Sustainable Electricity II A Conversation on Tradeoffs

Jessica Fox, EPRI

Fox is a Senior Program Manager at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), where she manages EPRI’s $15 million Water & Ecosystems research area.  She is an expert in environmental markets and “credit stacking,” ecosystem services, and corporate sustainability. Fox created the EPRI Ohio River Basin Water Quality Trading Project, which is the world’s first interstate trading program for nutrients and won the United States Water Prize in 2015. Fox led EPRI’s Energy Sustainability Interest Group from 2011 through 2016 to become the largest collaborative forum in the industry to strategically advance critical issues related to the sustainable generation and distribution of electricity, including consensus by 45 utilities on sustainability metrics to use to benchmark their companies’ performance. Fox launched EPRI’s internal corporate social responsibility program in 2016 under EPRI’s Chief Sustainability Officer and CEO, with oversight from EPRI’s Board of Directors. In 2017, Fox was recognized as 'Top Innovator' (The Fantastic Forty) by Public Utilities Fortnightly .  In 2018, Fox launched the Power-in-Pollinators Initiative, which is set to be the largest effort in North America focused specifically on pollinator conservation at electric power companies.  Her projects have been covered by the Wall Street Journal , The Economist , National Public Radio, Bloomberg, and others. She is a trained meeting facilitator and conflict resolution mediator, a member of the United States Ecological Society of America, and a Certified Habitat Steward by the National Wildlife Federation.  Prior to EPRI, she worked as a molecular biologist leading conservation genetics projects on dragonflies in Costa Rica, at Stanford University sequencing and mapping the human genome, and as a manager at a biotech company developing DNA analysis technologies.  She has a Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of California, Davis, and a Master’s of Science degree from Stanford University.

Morgan Scott, EPRI

Scott is a Senior Sustainability Technical Lead at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). In this role, Scott leads EPRI’s growing portfolio of sustainability research, focused on developing the tools and resources electric power companies can use to establish and enhance their sustainability programs as well as embed a triple bottom line mindset into their long-range planning. Scott manages EPRI’s Strategic Sustainability Science program, Energy Sustainability Interest Group, and Sustainability Benchmarking for Utilities project in collaboration with over 45 electric utilities throughout North America. Prior to joining EPRI, Scott held positions of increasing responsibility at Consolidated Edison Company of New York, culminating with her role as their Sustainability Manager responsible for the company’s sustainability strategy and associated initiatives. Scott received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Wagner College and a Master of Science degree in Sustainability Management from Columbia University.