John Bryson: Chen-Huang Sustainable Energy Lecture
- Public Event
Energy and Climate Policy: The Decade Ahead
California utilities lead the nation in moving to clean energy systems, including large-scale energy efficiency, renewable energy, electric vehicle, and smart grid investment initiatives. John Bryson, an electric utility veteran and conservationist, will share his views on what California's distinctive approach – warts and all – offers to help guide the U.S. and other countries' transition to a lower-carbon energy future. He will also offer a perspective on the prospective role of public policy, regulation and markets, and research and development in achieving climate risk-reduction goals.
A conversation with Caltech's Argyros Professor and Professor of Chemistry Nate Lewis, and a question-and-answer session with the audience, will follow the talk.
John E. Bryson is a commissioner of the National Commission on Energy Policy. He is the former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison. He is also a director of The Boeing Company, W. M. Keck Foundation, and The Walt Disney Company, a Director/Trustee for three funds in the Western Asset funds complex, a trustee of Caltech, and co-Chair of the Pacific Council on International Policy. He serves or has served on a number of educational, environmental, and other nonprofit boards, including his tenure as chairman of the California Business Roundtable and as a trustee of Stanford University. Mr. Bryson is a graduate of Stanford University and Yale Law School. He is currently working with Project Catalyst in support of the December 2009 Copenhagen climate treaty negotiations, and co-chairs the national Electric Drive Transportation Association.