32: Thinking Globally and Acting Locally with CEO of CPS Energy, Paula Gold-Williams

In this next entry into our leadership series, highlighting the invaluable insights and forward-looking initiatives being put forth by utility CEOs, we welcome to the podcast Paula-Gold Williams, CEO of CPS Energy. As head of the largest municipally owned energy utility, Paula shares insights in how she and her team have been working to bring clean, Reliable power generation to the San Antonio community, even amidst the unexpected challenges that the COVID pandemic has thrust upon them. Specifically via CPS Energy’s Flexible Path strategy, the utility is looking at how to most thoughtfully discover, explore, and implement new power generation in the coming years, seeking input from innovators and partners across the sector to replace the utility’s aging generation capacity with new, cleaner generation. Paula joins Matt Chester, Community Manager of Energy Central, and Audra Drazga, the VP of the Power Industry Network, to share updates on this exciting new initiative, discuss how it fits into CPS Energy’s short- and long-term plans, and reflects on how the company was able to keep People First amid the challenges brought about by the last year. A special thanks goes to CPS Energy for supporting this edition of the Energy Central Power Perspectives Podcast. Key Links: Paula Gold-Williams’s Energy Central Profile: https://energycentral.com/member/profile/paula-gold-williams CPS Energy Launches Global FlexPOWER Bundle Request For Proposal to Bring Cleaner, Greener Energy to San Antonio, Texas: https://energycentral.com/c/ee/cps-energy-launches-global-flexpower-bundlesm-request-proposal-bring-cleaner Link to register as a member of the Energy Central community: energycentral.com/user/register Energy Central Post with Podcast Transcript: https://energycentral.com/c/um/energy-central-power-perspectives%E2%84%A2-podcast-special-edition-thinking-globally-and Did you know? The Energy Central Power Perspectives Podcast has been identified as one of the industry's 'Top 25 Energy Podcasts': blog.feedspot.com/energy_podcasts/