Law & Lawyers

EV Leaders: Con Edison

EV Adoption

“We rolled out 100 publicly accessible stations across the five boroughs. The utilization of curbside chargers has exceeded our expectations. Already the system average is 35% and increasing, with some stations exceeding 50% utilization. New York City has targets to bring 1,000 plugs to the curb by 2025, and 10,000 by 2030.”
Byline: 

Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud

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Tom Kuhn: Ben Fowke

Xcel Energy

“It starts with building that one voice within the industry. There’re a lot of different CEOs. Everybody has their own playbook, and not everybody agrees on everything. But Tom, under his tenure, has taken building consensus to a new level.”
Byline: 

Ben Fowke

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EV Leaders: Duquesne Light

EV Adoption

“We have a robust transmission system in place because of the heavy industry that operated in Pittsburgh. These industrial giants have since left. Because of this additional capacity, we are well positioned to support EVs, where some utilities might have six- to eight-year challenges around rights-of-way and the building of transmission lines.”
Byline: 

Brian Guzek

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Tom Kuhn: Nick Akins

American Electric Power

“Utilities were focused on what’s happening in the states where they operated and had different opinions about what could be done from a national standpoint. To bring all of that together, Tom’s ability to leverage leaders and others to broker deals was something to behold.”
Byline: 

Nick Akins

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EV Leaders: Idaho Power

EV Adoption

“We also work with different state agencies, the ones deploying the U.S. DOT’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) funds or before that it was the VW funds. We’ll serve on committees to provide input on how to craft their programs or help promote their incentives once they’re out.”
Byline: 

Billie McWinn and Patti Best

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Tom Kuhn: Pedro Pizarro

Edison International

“He is bipartisan in every sense of the word. Our industry needs to work with all sides of the aisle. There are not just two sides because there are all sorts of shades and he’s been masterful in navigating us through that.”
Byline: 

Pedro Pizarro

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EV Leaders: National Grid

EV Adoption

“In both jurisdictions by 2035, there will no longer be internal combustion engine vehicles for sale. It takes a bit longer for folks to cycle through, so by 2040, you’re going to have significantly more EVs on the roads.”
Byline: 

Melissa Lavinson

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Tom Kuhn: Maria Pope

Portland General Electric

“Tom is a consensus builder, and his approach and focus on collaboration helps to shape public policy both in Washington and across the country. Passage of the clean energy tax package in the Inflation Reduction Act is just one example of a significant and recent legislative achievement.”
Byline: 

Maria Pope

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EV Leaders: NiSource

EV Adoption

“The Indiana Commission has initiated an investigation to consider measures to promote transportation electrification. The goals are to promote affordable and equitable charging options; improve the customer experience, including reducing wait times; accelerate third-party investments in EV charging; and appropriate recovery of costs from delivering electricity to EVs and charging infrastructure.”
Byline: 

Fred Gomos

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Tom Kuhn: Pat Vincent-Collawn

PNM Resources

“The contribution that Tom Kuhn made on the ESCC and getting us to understand that has made a huge difference for our national security, in terms of cyber and physical. That is oftentimes overlooked, and everybody thinks that EEI is just this policy shop. But we are in a much better and more secure place as an electric industry, a grid, and a country because of Tom’s leadership.”
Byline: 

Pat Vincent-Collawn

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