Electrification Initiatives, Part 2 with Jacqueline Sargent, Austin Energy

October 26, 2019 by

White House Chronicle Episode #11043

Llewellyn King discusses innovative technologies enabling more widespread electrification adoption with Jacqueline Sargent, general manager of Austin Energy, and other guests. Second in a two-part series.

Guests: Paula Gold-Williams, President and CEO, CPS Energy; Clinton Vince, Chair, U.S. Energy Practice, Dentons; Jacqueline Sargent, General Manager, Austin Energy; Richard Amato, Austin Technology Incubator; and Andi Littlejohn, Director, EPIcenter Energy Incubator & Accelerator; Anna Morton-Rivera, Engineer, Morton Gestalt
Topic: Electrification Initiatives, Part 2

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