Public Power Underground *buzzed history* with Mark Ohrenschall, Shauna McReynolds and Crystal Ball
three energy historians join public power underground for an infotaining and slightly irreverent discussion of the major milestones for the electric industry in the northwest
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Mark Ohrenschall, Shauna McReynolds and Crystal Ball join and Paul Dockery to discuss the history of the electric industry in the Northwest from acronyms to statutes and a myriad of institutions along the way. There were three primary texts used for the conversation.
- NewsData’s list of Western Energy Acronyms
- Public Power Council’s excellent guide to Public Power in the Pacific Northwest, the Public Power Chronicle
- Public Generating Pool’s famous Organized Market Retrospective.
The recording ends with Mark Ohrenschall’s closing thoughts on his final day as Executive Editor of NewsData.
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03:27 - Acronym Anagrams
13:06 - Historian’s ranking of major milestones
38:13 - Preference
48:03 - Whoops
56:25 - Energy Policy Acts
58:42 - The Energy Crisis
1:06:57 - Market Evolution
1:21:10 - Mark Ohrenschall’s Closing Thoughts
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