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CEO Roundtable at EEI 2023

Edison Electric Institute

Excerpts from the premier session of the Edison Electric Institute’s annual convention, the CEO Roundtable, including Ameren Executive Chair Warner Baxter, Edison International CEO Pedro Pizarro, and Portland General Electric CEO Maria Pope.

Residential Electric Bills

Fortnightly Analysis

Residential electric bills as a percent of overall consumer expenditures, for all goods and services, varies significantly by state. A table shows bills as percent of overall consumer expenditures by state, while a graph plots data by year from 1997 to 2022.

CEO Roundtable: Warner Baxter

Edison Electric Institute

“There’re significant investments being made in transmission. Yesterday, I cited the work MISO is doing. We have ten billion dollars of projects moving forward. As I walked out, folks with other ISOs said, hey, wait a minute. SPP is doing things. CAISO is doing things.”

CEO Roundtable: Pedro Pizarro

Edison Electric Institute

“Making sure that the IIJA and the IRA get executed well, there’s still a lot of devils in the details that need to be worked through with the agencies, like Treasury. Remaining engaged on those from a policy perspective, like looking at how that then leads to implementation, permitting, and siting reform is a big part.”

Communicating the Utility ESG Story, Part II

Eye on Utility Cost of Capital

“As sustainable investing becomes integral to capital allocation strategies, ESG metrics and scores have gained critical importance in evaluating companies’ performance and attractiveness to investors.”

Kjellander Calls: Gladys Brown Dutrieuille

Pennsylvania PUC

“I’ve always said take advantage of the resources that are readily available to you. That’s why you have an organization like MACRUC, a regional organization, but you have the national organization, NARUC.”