CEO Leadership Dialogue: Blázquez and Scarsella
Electrification
Excerpts of remarks by AVANGRID CEO Pedro Azagra Blázquez and UK Power Networks CEO Basil Scarsella.
Law & Lawyers
Driving the EV Revolution: Fermata Energy
EVs
“I am asked all the time, 'If we go to all electric vehicles, won’t it break the grid?' The answer is yes, if we do nothing, but it can be the solution to the grid if we do this right.”
Small Modular Reactors are Indeed Coming
NuScale
“We see opportunities, especially with the Inflation Reduction Act. There’s a lot of benefit to coal plant repurposing from a cost-per-megawatt-hour savings with the tax credit. You gain more tax credit benefit from hydrogen production.”
Exchange with Exelon CEO Calvin Butler
Electrification
“My calendar’s controlling me now. Everything’s a first and you have to engage differently until you understand, what’s important, what’s not? How do you engage? It’s going to be that way for a while.”
EPRI on 'A Community Approach to Hydrogen'
EPRI
Excerpts of remarks by EPRI’s Jeffery Preece, U.S. DOE’s Catherine Clarke, Cummins’ Traci Kraus, Energy Futures Initiative’s Alex Kizer, and Third Way’s Rudra Kapila.
PUF Annual Pulse of Power Survey: How You Answered Eight Questions
Guidehouse
“More than ever before, the utilities that operate the grid, their regulators, and society at large, understand their fates should be increasingly intertwined going forward. Climate change and GHG reduction mandates make DER integration a necessity, along with building and transportation electrification.”
Transitioning Island Energy Systems
Electrification
“Five years ago, I was working at EEI, and retired in June 2017. I got a call to come to Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico had tremendous hurricanes, Irma, and Maria. I’ve never seen anything like that in my life. 95% of the cell towers were down, 90% of people didn’t have drinking water, and 3,000 people lost their lives. Homes were shattered.”
Reflections on 'When Wire was King'
Temporary FCC Exemption Turns Forty
“The tax to pay for these subsidy programs is assessed on traditional telecommunications services, which is a shrinking part of the communications industry, while Internet services are not subject to this tax as a result of that 40-year-old decision to temporarily exempt enhanced services.”
Exchange with Enel Group CEO Francesco Starace
Electrification
“The other misconception is you can change the way you use energy in your life without worrying about the impact on the systems around you. How should an electricity system look when EVs are in the millions? The change is huge, and this is not fully understood by most regulators.”
The Man in the Arena
Safety Starts with Leader Ownership
“If employees see their leaders taking safety seriously, they know they are supported in putting their safety first always. When leaders prioritize safety, it becomes part of the culture of the organization.”