Alice Yake
Energy-systems expert and vice president of GRIDS at Breakthrough Energy, formerly chief planning officer at Xcel Energy, with deep experience in utility planning, regulatory affairs, and grid modeling.
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Apr 7, 2026 • 1h 3min
How Utilities Actually Think
Alice Yake, an energy-systems expert and VP of GRIDS at Breakthrough Energy who formerly led planning at Xcel Energy, walks through decades of utility decisionmaking. She covers how past buildouts and regulation shaped today’s grid. Short takes explore planning tools, demand flexibility, distributed batteries, transmission risks, and how alignment speeds change.
