People in Power – A NewsData Podcast

Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about what’s going on in the energy industry in the West. 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 .

Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about what’s going on in the energy industry in the West. 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 .

Jason Fordney reports this week's news from NARUC in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Unlike the rest of North America, the West’s power grid outside California is a patchwork of utility fiefdoms generating, wheeling and distributing electricity. Centralized electricity markets dominate the rest of the continent. There is widespread consensus in the energy industry that the West needs greater coordination if it’s going to decarbonize and keep the lights on in millions of homes from...

Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about income and racial disparities in the home solar market, volatility concerns of some BPA customers, Salt River Project adding more grid storage, the uncertain fate of NW Natural’s renewable hydrogen pilot project, and more. Read more about what’s happening in the power industry in the West at Newsdata’s Clearing Up...

Listen in as Dan Catchpole and Jason Fordney discuss highlights from the energy industry on the northwest and west coast.

Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about California studying expanding its energy market , rising CAISO prices , wind power off the West Coast , EV battery makers , demand response’s increasing importance in the Northwest , and more. Read more about what’s happening in the power industry in the West at NewsData’s Clearing Up and California Energy Markets...

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 202...

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 . T...

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 ind...

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 Cal...

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 .

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 .

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 mark...

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...

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...

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: @CU...

Due to vacation plans, NewsData's Energy West Weekly Wrap Up is off this week. Jason and Dan will be back next week with the latest on what's happening in the West. Stay current with the latest power industry news at NewsData's Clearing Up and California Energy Markets .

Listen in as Jason Fordney and Abigail Sawyer discuss highlights from the energy industry in the northwest and west coast. This episode was recorded on August 1.

Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about the state and federal regulators’ increasing focus on the critical need for more transmission lines , the West’s increasing momentum toward organized markets , California’s $7 million push to electrify trucking , why Oregon is the “ Saudi Arabi of offshore wind ,” and more. Read more about what’s happening in the p...

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 n...

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...

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...

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 . 

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 Newsd...