Bill Drummond, Dan Catchpole, Karen Heim, and Paul Dockery talk about the latest in public power and public-power-adjacent news, including Lineworker Appreciation Day, solar developers betting on RTO development, what’s going on with the battery supply chain, and jumpstarting interregional transmission!
08:45 - Arin Reports with Karen Reporting
14:10 - Lineworker Appreciation Day
21:11 - solar developers betting on RTO development
31:08 - a bunch of battery stories
- CAISO is developing a new participation model for energy storage resources
- a Southern California Edison’s energy storage project is facing delays
- Rivian Chief Executive Officer, RJ Scaringe has a warning
- Supply chain issues facing batteries
41:21 - DOE’s $2.5 billion Transmission Jump Start Program
50:01 - TL;DR the rest of the news in “Energy West, lite”
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