People in Power – A NewsData Podcast

Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about Dan’s scoop that the Bonneville Power Administration is considering joining an informal group exploring regional market structures in the West, the hidden risk of sleeping cybersecurity intrusions, how state energy policies in California are falling short of long-term emissions goals, Newsdata’s 40th anniversary, Jason’s bands and more.Learn more about regional market conditions and near-term market outlooks at the 6th Annual Pacific Northwest Wholesale Power Markets Conference. The June 23-24 virtual event—co-presented by NewsData and CJB Energy Economics—will feature leading energy officials from around the Northwest and beyond.

Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about the elevated risk of blackouts and other loss of load across the West this summer, possible progress on the Columbia River Treaty, CPUC’s approval of SoCal Edison storage projects and more.Learn more about regional market conditions and near-term market outlooks at the 6th Annual Pacific Northwest Wholesale Power Markets Conference. The June 23-24 virtual event—co-presented by NewsData and CJB Energy Economics—will feature leading energy officials from around the Northwest and beyond.

The power industry’s traditional forecasting models were built for a different world. Newsdata reporter and host Dan Catchpole and co-host Josh Keeling of Cadeo Group talk to Ben Kujala, the outgoing head of power planning at the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, about the 2021 Power Plan and forecasting the future amid tectonic shifts in the industry. They also discuss the fate of the lower Snake River dams.

This week, Clearing Up’s Dan Catchpole and CEM’s Jason Fordney talk about concerns about the energy system this summer in California, regulators pinning California blackouts on climate change, greenlights for PacifiCorp’s Energy Gateway transmission project and more.Newsdata and CJB Energy Economics are hosting the 6th annual Pacific Northwest Wholesale Power Markets Conference, June 23 and 24. The conference covers the latest on current energy market conditions and near-term market outlooks around the West. Find more information at Newsdata.com.Follow Newsdata’s publications on Twitter: Clearing Up and CEM.Read more of Newsdata’s coverage of energy in the West at Newsdata.com.

This week, Clearing Up’s Dan Catchpole and CEM’s Jason Fordney talk about Western state regulators’ wariness about FERC changing federal rules for transmission planning and cost allocation, development of small modular nuclear reactors, the Bonneville Power Administration joining the Western Energy Imbalance Market and much more. Newsdata and CJB Energy Economics are hosting the 6th annual Pacific Northwest Wholesale Power Markets Conference, June 23 and 24. The conference covers the latest on current energy market conditions and near-term market outlooks around the West. Find more information at Newsdata.com.Follow Newsdata’s publications on Twitter: Clearing Up and CEM.Read more of Newsdata’s coverage of energy in the West at Newsdata.com.

This week, Clearing Up’s Dan Catchpole and CEM’s Abigail Sawyer talk about forming organized markets in the West, the latest in the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s corruption case, an update on the 2021 explosion at the 600 MW Russell City Energy Center natural gas-fired power plant, offshore wind development, and Energy West’s first reader mail!

This extended episode of Energy West features an interview with Jason Hunter, a former employee of Riverside Public Utilities who for the past several years has been a whistleblower. For more than two years, in its “Tangled Web” series, CEM has been covering the situation around the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power and its former general manager, David Wright. This week, on April 25, Wright was sentenced to six years in prison for accepting bribes from a lawyer in exchange for official action to secure a three-year, $30-million, no-bid LADWP contract for the lawyer’s company. The topic of this podcast is not LADWP, but Wright’s activities at RPU, which Hunter has been working to expose. Hunter’s allegations about Wright were backed up by a report completed in May 2019 by a private investigator hired by the City of Riverside Human Resources Department. Don’t miss this in-depth exploration of corruption in Southern California!

Listen in as Dan Catchpole and Jason Fordney discuss highlights from the energy industry on the northwest and west coast. This episode was recorded on April 26.

This week, Clearing Up’s Dan Catchpole sits down with the Department of Energy’s Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Michelle Manary to talk about DOE’s $2.5 billion program to jumpstart new transmission construction.

Listen in as Dan Catchpole and Jason Fordney discuss highlights from the energy industry on the northwest and west coast. This episode was recorded on April 4.