“We are at an inflection point — we have a clean energy strategy on the table right now, and if regulators are supportive, by 2030 our generating portfolio will flip to 52% renewable energy.”

ESG conversations with executives at American Electric Power, Arizona Public Service, Evergy, Northwestern Energy, PPL Corporation, WEC Energy Group, and Xcel Energy. Guidehouse’s Dan Hahn and Michelle Fay sat in on some of these.

In what could be aptly called the Environmental, Social and Governance Era, utilities are being scored for their ethical performance, quite rigorously, quite comprehensively, by highly influential organizations. The issue is so big that we devoted a special issue of PUF to it.

A conversation with retired EEI executive vice president David Owens about FRI’s distinguished service award.

“A utility may be dealing with a manufactured gas plant or other facility that closed down in the early 1900s, yet the policies may not have been issued until the 1940s.”

“EV make-ready is the electric distribution infrastructure needed to support increased load and demand brought by EV charging infrastructure.”

How can we make the supply chain for solar (presently largely offshore-based) more resilient?

“We work with local neighborhoods, community-based organizations, and churches and communities of faith to build solar and other clean energy projects that help reduce energy burdens for people in the neighborhood and help to support local jobs.”