Institute
Portland General Electric CEO Maria Pope takes on the role for the next twelve months as EEI Vice Chair.
The Edison Electric Institute annual convention featured many big names, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Deion Sanders to name a few. Though for the nearly thousand attendees, the premier session of the convention was the CEO Roundtable. Moderated by Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good, the panel included Ameren Executive Chair Warner Baxter, Edison International CEO Pedro Pizarro, and Portland General Electric CEO Maria Pope. Baxter was finishing up his term as EEI's Chair and handing off the reins to Pizarro. Pope takes on the role for the next twelve months as EEI Vice Chair.
The Public Utilities Fortnightly team found these excerpts from Maria Pope of particular interest to the PUF community.
"One of the things I think is really important about our industry, and why we have the privilege to be able to transform and lead a clean energy future, is that we are here for our customers. The communities we serve on good days. But most importantly, on the bad days.
As part of the Wildfire Task Force, we are housed under what's called the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council. A big set of words. But it's how we as industry leaders interact with the federal government at the highest levels.
That goes back ten years ago to Superstorm Sandy. When, actually, the President [Barack Obama] was involved in some of the first ESCC meetings.