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inside innovation. 's PEAK
alright Caileigh, thank you.
We been doing a lot this week
on economic development and
big numbers being released
from the Indiana economic
developer Corporation. A big
focus of the IEDC going
forward will be on energy, try
to get more investments and
jobs in that space. AES
Indiana says it's leading into
renewable energy with what it
calls the most substantial
boldest plan, Strategic Plan,
and utilities history. That
plan filed with the Indiana
utility regulatory commission
invest heavily in renewables.
>> We are going to add one .3
GW of wind, solar and battery
energy storage. Just to give
some context, our total
portfolio is 3.5 GW, so this
is about one third that we are
going to be adding in terms of
renewables.
>> AES CEO also tells me that
the coal plans to transition
to natural gas includes
transition of the workforce
there. 's PEAK what we are
really focused on is
incorporating new
technologies, picking the most
of this site, and then also
really helping our people
learn new skills and placing
them in new jobs, either in
Pike County with these new
technologies, potentially in
Indianapolis where we have a
lot of opportunities on the
transmission and distribution
side, and then AES is actually
a global company and we are
hiring around the company. And
so we really value our people
in the great experience that
they bring, and so our focus
is really on retraining and