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Solar comes of age in the electric utility industry | White House Chronicle 9024

June 19, 2017 by

Llewellyn King discusses the electric utilities’ shift to renewables and the coming of the electric car with industry chiefs.

Interviews with:
Ben Fowke, Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO, Xcel Energy
Lisa Wood , Executive Director, Institute for Electric Innovation, Vice President, The Edison Foundation
Thomas A. Fanning, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Southern Company
Rod Kuckro, Reporter, E&E’s Power Plan Hub managing editor

White House Chronicle, Show #9024
Air Date: June 16, 2017
Host: Llewellyn King
Topic: Solar comes of age in the electric utility industry

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Llewellyn King

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Llewellyn King

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Llewellyn King

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This was the summer when much of Europe said to the ever-increasing flow of tourists, “Sorry, we are full.” Of course, Europe isn’t full at all. It is just those places that we all want to go, that have been tugging at our imaginations since we began imagining, are hopelessly crowded — and some are […]

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