“This smarter grid allows us to have real-time information on where issues are on the system. Remote switches allow the system operator to sectionalize and reconfigure the grid in order to work around trouble spots.”

“If you entrusted me to protect your valuables, and the best I could do is tell you when they were stolen, you wouldn’t accept that.”

“Last November, my fellow Commissioners and I revised the rules to provide public access to renewable contract terms 18 months after the CPUC approves investor-owned-utility contracts (or 18 months after execution of contracts by other providers whose contracts do not require CPUC approval).”

Conversation with former Clean Line Energy CEO Michael Skelly, Grid Strategies president Rob Gramlich, and American Council on Renewable Energy’s Barbara Tyran.

“A lot of people said, if we are to have a decarbonized energy system, then the gas system cannot be a part of it. This report shows we can, and it shows it in a reasonable way.”

Conversation with Reuters’ Owen Rolt about the jam-packed collection of CEOs and other industry leaders in this conference that is just around the corner in Brooklyn.

“Electrification 2022 comes with a global perspective as EPRI works in 45 countries with over 450 companies.”

“We want to prioritize policies regarding tax and finance, infrastructure, resiliency, environment, changing customer expectations, reliability, and support for customers and workers.”

“Avista’s team of engineers, McKinstry, and our smart people got together and designed these buildings from the ground up with innovative systems. Instead of operating in silos, the buildings were designed to interact. They basically talk to each other and the energy grid.”

“There is a role for natural gas. We are comfortable in our net-zero plan saying we won’t require new gas generation after 2035. We expect gas generation will be used less and less, primarily for peak. But we have severe, extended peaks in our region.”