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.”
Law & Lawyers
Clean Energy Summit: Pictured
Picture Energy
Enjoy this look at what occurred at the hybrid Summit, for those who ventured out.
ESG: Frank Prager
Xcel Energy
“Our nuclear plants in Minnesota are an important part of our overall strategy. We are building some natural gas to maintain reliability, as we retire most of the coal plants in our generation fleet.”
Dentons Book Event: Women Leading Utilities
Memorable Moments
Memorable moments from the September 29 webinar on Steve Mitnick’s book “Women Leading Utilities, the Pioneers and Path to Today and Tomorrow,” including what was said there by CPS Energy CEO Paula Gold-Williams, Seattle City Light CEO Debra Smith, and American Municipal Power CEO Jolene Thompson.
Financial Industry's Perspective on ESG
Morgan Stanley
“ESG impacts everything: the way companies trade, the way they are growing, and their M&A strategy, as well as how shareholder activists are screening companies and sectors.”
Veterans in Energy Leadership Forum
Memorable Moments
Memorable vets at UGI, Dominion, and AEP discuss ERGs.
ESG Naturally
ESG Conversations
How do today’s natural gas utilities find the right balance, rigorously addressing ESG priorities while continuing to meet the needs of the communities they serve via gas utility service? In the conversations below, leaders from CenterPoint Energy, Eversource, NiSource, NW Natural, and Sempra Energy (both at San Diego Gas & Electric and at the parent) take on directly how they are managing that balance.
Groundswell for Community Power
Groundswell
“We work with local neighborhoods, community-based organizations, and churches and communities of faith to build solar and other clean energy projects that help reduce energy burdens for people in the neighborhood and help to support local jobs.”
ESG: Jason Ryan
CenterPoint Energy
“A bipartisan Natural Gas Innovation Act we supported was ultimately passed. That provided a framework for the Minnesota PUC to address innovations in natural gas service, like RNG, carbon sequestration, hydrogen, and whatever technology comes next.”
What's Former Michigan PSC Chair Talberg Working on Now?
Unique conversations
How can we make the supply chain for solar (presently largely offshore-based) more resilient?