EPISODE 7: LA PUGLIA
La Puglia owner, Valentina Bianco, was born and raised in La Puglia, Italy. Now with a restaurant in Santa Monica, she's dishing up old-school authentic recipes with a new electric twist. Southern California Edison's Foodservice Technology Center helped her create an almost fully electric kitchen, so all the food is cooked with clean energy. For those who doubt induction, she challenges you to take a taste!
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Power Partners by Edison highlights the amazing things our customers are doing in their everyday lives to better our communities. Whether it's clean energy, environmental stewardship or anything in-between, we want to showcase how together we can make a difference. Follow along as we cover a new customer each month across our 50,000 square mile service area.
Episodes
Episode 1 - Pie Trap Pizza
Baking to the beat of trap music, the Cody brothers are serving up a funky fusion of pizza and hip-hop at their restaurant, Pie Trap Pizza. What started as a backyard hobby is now a bustling brick and mortar in Covina, powered by clean energy!
EPISODE 2: PHENIX TRUCK AND VAN
SCE partners with diverse suppliers who reflect our communities. Phenix has been one of those vendors for 40 years. The small business started with six employees and has grown to employ 200 people. SCE partners with the minority-owned manufacturing company on the customization and building of its electric fleets.
EPISODE 3: OJAI RAPTOR CENTER
The center takes in hundreds of injured raptors every year, about 90% of their patients are coming in due to anthropogenic causes, meaning they’re human-induced. Once in their care and after a full evaluation by the veterinarian, the raptors begin their rehab. The mission of the Ojai Raptor Center is to rescue, rehabilitate and release as many birds as possible.
EPISODE 4: butcher block bbq
Charcoal is on the chopping block at a local restaurant in Irwindale. Owner, Joe Borrelli, turned his love of BBQ into a day job with the opening of his clean energy powered eatery, Butcher Block. The BBQ restaurant and deli uses a Southern Pride appliance which replaces a traditional smoker and is fully electric. Pro tip: Try the brisket!
EPISODE 5: AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC
Southern California Edison partners with more than 600 nonprofits to help the organizations make a difference. The Aquarium of the Pacific is one of those organizations. Their team is working on research to help with the conservation of several endangered species, including zebra sharks and mountain yellow-legged frogs.
EPISODE 6: AVENTON
Aventon is an electric bike company that wasn’t always. Starting out as a fixie brand — or single gear non-electric — the company shifted focus after realizing electric was the future. While electric bikes were invented more than 130 years ago, popularity slowed when autos hit the streets. Now, popularity is skyrocketing and joining the electric bike community is both fun and helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions, bringing us one step closer to a clean energy future.