Here is a taste of the cross-industry conversations that took place at the 138th annual meeting of the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies.

A roundtable with CPS Energy CEO Rudy Garza, Tri-State G&T CEO Duane Highley, moderated by Dentons US Energy Practice Chair Clint Vince.

“Energy storage is a huge part of the solution, especially in California, in terms of getting more capacity on in the relative near term. SCE has signed more than 4,000 MW of energy storage projects.”

With so many important voices within this issue, where should you start?

In the energy transition, we will be judged by how well we include communities.

“When I decided to launch ChargerHelp!, I thought it was a cool opportunity to stand up local workforces and utilize technology to solve a critical issue, because the industry is trying to push toward mass EV adoption.”

“We’re taking a new approach to our planning. We’re looking at the distribution system regionally based on specific characteristics.”

“It starts with modeling and goes all the way to design standards. The partnerships we’ll form in between will help do a great job of informing our customers of the need, informing our regulators of what resilience looks like, and ultimately, supporting us in making wise investments on behalf of all of them.”