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The Journal.

An Energy CEO on the Winding Path to a Green Grid

The Journal.

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, Daily News, News

4.25.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

This week, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, directing billions of dollars to tackle climate change. We speak to Pedro Pizarro, the CEO of Edison International, one of America’s largest utility companies, about what this bill means for the energy sector.Further Reading:-Biden Signs Bill Aimed at Lowering Drug Costs, Boosting Renewable Energy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This week, President Biden signed a sweeping new bill into law, the Inflation Reduction

0:11.4

Act.

0:13.8

The Act touches on many things from healthcare to tax law, and one major element is reducing

0:20.4

climate change.

0:24.6

It directs nearly $400 billion in climate and energy programs including...

0:29.6

...incentives involving electric cars and solar and raising.

0:33.0

It's the largest climate investment in American history.

0:36.3

To find out more about how all of this is going to affect the energy sector, we wanted

0:41.0

to talk to someone in the middle of it.

0:44.0

I'm Pedro Pizarro and I'm CEO of Edison International.

0:48.2

Pedro Pizarro is CEO of one of the biggest public utility companies in the U.S., bringing

0:53.3

power to 15 million people in California.

0:57.2

And with a PhD in chemistry, he has the mind of a scientist.

1:02.9

Do you think the world is in a climate crisis?

1:06.6

Oh, absolutely.

1:07.6

I mean, we're living it here in California.

1:11.5

This is not something that's happening 20 years from now.

1:13.6

This is happening now.

1:14.6

It'll get worse over the next 20 years, but it's here.

1:18.0

And what would you say is the cause of it?

1:20.1

Well, I do trust the scientific community that has said that human cost reasons

1:27.0

have driven this.

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