A budding ecosystem of companies stand to gain as businesses and policymakers grow increasingly focused on improving the electric grid.
President Joe Biden committed $95 million to shore up Hawaii's electric grid following the tragedy.
Beyond that, Kalton said it's also just good business sense: Utility companies don't want their grids to go down and leave unhappy customers without power.
And he said utility companies can grow earnings power by spending capital and increasing their base rate.
An ecosystem of companies Beyond physically changing the grid, some companies are making progress elsewhere, said Chanin, whose ETF is up about 18% this year.
Persons:
Neil Kalton, Joe Biden, It's, —, Said, Kalton, it's, Steven Fisher, doesn't, Fisher, Andrew Chanin, Chanin, Eaton, Michael Bloom
Organizations:
NBC News, Electric, UBS, Primoris Services, LSEG, Nvidia
Locations:
Maui, U.S, Wells Fargo, California , Colorado, Oregon, California, Florida, Texas