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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Oct 19, 2022 • 18min
Weekly Wrap Up – October 19, 2022
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about updated load-management standards by the California Energy Commission, the Northwest falling short of its six-year energy efficiency target, how much millionaires in California should pay for new electric vehicle chargers and wildfire mitigation, the huge amount of solar power that FERC expects to be built by 2025, 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.
Oct 12, 2022 • 16min
Weekly Wrap Up – October 12, 2022
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about Southwest Power Pool’s vision for an RTO in the West, intrigue and in-fighting in Arizona’s Salt River Project, a growing rift between Northwest public power utilities and the White House, environmentalists’ objections to hydrogen fuel development, and a push in the Northwest to ban sales of gas-powered cars. They also discuss the tragic death of industry leader Therese Hampton.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.
Oct 6, 2022 • 36min
Weekly Wrap Up – October 3, 2022
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about: expediting utility undergrounding,Jason's response to opinion columns in the LA Times about whether or not rural California towns that were destroyed by wildfires should be rebuilt,Southwest Power Pool's draft service offering,and electric transportation news.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.
Sep 29, 2022 • 28min
Weekly Wrap Up – September 26, 2022
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney discuss expanding the Southwest Power Pool’s regional transmission organization into the West, California’s ambitious plan to install 250,000 EV chargers, the reliability of hydropower in the West during droughts, 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.
Sep 23, 2022 • 18min
Weekly Wrap Up – September 19, 2022
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about how the Northwest helped California keep the lights on during its early September heat wave–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.
Sep 15, 2022 • 18min
Weekly Wrap Up – September 12, 2022
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about one of the worst wildfire weekends in the West this year.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.
Sep 8, 2022 • 24min
Weekly Wrap Up – September 5, 2022
UPDATE: Since this was recorded, several more Western utilities said they are also moving forward with the next phase of Southwest Power Pool’s market proposal for the West.Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Abigail Sawyer talk about efforts by California lawmakers to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant operating, growing support for the Southwest Power Pool’s market proposal for the West 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 @energy_abigail.
Sep 1, 2022 • 32min
Weekly Wrap Up – August 29, 2022
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about two top Washington elected officials say they’re in no rush to breach the four lower Snake River dams, California is one (big) step closer to requiring all new cars are zero-emission by 2035, Western AGs join to oppose natural gas pipeline expansion, 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.
Aug 25, 2022 • 20min
Weekly Wrap Up – August 25, 2022
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about California ISO’s latest market proposal, a major step forward for the West’s new surplus capacity sharing program, a much quieter wildfire season, NW Natural’s hydrogen project to reduce carbon emissions, 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 and @CEMnewsdata.
Aug 19, 2022 • 21min
Weekly Wrap Up – August 19, 2022
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about California’s huge offshore wind goals, upgrading transmission lines to reach clean energy goals, lawmakers pushing CAISO to expand into a regional market 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 and @CEMnewsdata.
