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April 17, 2025

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Western Grid Challenges Weighed at WCPSC Meeting

CPUC Commissioner John Reynolds, right, posed questions to, from left, CAISO CEO Elliot Mainzer, SCE CEO Steve Powell, PG&E CEO Patti Poppe, SDG&E CEO Caroline Winn and CEC Vice Chair Siva Gunda.

CPUC Commissioner John Reynolds, right, posed questions to, from left, CAISO CEO Elliot Mainzer, SCE CEO Steve Powell, PG&E CEO Patti Poppe, SDG&E CEO Caroline Winn and CEC Vice Chair Siva Gunda. | © RTO Insider LLC

May 29, 2023

Western regulators heard from a power panel of CEOs on maintaining grid reliability in the face of fires, storms, extreme heat and supply chain disruptions.

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