California PUC: President Michael Picker
A Day (Two Actually) at the California PUC
“My task is to make all the commissioners effective. As effective as they possibly can be.”
Law & Lawyers
Cooperative Power Leaders: CEOs Mark Schwirtz and Zac Perkins
Golden Spread Elec. & Tri-County Elec.
“If you want electricity to come from cow manure, or from wind resources, let’s look for ways to do that, because that’s what our job is.”
Picture Energy: SEPA's Grid Evolution Summit 2018
The Place to Be
The Summit was a goldmine of information with deep dives into smart grid interoperability, DER interconnection processes, demand-response initiatives, decoding blockchain, microgrid applications, and more.
California PUC: Commissioner Carla Peterman
A Day (Two Actually) at the California PUC
“Electrifying the transportation sector can result in significant vehicle emission reductions.”
Cooperative Power Leaders: Tim Lindahl
CEO, Wheat Belt Public Power District
“We became a summer-peaking system, and mountain communities not too far away were winter-peaking systems. We formed Tri-State to really manage that.”
California PUC: Commissioner Liane Randolph & Chief of Staff Rachel Peterson
A Day (Two Actually) at the California PUC
“We are looking at how we are going to meet our greenhouse gas emissions goals through our procurement process.”
Cooperative Power Leaders: Bill Reffert, Pat Howle, Kevin Jordan
ERMCO and Horry Electric Co-op
Interviews with Bill Reffert, CEO, ERMCO; Pat Howle, CEO, and Kevin Jordan, Engineer, Horry Electric Co-op.
California PUC: Commissioner Martha Guzman Aceves
A Day (Two Actually) at the California PUC
“The mandate is making sure that poor people are getting benefits from solar.”
Cooperative Power Leaders: David Swank
CEO, Central Electric Co-op
Central strives to be “the next generation utility” with its Innovation Pointe campus.
California PUC: Commissioner Clifford Rechtschaffen
A Day (Two Actually) at the California PUC
“There’s a movement toward decentralization in the state, a growth of DER, energy demand management, and EV.”