With so many important voices within this issue, where should you start?

In the energy transition, we will be judged by how well we include communities.

“When I decided to launch ChargerHelp!, I thought it was a cool opportunity to stand up local workforces and utilize technology to solve a critical issue, because the industry is trying to push toward mass EV adoption.”

“We’re taking a new approach to our planning. We’re looking at the distribution system regionally based on specific characteristics.”

“It starts with modeling and goes all the way to design standards. The partnerships we’ll form in between will help do a great job of informing our customers of the need, informing our regulators of what resilience looks like, and ultimately, supporting us in making wise investments on behalf of all of them.”

Conversations with Southern Company Services CEO Stan Connally and PG&E EVP-Engineering, Planning & Strategy Jason Glickman about the Electric Power Research Institute’s Climate READi initiative. And with CEO Kameale Terry, the remarkable entrepreneur leading ChargerHelp!, an Energy Impact Partners’ portfolio company about their Tesla megadeal and more.

“We’re trying to anticipate, not just what the rules are regarding environment, but what they might be in the next 20 or 30 years over the useful life of plants. That’s a question we’ve been receiving often.”

“Being able to identify places with a high proportion of people in arrears, is there targeting in that community, whether utilities target weatherization, a pilot of some type of special payment program, or percentage of income payment plans?”