“We’re making sure investors are made whole, because they were earning on coal facilities based on our economic model. We’re bringing in opportunities in acquisition of gas facilities and future build out of solar generation, on which they’ll get an attractive return on investment.”

“If you added up our industrial customers from an emissions perspective, they would rank number two as a state. It is a large industrial base that is going to have to clean up its operations. We are ready to go with their electrification efforts.”

Conversations with the chief financial officers of Entergy, Drew Marsh; CMS Energy, Rejji Hayes; and Puget Sound Energy, Kazi Hasan.

Companies that score well are those that are moving in the right direction with respect to their environmental footprint, their workforce and spend diversity, and other qualities that are both good for their communities and financially risk-lowering.

Association of Edison Illuminating Companies This Month: The growing fleet is a major part of our storm-response toolbox and as technology continues to change, the new vehicles are designed and built to be upgraded over the years. It’s an investment and we project to get up to thirty years of use for each new vehicle

“Grid resiliency is deeply intertwined with the influences of other infra­structures, and this impacts how we value grid improvements.”

“The simple, understandable definition of resiliency is: The ability to withstand a high impact, low probability event with little or no customer outages.”

Arizona Corporation Commission’s Chair Lea Márquez Peterson hosted this event, featuring Hispanics in Energy CEO José Pérez, Arizona Public Service VP of Supply Chain Juli West, Tucson Electric Power/UNS Energy Director of Supply Chain Jeanine Tracey, Arizona G&T Cooperatives Director of Energy Services Chris Jimenez, Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative CEO Jason Bowling, Southwest Gas Director of DEI and Supplier Diversity Courtney Moore, Southwest Gas Manager of Diversity Programs Telma Lopez, EPCOR USA VP of Corporate Services Rebecca Burleigh, with remarks by Arizona Commissioner Sandra Kennedy.