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Fire and Ice: Utilities Target Climate Change

February 24, 2021

ClearBridge Investments · Fire and Ice: Utilities Target Climate Change

Shane Hurst, a Portfolio Manager on ClearBridge's Infrastructure strategies, and Senior Utilities Analyst Tatiana Eades join Investment Strategist Jeff Schulze to weigh in on recent electricity grid failures and how that could impact utility infrastructure spending. The discussion focuses on what role utilities will play in improving electricity grid resilience amid severe weather, the opportunities for the sector as it enables growth of renewable sources of energy, and the potential for an infrastructure bill under the Biden administration. 

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