Why leaders drive diversity
Steve Mitnick is Editor-in-Chief of Public Utilities Fortnightly and author of the book “Lines Down: How We Pay, Use, Value Grid Electricity Amid the Storm.”
Economists can show how buyers benefit when there is a broader pool of sellers competing with each other. This is true whether a buyer is a family looking for a restaurant meal or a utility seeking a new hire or a contractor. In the following nine conversations with utility execs and regulators and others in our industry, we heard again and again how diversity spend and diversity in the workplace increases competition and rewards companies and their consumers. Check out what leaders at Duke Energy, Exelon/BGE, Sempra/SDG&E, etc. told us about why they drive diversity:
- Duke Indiana's President, Melody Birmingham-Byrd
- BGE's CEO, Calvin Butler
- FERC's Chief Law Judge, Carmen Cintron
- San Diego Gas & Electric's President, Scott Drury
- Chevron Pipe Line's VP, Telisa Toliver
- AABE's CEO, Paula Glover
- Timothy Simon, former CPUC Commissioner
- Laron Evans and Michelle Word, Burns & McDonnell