ESG: Paula Gold-Williams
CPS Energy
“We want customers to know the steps we’re trying toward being more environmentally responsible, but ensuring they have reliable and resilient power. I believe in bringing people along in that journey.”
Law & Lawyers
AEIC, NARUC, EEI Back-to-Back-to-Back
Eight Days in November
The utilities industry holds three of its most important conferences of the year over a seven-day period.
ESG: Heather Humphrey and Ellen Fairchild
Evergy
“Our five-year plan is based on investment in renewables. Part of that is because we are in Missouri and Kansas, and Kansas is the wind capital of the nation.”
ESG: Duane Highley
Tri-State G&T
“We’re focused on attracting research at these former coal sites where we can transition them to energy storage sites. They’ve got the infrastructure and exceptionally good locations in terms of the transmission grid in the West.”
D.C. PSC's Clean Energy Summit
Memorable Moments
Memorable moments from the September 28 hybrid conference, including what was said there by NARUC President Paul Kjellander, PJM CEO Manu Asthana, Exelon Utilities CEO Calvin Butler, Pennsylvania PUC Chair Gladys Brown Dutrieuille, Maryland PSC Chair Jason Stanek, Illinois Commerce Commission Chair Carrie Zalewski, AGA CEO Karen Harbert, EPRI VP Neva Espinoza, New York PSC Commissioner Diane Burman, and Sierra Club D.C. Chapter Vice Chair Mark Rodeffer.
ESG: Brian Bird
Northwestern Energy
“Moody’s Investor Services names NorthWestern Energy in the top 5 among 50 publicly traded North American utility and power companies on Best Governance Practices.”
Clean Energy Summit: Who's the Boss?
D.C. PSC
Jurisdiction and State Clean Energy Goals: This panel explored jurisdictional issues.
ESG: Greg Dudkin and Stephanie Raymond
PPL Corp.
“We’ve added thousands of smart grid devices, including sensors and switches, and distribution automation on every circuit. We have one of the most advanced distribution networks in the country. We’ve deployed a state-of-the-art DERMS.”
Clean Energy Summit: Pathway to Decarbonization
D.C. PSC
Electrification, Equity, and Cost-Effectiveness: This panel took a thorough look at electrification and its future in the clean energy movement.
ESG: Beth Straka
WEC Energy Group
“Our ultimate goal is to exit coal at some point in the future, but that transition needs to be done in a thoughtful manner where we’re not risking reliability.”