“All that energy must be decarbonized as the world goes to zero. The transportation sector, the grid; we’re getting good at decarbonizing those, despite challenges. But industry is the hard to decarbonize sector. Why? Industrial heat.”

“It is important to get customers to adopt these technologies and then enroll in the programs that utilities want and need them to.”

PUF presents conversations with innovators, where high tech meets energy tech to allow resilient clean energy to be delivered to utility customers.

“The impact on our employees is evident. People are having conversations and are asking questions. I’ve had employees call me and say, ‘I want to understand this topic better.’”

“We looked at the number of HBCU graduates we have working at Southern Company and created a Southern Company HBCU Alumni Network to support inclusion efforts through engagement with our employees and our HBCUs.”

Conversations with Southern Company’s Jonathan Porter, Alabama Power Senior Vice President for Customer Operations, and Eversource Energy’s Theresa Hopkins-Staten, Vice President for Corporate Citizenship and Equity, with consultant Larry Glover.

“Allowing a Chair of the Subcommittee on Education and Research to develop expertise and nurture relationships over the course of three years is critical to NARUC’s mission of providing top-notch education to its members.”

“I’ve always said take advantage of the resources that are readily available to you. That’s why you have an organization like MACRUC, a regional organization, but you have the national organization, NARUC.”

Conversations with Pennsylvania PUC Chair Gladys Brown Dutrieuille and Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Commissioner Sarah Freeman, also Chair of NARUC’s Subcommittee on Education and Research; both with PUF’s Paul Kjellander.

“It is our duty to level the playing field. The principles of equity and justice make it clear that all, particularly those lacking decades of experience and rapport, should have the opportunity to shine.”