Lynn Jurich of SunRun, Pt 2: Growth

<p><a href="https://swyx.transistor.fm/episodes/lynn-jurich-of-sunrun-pt-1-origin">Listen to Part 1: Origins here.</a></p><p>Audio Source: <a href="https://www.sunrun.com/quick-reads-from-ceo/masters-of-scale-podcast-sunrun-ceo-lynn-jurich">https://www.sunrun.com/quick-reads-from-ceo/masters-of-scale-podcast-sunrun-ceo-lynn-jurich</a></p><p>Transcript: <a href="https://mastersofscale.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/rapid-response-transcript-lynn-jurich.pdf">https://mastersofscale.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/rapid-response-transcript-lynn-jurich.pdf</a></p><p><br>SAFIAN: You mentioned climate change. With health concerns rising over the last year, it<br>sometimes felt like climate's become, I don't want to say a secondary priority, but it's been<br>pushed down. Sustainability now certainly includes health in a way that maybe it didn't a year<br>ago. What do you think the long term implications of that will be?</p><p>JURICH: I think that we're seeing more impact from extreme weather than maybe the<br>question appreciates. If you think about California as an example, with people at home,<br>working from home, schooling at home, and the fact that the power is getting turned off<br>because of fire risk, that is a very visceral experience for people, and we'll see more of<br>this.</p><p>Puerto Rico is another example where the energy system is just frail. I think 70% of the<br>energy assets are old, and extreme weather is only making it worse. So I do believe that<br>it is and will increasingly become visceral for people. And back to that change formula, I<br>think that dissatisfaction is, and that pain will drive awareness and attention to it.<br>We're taking a different approach, which is, independent of your view on climate, we can<br>offer you a better lifestyle and meet carbon emission goals. If you look at the home,<br>there are about four big choices you can make around energy that lead to your carbon<br>footprint: your car, how you power your home, your heating, and your cooking. An<br>electric vehic