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EP.129 Katherine Blunt, Energy Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Feb 16, 2023

41:48

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PG&E's Challenges Over the Last 10 Years

01:33

PG&E's Bankruptcy and the Wildfires?

03:51

The Inflation Reduction Act - What's Going to Have the Biggest Impact on the US Energy System?

02:22

Introduction

2min

California Burning - A Book Review

2min

PG&E's Challenges Over the Last 10 Years

2min

PG&E's Bankruptcy and the Wildfires?

4min

The California Energy Crisis

4min

What's the End Game for PG&E?

4min

PG and PG Is Not on a Super Safe Footing.

2min

PG&E's Campfire

4min

Is PG&E Ready to Address Fire Risk in Northern California?

4min

10.

The Inflation Reduction Act - What's Going to Have the Biggest Impact on the US Energy System?

2min

11.

What Lessons Are US Policy Makers Taking From Europe's Energy Crisis?

5min

12.

The Challenges in the Energy Sector

3min

13.

The Challenge of Writing About Power Markets

2min

14.

Energy Podcasts - Who Do You Read or Listen To?

3min

This week we have a very special episode on Energy Unplugged where we focus the discussion around a book. Our Managing Director in APAC & California, Hugo Batten and Kimberly Liu, our Head of Research in California are delighted to be joined by Katherine Blunt, Energy Reporter at The Wall Street Journal.

Katherine is the author of “California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric and What it Means for America’s Power Grid”, a history of Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), one of California's major utilities.

Main topics include:

•PG&E and its major challenges were over last 10-15 years
•The future of PG&E and how do they resolve their current challenges
•Regulation of transmission as one of the central challenges identified in the book
•The challenges of regulating the energy transition

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