People in Power – A NewsData Podcast

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 Was...

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 NewsD...

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...

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 Powe...

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 low...

This week, Clearing Up’s Dan Catchpole and CEM’s Jason Fordney talk about concerns about the energy system this summer in California, regulators pinning California blackouts on climate change, greenlights for PacifiCorp’s Energy Gateway transmission project and more. Newsdata and CJB Energy Economics are hosting the 6th annual Pacific Northwest Wholesale Power Markets Conference, June 23 and 24. T...

This week, Clearing Up’s Dan Catchpole and CEM’s Jason Fordney talk about Western state regulators’ wariness about FERC changing federal rules for transmission planning and cost allocation, development of small modular nuclear reactors, the Bonneville Power Administration joining the Western Energy Imbalance Market and much more.  Newsdata and CJB Energy Economics are hosting the 6th annual Pacifi...

This week, Clearing Up’s Dan Catchpole and CEM’s Abigail Sawyer talk about forming organized markets in the West, the latest in the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s corruption case, an update on the 2021 explosion at the 600 MW Russell City Energy Center natural gas-fired power plant, offshore wind development, and Energy West’s first reader mail!

This extended episode of Energy West features an interview with Jason Hunter, a former employee of Riverside Public Utilities who for the past several years has been a whistleblower. For more than two years, in its “Tangled Web” series, CEM has been covering the situation around the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power and its former general manager, David Wright. This week, on April 25, Wr...

Listen in as Dan Catchpole and Jason Fordney discuss highlights from the energy industry on the northwest and west coast. This episode was recorded on April 26.

This week, Clearing Up’s Dan Catchpole sits down with the Department of Energy’s Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Michelle Manary to talk about DOE’s $2.5 billion program to jumpstart new transmission construction.

Listen in as Dan Catchpole and Jason Fordney discuss highlights from the energy industry on the northwest and west coast. This episode was recorded on April 4.

Listen in as Dan Catchpole and Jason Fordney discuss highlights from the energy industry on the northwest and west coast. This episode was recorded on March 25.

Listen in as Dan Catchpole and Jason Fordney discuss highlights from the energy industry on the northwest and west coast. This episode was recorded on March 21.

The Northwest power system needs to decarbonize to fight climate change. That will allow transportation, buildings and other sectors to decarbonize, too. But how does the energy industry get there? Guest Steve Wright, former head of the Bonneville Power Administration and Chelan County PUD, talks to Newsdata reporter and host Dan Catchpole and co-host Josh Keeling of Cadeo Group about how the Nort...

Listen in as Dan Catchpole and Jason Fordney discuss highlights from the energy industry on the northwest and west coast. This episode was recorded on March 14.

Listen in as Dan Catchpole and Jason Fordney discuss highlights from February 28 through March 4 in the energy industry on the west coast and northwest.

Listen in as Dan Catchpole and Jason Fordney discuss highlights from February 19-28 in the energy industry on the west coast and northwest.

Listen in as Dan Catchpole and Jason Fordney discuss highlights from February 11-18 in the energy industry on the west coast and northwest.

Listen in as Dan Catchpole and Jason Fordney discuss highlights from February 1-7 in the energy industry on the west coast and northwest.