People in Power – A NewsData Podcast
NewsData
NewsData's "People in Power" is an exciting new biweekly podcast that explores issues in the energy industry, featuring expert guests from a wide range of backgrounds. Hosted by veteran energy journalists Jason Fordney and Abigail Sawyer of California Energy Markets and including appearances by writers from sister publication Clearing Up, People in Power will explore trends such as development of a Western wholesale electricity trading market, the transition to a more electrified world of new infrastructure and transportation, renewables integration and reliability, wildfire response and mitigation, and many other topics. "People in Power" draws from an unprecedented pool of expertise and insight in a way never seen before! It's available on all major podcast platforms as well as at www.newsdata.com.
Episodes
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Mar 15, 2023 • 23min
Weekly Wrap Up – March 15, 2023
In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about the California Independent System Operator’s latest look at expanding its footprint, Southwest Power Pool’s announcement that Markets+ is moving into development early, big rate increase requests from two SoCal utilities, Puget Sound Energy’s push to shut down its natural gas business and more.Read more about what’s happening in the power industry in the West at NewsData’s Clearing Up and California Energy Markets.Follow us on Twitter: @CUnewsdata, @CEMnewsdata, @dcatchpole and @fordneyenergy.
Mar 8, 2023 • 8min
Weekly Wrap Up - March 8, 2023
In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole talks about California's reliance on the nuclear-powered Diablo Canyon generation plant, challenges for expanding the California Independent System Operator's organized market, and allegations that PacifiCorp withheld key documents in a lawsuit stemming from the Labor Day 2020 weekend wildfires in Oregon.
Mar 3, 2023 • 22min
Weekly Wrap Up – March 3, 2023
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about transportation electrification challenges facing the West, the California Public Utilities Commission’s call to add 15 GW of new generation by 2027, a fight over a natural gas ban in Eugene, Ore., and more.Read more about what’s happening in the power industry in the West at Newsdata’s Clearing Up and California Energy Markets.Follow us on Twitter: @CUnewsdata, @CEMnewsdata, @dcatchpole and @fordneyenergy.
Feb 23, 2023 • 15min
Weekly Wrap Up – February 23, 2023
In the latest Energy West podcast, California Energy Markets Editor Jason Fordney shares more details about the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' Winter Policy Summit in Washington, D.C., and his conversation with fellow attendee and former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Richard Glick. Jason also discusses FERC's approval of the Western Resource Adequacy Program; California Energy Commission funding for electric vehicles and chargers; and new wildfire-related legal action against a pair of California utilities.
Feb 16, 2023 • 24min
Weekly Wrap Up – February 16, 2023
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole talks with California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ Winter 2023 policy summit, where Energy Sec. Jennifer Granholm extolled renewable energy’s role in energy security. Dan and Jason also discuss the evolving role of energy efficiency, California’s soaring natural gas prices, a California lawmaker’s push to create a regional energy market, and Eugene, Ore.’s ban on natural gas in new residential construction.
Feb 10, 2023 • 20min
Weekly Wrap Up – February 10, 2023
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about the risk that solar inverters can trip generation offline, potential news laws in Oregon to spur transportation electrification, new rules for California’s extended day-ahead market, a new partner for a proposed new intertie between the America’s eastern and western grids, and the massive workload facing state regulators.Read more about what’s happening in the power industry in the West at Newsdata’s Clearing Up and California Energy Markets.Follow us on Twitter: @CUnewsdata, @CEMnewsdata, @dcatchpole and @fordneyenergy.
Feb 1, 2023 • 22min
Weekly Wrap Up - February 1, 2023
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about the latest twist in the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant saga, PacifiCorp delaying its exit from the Colstrip coal power plant, $124 million for electrification in California, what keeps PacifiCorp’s sustainability director up at night, and more. Read more about what’s happening in the power industry in the West at Newsdata’s Clearing Up and California Energy Markets. Follow us on Twitter: @CUnewsdata, @CEMnewsdata, @dcatchpole and @fordneyenergy.
Jan 26, 2023 • 23min
Weekly Wrap Up – January 26, 2023
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about California’s call for thousands of megawatts of new generation, the coal-fired Colstrip power plant’s new lease on life, what it is going to take to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant open and the latest legal challenge to Washington’s new carbon emission cap-and-invest program.Read more about what’s happening in the power industry in the West at Newsdata’s Clearing Up and California Energy Markets.Follow us on Twitter: @CUnewsdata, @CEMnewsdata, @dcatchpole and @fordneyenergy.
Jan 24, 2023 • 16min
Top 10 Energy Stories from the Northwest Energy Industry in 2022
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole goes over the top 10 stories for the Northwest energy industry in 2022. Read more about what’s happening in the power industry in the West at Newsdata’s Clearing Up and California Energy Markets. Follow us on Twitter: @CUnewsdata, @CEMnewsdata, @dcatchpole and @fordneyenergy.
Jan 20, 2023 • 29min
Weekly Wrap Up – January 20, 2023
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about NorthWestern Energy buying more coal-fired generation, customers responding to time-of-use rates in California, PacifiCorp and Idaho Power converting a power plant from coal to natural gas, California slashing funding for decarbonization programs, and more.Read more about what’s happening in the power industry in the West at Newsdata’s Clearing Up and California Energy Markets.Follow us on Twitter: @CUnewsdata, @CEMnewsdata, @dcatchpole and @fordneyenergy.
