President Trump announced he’ll withdraw from the Paris agreement Thursday afternoon. According to the New York Times, “it could take nearly four years to complete, meaning a final decision would be up to the American voters in the next presidential election.”
SEPA CEO and president Julia Hamm issued the following statement in response:
“Reasonable people can disagree about the impact of the Paris climate agreement, but regardless, the transformation of the electric power sector is well under way. Utilities across the United States are seeing changes in customer behavior and technological solutions that are driving innovation and adoption of distributed and clean energy resources. As we have done for the past 25 years, SEPA will continue to facilitate the utility industry’s smart transition to a clean energy future through education, research and collaboration.”