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Next week, we’re sitting down with a C-Suite member of a major utility whose role is focused on resilience and emergency preparedness / response. We'll be talking about one of the biggest challenges facing the grid today: how to keep customers and communities safe, prepared, and resilient when the unexpected happens.

What questions would you want us to ask? Drop them in the comments — whether it is about storm response, emergency planning, wildfire risk, grid resilience, or how utilities are preparing for a more unpredictable future.

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What is your biggest concern about China's role in the future of energy?

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What type of topics are most excited for you to hear about from experts on Power Perspectives?

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May is Wildfire Awareness month, which is a big area of focus for the utility sector.

We've had a number of great guests talk about what's going on to modernize and spread wildfire prevention throughout the industry-- here are just a few that you may want to check out:

https://youtu.be/KmpukQ_yDno?si=wwMg1...


https://youtu.be/1hDmfegC_i4?si=x_z8u...

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Coming soon to the feed, a conversation with author/journalist/Substacker extraordinaire, Hendry Sanderson.

In preparation, get an early preview of what we may talk about and catch up on what Henry's tracking at his widely read Substack page: voltrush.substack.com/

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May 3 to 9 is known as National Hurricane Preparedness Week, which is a major event for the utility sector.

For some helpful learnings, check out this recent episode we put out on how PSE&G handled Superstorm Sandy

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This week, we're going to post a conversation with our own Community Manager, Matt Chester, diving into this recent Substack piece: "Energy Isn’t Red vs. Blue. So Why Do We Keep Pretending It Is?" energycentral.substack.com/p/energy-isnt-red-vs-bl…

Dropping the link now so you can read up and be ready to dive into the conversation on this upcoming Power Perspectives episode.

Question: how polarizing do you think energy topics get to be when it comes to the politics behind them? How big of a problem is this in general discourse that you're seeing?

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

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Big guest dropping next week on Power Perspectives…

We’re sitting down with a major utility CEO to talk about:
⚡ Meeting the surge in demand (data centers, electrification, and beyond)
💰 Navigating the growing pressure on affordability
🔌 What it really takes to keep the grid reliable right now

Think you know who it is?

Drop your guess below ⬇️ — we’ll reveal it when the episode goes live.

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We're heavy in some conversations to book some rockstar guests for the Power Perspectives Podcast from the world of energy. But we want to hear from you-- what kind of expert are you most interested in hearing from on a future episode?

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