The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) is a nonprofit organization that boasts almost 1,200 members across electric utilities, corporations and the public sector. The group envisions a carbon-free energy system by 2050, and on this episode of Electrifying AI, SEPA president and CEO Julia Hamm joins host Sal Gill to lay out the path to carbon-free energy as she sees it. Julia and Sal discuss both the short-term and long-term steps needed to reach zero carbon, the role artificial intelligence will play in the push for clean energy, whether we’ve reached “a tipping point” and how Julia earned a 10/10 from Room Rater while working from home. Head to our Electrifying AI playlist on Spotify to hear Julia’s selection, Regulate by Warren G and Nate Dogg, then make your suggestion for a song by tweeting to @TheElectricSal. We just might include your pick and send you some Electrifying AI swag to say thanks! 

Join us again in two weeks as the dean of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business talks with us about leadership, change management and decarbonization. 

Here are some of the resources we mentioned during the episode: 

• Julia Hamm on Twitter | LinkedIn 
• SEPA on Twitter | LinkedIn 
• SEPA’s website 
• Connect with Sal: Twitter | LinkedIn 
• Learn about Sal’s expertise 
• Electrifying AI Spotify playlist 
• SAS Energy & Utilities on the web 

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About our guest: 

• Julia Hamm has served as SEPA’s president and CEO since 2004, providing leadership and strategic direction for the organization. She is responsible for guiding and overseeing all of SEPA’s research, education and collaboration activities for its 1,200 member companies and the broader energy industry. Julia is a visionary leader at the center of the transformation underway in the electric power sector to a clean and modern energy future. For the past 20 years she has been advising and collaborating with utilities, solution providers and government agencies on business models, grid modernization, and clean energy policies, strategies and programs.  

About our host: 

• Sal Gill heads digital strategy and market innovation for SAS Energy & Utilities. He has worked for major energy companies and seen firsthand how electricity transforms lives, from bringing power to remote communities to pioneering innovations that will accelerate renewable technologies. As the global community continues to seek alternatives to satisfy its appetite for energy, Sal is constantly searching for new ideas that take advantage of both the electric grid, known as the largest machine humans have ever built, and the greatest enabler of our time, data analytics. 

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