This episode of the Women in Utilities Podcast features Vicki Kuo, the Vice President of Energy Efficiency and Distributed Resource Planning at Con Edison of New York.

Vicki shares some of the amazing work being done with Con Edison’s Energy Efficiency Programs, their Electric Vehicle Programs and the complexity utilities face in planning the grid of the future.

We also hear about Vicki’s approach to innovation, her experience leaving utilities to work in a start-up, how she dealt with the many opportunities and challenges that this presented her, and how she found her voice earlier on in her career. 

This episode features Morgan Scott, Director - Climate READi, Sustainability & Ecosystem Stewardship at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).  

Morgan is incredibly passionate about sustainability so we take a closer look at what is meant by sustainability, what work EPRI is doing in this area, and the complexity and challenges faced by organisations in becoming more sustainable.

Morgan’s shares her own journey, including talking about the book she co-edited and her experience representing EPRI in an international setting.

Ellie Lynch from EN Engineering is the guest on this epsiode. She is the Snr Director of Data Solutions. 
Ellie shares with me her passion for helping organisations optimise data solutions and build robust data governance practices, so they can take advantage of data driven models and analytics. 

We talk about how Ellie uses her background in civil engineering in her work, and her interest in understanding the connections between culture and infrastructure and sustainable resource development. 

Ellie also has some great tips around the importance of communication and managing your reputation. 

Stay tuned to the end for the first time a guest has turned the tables and asked me a question!