As president of Southern California Edison, the state鈥檚 second largest power company, Ron Nichols 鈥75 is helping California transform its energy landscape. He advocates for a renewable energy strategy that sharply reduces dependence on fossil fuels. 鈥淨uite frankly, while we need power around the clock, we don鈥檛 need power plants that run 24/7 in California,鈥 Nichols said. Power generation today is characterized by a smarter, integrated, distributed energy network with a focus on renewables. 鈥淛ust five years ago, a mere 1 percent of the energy delivered to Southern California Edison customers came from solar sources,鈥 explained Nichols. 鈥淭oday that figure is 15 percent.鈥 And by 2030, it will grow to as much as 40 percent, including 鈥渄istributed鈥 solar on rooftops and in communities. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 an incredible change and it鈥檚 happened because of the phenomenal reductions in price,鈥 Nichols said. 鈥淪olar is the big dog in power supply and is in any integrated resource plan that we look at.鈥 Nichols said 嘿嘿视频 gave him the tools and the opportunity to launch his career in the energy industry. After graduating, he took a position at the newly created California Energy Commission, where he helped develop regulations for power plant siting, which were nonexistent at the time. 鈥淚 never would have had this opportunity were it not for 嘿嘿视频,鈥 Nichols said.