Fortnightly Magazine - June 2021

Under Forty: Brandon Pixley

CPS Energy

“Relationship building is where I have found the most success in my career. If I could offer any security executive advice, it would be don’t just step in and say no. Understand first.”

Under Forty: Stephanie Crawford

NRECA

“I’ve been asked to advocate on distributed energy resources. I’m spending time doing research and outreach to members to make sure I’m fully covering those issues.”

Under Forty: Kristjana Kellgren

Alberta Utilities Commission

“We’re challenging ourselves and participants in our proceedings, to approach the discharge of our mandate to set just and reasonable rates in a more efficient way, without sacrificing quality and ensuring customers are protected.”

Under Forty: Flavia Lenzi

ENGIE Italia

“Sustainability eight to ten years ago was a matter of only energy players in the market. It was our main domain, and our challenge. Now every brand, and every company deals with sustainability.”

Under Forty: Patrick Wruck

British Columbia UC

“I find rewarding taking an angry agitated person around to a point where he or she understands what we’re here to do, why we’re doing it, and why we made the decision we made.”

Under Forty: Muge Ozerten

Hitachi ABB Power Grids

“I’m focusing on increasing the awareness of parents, and of early career colleagues in our company. I am also collaborating with my university, to reach out to female engineers.”

Under Forty: Aki Marceau

Hawaiian Electric

“We want to ensure we’re putting chargers in a place that reduces range anxiety. We want to reduce charging queuing times too. That’s a new problem.”

Eversource Exploring Geothermal

Eversource

“We thought about ourselves as a provider of thermal energy. If we thought about the power of geothermal from a utility scale, we could see real potential value.”

NARUC's Asia Gas Partnership From 9,000 Miles Away

Best Practices in Gas Regulation

The Asia Gas Partnership is a joint initiative with NARUC and USEA designed to strengthen regulatory frameworks to encourage public-private partnerships involving government and industry representatives among natural gas sectors in U.S. and Indo-Pacific countries.
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