– USA, CA – Edison International (NYSE: EIX) and Southern California Edison announced the appointment of Jennifer Granholm to their respective board of directors, effective April 1, bringing extensive experience advancing reliable, resilient, clean energy solutions and deploying zero-carbon technologies from her recent service as U.S. secretary of energy and prior experience as governor of Michigan.
About Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm brings a strong background in cybersecurity and the protection of the power grid and electric utilities. Under her leadership, the Department of Energy invested heavily in cybersecurity tools and technologies to strengthen the resilience of the U.S. energy infrastructure. She has also worked to find a solution for spent nuclear fuel, which could help spur industry growth. During Granholm’s term as DOE secretary, almost 1,000 factories announced they were coming to or expanding in America to make clean energy products, and the DOE invested more than $200 billion in thousands of clean energy projects, creating more than 400,000 U.S. jobs.
In her two terms as governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm diversified the state’s economy to focus on clean energy. Granholm taught law and public policy at UC Berkeley, specializing in clean energy and public leadership. An honors graduate of Harvard Law School, she is the author of “A Governor’s Story: The Fight for Jobs and America’s Economic Future.”
About Edison International
Edison International is one of the nation’s largest electric utility holding companies, focused on providing clean and reliable energy and energy services through its independent companies. Headquartered in Rosemead, California, Edison International is the parent company of Southern California Edison Company, a utility delivering electricity to 15 million people across Southern, Central, and Coastal California. Edison International is also the parent company of Trio (formerly Edison Energy), a portfolio of nonregulated competitive businesses providing integrated sustainability and energy advisory services to large commercial, industrial, and institutional organizations in North America and Europe.
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