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When ESG Talks, People Listen

An Awkward Though Important Acronym

Companies that score well are those that are moving in the right direction with respect to their environmental footprint, their workforce and spend diversity, and other qualities that are both good for their communities and financially risk-lowering.

CFO Roundtable

ESG

Conversations with the chief financial officers of Entergy, Drew Marsh; CMS Energy, Rejji Hayes; and Puget Sound Energy, Kazi Hasan.

CFO Roundtable: Drew Marsh

Entergy

“If you added up our industrial customers from an emissions perspective, they would rank number two as a state. It is a large industrial base that is going to have to clean up its operations. We are ready to go with their electrification efforts.”

Commissioner Wright on Nuclear's Future

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

“We recognize the NRC can license new and advanced designs using existing regulations, but applicants need exemptions to do so. Nobody wants to use the exemption process indefinitely to regulate. At some point, regulations need to be aligned.”

CFO Roundtable: Rejji Hayes

CMS Energy

“We’re making sure investors are made whole, because they were earning on coal facilities based on our economic model. We’re bringing in opportunities in acquisition of gas facilities and future build out of solar generation, on which they’ll get an attractive return on investment.”

Balancing M&A Benefits

Achieving Equitable Outcomes

“Four critical transaction components define success in a merger – bid prices, net synergies (after costs-to-achieve), regulatory approvals, and integration execution.”

CFO Roundtable: Kazi Hasan

Puget Sound Energy

“Our target is to minimize energy inequity. Our target also is to figure out who is being inequitably more impacted by our business and how we can manage these conditions.”