Exelon Joins EPRI Climate READi Initiative to Help Lead Multi-Year Climate Resilience Effort
12 May 2022 - 12:04AM
Business Wire
Exelon Corporation (Nasdaq: EXC) today announced it has joined
Climate READi, a three-year initiative launched by the Electric
Power Research Institute (EPRI), aimed at addressing energy system
climate resilience and adaptation as extreme weather events
continue to increase.
Climate READi will enable global energy companies, climate
scientists, regulators, and other stakeholders to proactively
analyze and apply climate data, allowing for the planning, design
and operation of resilient energy systems of the future. EPRI’s
collaborative model will convene the global thought leaders and
scientific researchers necessary to build an informed and
consistent approach. Exelon is one of 13 anchor companies who have
joined the initiative.
“Exelon’s utilities have a track record of exceptionally strong
reliability and our investments create a more resilient grid that
is better prepared to handle the effects of climate change,” said
Calvin Butler, Exelon’s Senior Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer. “Climate READi will facilitate the collaboration
and robust planning needed to address this challenge. We look
forward to partnering with EPRI and others on this critical
initiative.”
“As the world’s weather and climate are changing, so too must
the energy sector’s approach to ensuring a more resilient power
system,” said EPRI President and CEO Arshad Mansoor, who announced
the launch of Climate READi at the National Press Club in
Washington, D.C. “Proactively strengthening grid resilience against
potential climate and weather impacts, now and in the future, will
require unprecedented collaboration among the energy sector and its
stakeholders.”
Climate READi is one more step in Exelon’s focus on climate
change. In addition, Exelon also recently joined the Department of
Energy’s Better Climate Challenge and made a Path to Clean
commitment to reduce Exelon-wide operations-driven emissions by 50
percent by 2030 and to achieve net-zero operational emissions by
2050. The company’s Climate Change Investment Initiative (2c2i)
invests $20 million over 10 years in companies with emerging
technologies that will drive the clean energy transition and
improve grid resilience. Each of the company’s utilities have
implemented smart grid technology helping customers reduce energy
use. Exelon’s utilities are working to electrify 30 percent of
their vehicle fleets by 2025 and 50 percent by 2030, a complement
to building out the public electric vehicle infrastructure in the
company’s six utility markets.
The 13 founding Climate READi members are: Alliant Energy
Corporation, Ameren Corporation, American Electric Power,
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Exelon Corporation, National
Grid PLC, New York Power Authority, Pacific Gas & Electric,
Portland General Electric, Puget Sound Energy, Southern California
Edison, Southern Company, and WEC Energy Group.
For more information, visit www.epri.com/READi, or email
ClimateREADi@epri.com.
About Exelon
Exelon (Nasdaq: EXC) is a Fortune 200 company and the nation’s
largest utility company, serving more than 10 million customers
through six fully regulated transmission and distribution utilities
— Atlantic City Electric (ACE), Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE),
Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), Delmarva Power & Light (DPL), PECO
Energy Company (PECO), and Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco).
More than 18,000 Exelon employees dedicate their time and expertise
to supporting our communities through reliable, affordable and
efficient energy delivery, workforce development, equity, economic
development and volunteerism. Follow Exelon on Twitter @Exelon.
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