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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Jul 21, 2022 • 26min
Weekly Wrap Up – July 21, 2022
In the latest episode of NewsData's Energy West podcast, California Energy Markets Editor Jason Fordney and Clearing Up Associate Editor Dan Catchpole discuss happenings at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' Summer Policy Summit in San Diego this week, a new study from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that says breaching the Lower Snake River dams is necessary to protect salmon populations, comments from a top federal energy regulator on transmission development, and more!
Jul 14, 2022 • 18min
Weekly Wrap Up – July 14, 2022
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about the eye-popping cost estimate of replacing the four federally-owned dams on the lower Snake River dam, California state agencies’ newfound ability to procure generation, cost projections for Washington’s carbon cap and invest program, and more.California’s sweeping energy legislation to boost the grid’s capacity–even if it includes fossil fuel resources, the latest assessment of taking down the lower Snake River dams, possibly keeping the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant longer than previously planned, and more.Read more about what’s happening in the power industry in the West at NewsData’s Clearing Up and California Energy Markets.
Jul 8, 2022 • 24min
Weekly Wrap Up – July 8, 2022
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about California’s sweeping energy legislation to boost the grid’s capacity–even if it includes fossil fuel resources, the latest assessment of taking down the lower Snake River dams, possibly keeping the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant longer than previously planned, and more. Read more about what’s happening in the power industry in the West at Newsdata’s Clearing Up and California Energy Markets.
Jun 30, 2022 • 13min
Weekly Wrap Up – June 30, 2022
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about the increasingly volatile conditions in the West’s wholesale markets, resource adequacy plans in California, BPA’s outlook for secondary sales, and more. Read more about what’s happening in the power industry in the West at Newsdata’s Clearing Up and California Energy Markets.
Jun 24, 2022 • 22min
Weekly Wrap Up – June 24, 2022
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about the calls for more oversight of Pacific Gas & Electric, bold predictions for the future of wind energy, more money for Bonneville Power Administration’s salmon mitigation programs, tech giants’ turn toward renewable energy, and more.Read more about what’s happening in the power industry in the West at Newsdata’s Clearing Up and California Energy Markets.
Jun 17, 2022 • 22min
Weekly Wrap Up – June 14, 2022
In the latest episode of Energy West, California Energy Markets Editor Jason Fordney and Associate Editor Abigail Sawyer dive into the California Air Resources Board's latest zero-emission vehicle proposal, $18 million in grants awarded by the California Energy Commission, mixed reactions to the Inslee-Murray lower Snake River dams report, a Norwegian battery maker's plans to open a factory in Washington state, and more!
Jun 8, 2022 • 11min
Weekly Wrap Up – June 8, 2022
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about the Southwest Power Pool’s governance straw proposal for Markets+, consternation over FERC’s refund order, and more.Learn more about regional market conditions and near-term market outlooks at the 6th Annual Pacific Northwest Wholesale Power Markets Conference. The June 23-24 virtual event—co-presented by NewsData and CJB Energy Economics—will feature leading energy officials from around the Northwest and beyond.
Jun 2, 2022 • 25min
Weekly Wrap Up — June 2, 2022
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about Dan’s scoop that the Bonneville Power Administration is considering joining an informal group exploring regional market structures in the West, the hidden risk of sleeping cybersecurity intrusions, how state energy policies in California are falling short of long-term emissions goals, Newsdata’s 40th anniversary, Jason’s bands and more.Learn more about regional market conditions and near-term market outlooks at the 6th Annual Pacific Northwest Wholesale Power Markets Conference. The June 23-24 virtual event—co-presented by NewsData and CJB Energy Economics—will feature leading energy officials from around the Northwest and beyond.
May 25, 2022 • 21min
Weekly Wrap Up — May 25, 2022
Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about the elevated risk of blackouts and other loss of load across the West this summer, possible progress on the Columbia River Treaty, CPUC’s approval of SoCal Edison storage projects and more.Learn more about regional market conditions and near-term market outlooks at the 6th Annual Pacific Northwest Wholesale Power Markets Conference. The June 23-24 virtual event—co-presented by NewsData and CJB Energy Economics—will feature leading energy officials from around the Northwest and beyond.
May 23, 2022 • 49min
All models are wrong; some are useful: Forecasting where the power sector is going with Ben Kujala
The power industry’s traditional forecasting models were built for a different world. Newsdata reporter and host Dan Catchpole and co-host Josh Keeling of Cadeo Group talk to Ben Kujala, the outgoing head of power planning at the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, about the 2021 Power Plan and forecasting the future amid tectonic shifts in the industry. They also discuss the fate of the lower Snake River dams.
