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Newsdata’s Energy West podcast delivers in-depth conversations with energy experts and weekly news updates about the energy industry in California, the Northwest and beyond. Stay plugged in with Newsdata’s award-winning journalists.

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    • Apr 24, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Latest episodes from NewsData’s Energy West

    Jim Robb, president and CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 47:39


    Hear from the nation's top reliability official as he and California Energy Markets Editor Jason Fordney explore the topic of grid reliability. Generation retirements, load growth through data centers and electrification, and more frequent extreme weather are among the challenges facing grid planners and reliability officials. This episode digs deep into the issues, including the challenges of more inverter-based resources on the grid, gas-electric coordination, and how New York City almost lost its natural gas supply in what would have been a catastrophic event. Don't miss this one-on-one with an official who is on the front lines of the reliability situation!

    NewsData Reporter Roundtable!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 36:11


    People in Power Episode 8: NewsData Reporter Roundtable! Looking to update your knowledge of emerging Western wholesale energy markets? This episode of People in Power features three experts on the topic, California Energy Markets Managing Editor Jason Fordney, Clearing Up Editor Steve Ernst and California Energy Markets Associate Editor and Southwest Editor Abigail Sawyer. They discuss both the California Independent System Operator's extended day-ahead market and the competing proposal from the Southwest Power Pool, Markets+. You can hear about the latest dynamics around the markets, from solving the thorny governance issue to the effectiveness of the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative to where the Bonneville Power Administration will land. This is a critical listen for anyone involved in Western energy markets! 

    Rocky Mountain Natural Gas and Reliability in the West, With Jason Sandel

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 31:57


    In the latest episode of NewsData's People in Power, upstream natural gas drilling executive Jason Sandel, chair of the Western States and Tribal Nations Energy Initiative, sits down with Abigail Sawyer to discuss the value of Rocky Mountain-sourced natural gas for providing electric reliability and heat in the West. Sandel, who runs a family-owned drilling and well-servicing business in the San Juan Basin, also discusses how natural gas producers can pivot to drilling geothermal and advanced-geothermal wells to provide emissions-free baseload power with little to no investment in new equipment or retraining.

    President Donald Trump, The Inside Story With Neil Chatterjee

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 33:41


    In this episode of People in Power, Chatterjee, former energy advisor to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, discusses what to expect from the new federal administration in terms of energy. Some of his thoughts are surprising, such as Trump's embrace of clean energy, and how Trump is concerned about his legacy. First nominated to FERC by Trump in 2017. Chatterjee describes how Trump isn't doing anything he didn't say he was going to do, and offers some personal insights into the president. Other topics include winning the artificial intelligence war against China and bringing down the cost of electricity.

    Resource Planning and the Embrace of SPP's RTO Expansion

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 33:15


    In the latest episode of People in Power, Abigail Sawyer and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association CEO Duane Highley discuss  threading the needle to satisfy diverse interests across a multi-state territory and the G&T cooperative's decision to join the Southwest Power Pool's RTO West expansion. 

    Will Abrams on Wildfire Survivor Advocacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 31:48


    For this episode of People in Power, California Energy Markets Editor Jason Fordney speaks with Will Abrams, a leading wildfire survivor advocate who discusses some disturbing developments around compensation for wildfire victims in California—a situation stretching back years and tied to the bankruptcy of Pacific Gas & Electric in 2020. These developments include wildfire victims not getting paid; Wall Street hedge funds, attorneys and others profiteering off the proceedings; and state legislation that is designed more to benefit utility shareholders than wildfire survivors. Abrams, who is a participant in legal proceedings related to wildfire survivor compensation, takes us through a series of observations that provide great insight into the plight of wildfire survivors. Abrams is a tireless advocate for wildfire victims who has taken his message to the state Legislature in Sacramento.

    Antoine Lucas on the Virtues of Patience and Competition

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 44:00


    Antoine Lucas, Southwest Power Pool's VP of markets, talks with California Energy Markets Associate Editor Abigail Sawyer about waiting for federal approval of Markets+, SPP's day-ahead market offering for load-serving entities in the West. Further regulatory delays could have implications for Markets+, which is in direct competition with the California Independent System Operator's extended day-ahead market. That competition, Lucas says, is good for everyone. Listen to the conversation on the latest episode of NewsData's People in Power.

    Unpunished Wrongdoing in Southern California?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 36:45


    Jason Hunter, a former employee of Riverside Public Utilities, is still looking for answers regarding contracting activity he witnessed at the organization years ago. Bolstering his claims of wrongdoing is the fact that some of the individuals involved in the alleged activity are now serving prison sentences for later activities at Los Angeles Department of Water & Power. It's a wild story complete with employee harassment; police harassment; Federal Bureau of Information raids on LADWP offices; and conflicts of interest, as well as shell companies, luxury cars and beachfront condos.Hunter alleges that after years of seeking the truth and seeking an audit of the contracting activities he witnessed more than a decade ago, the alleged crimes were never punished. He is still waiting for the City of Riverside to perform the audit, which nobody can seem to complete.Check out the latest episode of People in Power to hear the whole story.

    People in Power Podcast, Episode 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 40:11


    The effort to create a regional wholesale energy market in the West moved forward in 2023 when a group of state regulators from Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington advanced a proposal “for ensuring that the benefits of wholesale electricity markets are maximized for customers across the entire Western U.S.” This led to the creation of the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative, driven by stakeholders across the West who realize the reliability and cost benefits that could be created with a wider wholesale market that includes California. In the inaugural episode of People in Power, NewsData's Jason Fordney speaks with Kathleen Staks, director of Western Freedom and a member of the WWGPI Launch Committee, about the effort. This interview was conducted just prior to the issuance of WWGPI's Step 2 proposal, which would create a new regional organization to oversee the market. NewsData's Abigail Sawyer also shares her thoughts about observing the demolition of the San Juan Generating Station in New Mexico.

    Virtual Power Plants Already Are Making Real Differences​

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 41:03


    Virtual power plants are an old idea being revolutionized by new technology. VPPs bundle distributed energy resources, such as rooftop solar, demand response, energy storage and electric-vehicle chargers, into a single grid-scale resource. Proponents say they are essential to decarbonizing and meeting growing demand. The U.S. Department of Energy says VPPs could provide as much as 20 percent of demand in 2030. John Manetti and Aaron August come on Energy West to talk about Puget Sound Energy's VPP, which launched in November. It is about 30 MW now. The company plans to expand it to at least 86 MW by the end of 2025 and could provide 10 percent or more of the company's demand in just a few years. 

    Locational Marginal Pricing Methods, With Kyri Baker

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 21:25


    In the latest episode of NewsData's Energy West podcast, California Energy Markets Editor Jason Fordney interviews Kyri Baker, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, about her research into the locational marginal pricing methods currently used by most independent system operators. During her research, Baker noticed that LMPs mimic the behavior of direct-current circuits, leading to her research paper published in late March. Tune in to Energy West for details on this entirely new way to understand wholesale energy pricing in ISOs!

    Odd Bedfellows: Big Tech, Artificial Intelligence and Electric Power Utilities

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 30:40


    Demand for artificial intelligence and machine learning is booming—and so is AI's energy demand. AI requires massive amounts of computing power, which means huge data centers need to be built to enable AI's widespread adoption.AI's energy demand is expected to grow faster than new generation comes on line. Solving that will be hard enough, but differences between the tech industry and the electric power industry make it even more difficult in some ways. The tech industry evolved with a move-fast-and-break-things ethos, while the electric power industry is one of the most heavily regulated and conservative industries in the country. Developing a new data center takes 12, 18, maybe 24 months, whereas adding new generation and transmission takes years.Tech and power are odd bedfellows, and while they are getting to know each other better, they still have plenty more to learn.Ben Lee, a computer scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, is one of the handful of people in the country who works in the space between the electric power industry and big tech. He says there are opportunities for the two to work more productively together. There are also some things that likely will not make much of a difference to accommodating AI demand in the near future, such as time-of-use rates.

    Columbia River Treaty and Low Snowpack with K. C. Mehaffey

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 22:49


    NewsData's Clearing Up reporter K. C. Mehaffey stops by Energy West with updates on Columbia River Treaty negotiations between the United States and Canada, the low snowpack in the Northwest and efforts to save salmon in the Columbia River Basin.

    CAISO CEO Elliot Mainzer Talks Markets, Reliability and Future of the West, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2024 39:23


    In Part 2 of a wide-ranging interview with California Energy Markets Editor Jason Fordney, California Independent System Operator President and CEO Elliot Mainzer dives into his current priorities, including increased connectivity across the West, transmission planning that looks out 20 years, CAISO's pause of new interconnections to reduce queue clogging and the upcoming extended day-ahead market.

    CAISO CEO Elliot Mainzer Talks Markets, Reliability and Future of the West, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 23:55


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, California Energy Markets Editor Jason Fordney speaks with Elliot Mainzer, president and CEO of the California Independent System Operator, in Part 1 of a wide-ranging interview about the California electricity grid, a wider Western day-ahead market, managing the huge influx of energy storage coming on to the CAISO grid, and CAISO's competition with Southwest Power Pool over a Western RTO. You won't want to miss this in-depth episode!

    Untangling Transmission's Gordian Knot With Rob Gramlich, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 16:57


    Join us in Part 2 of the latest episode of Energy West, where NewsData's Dan Catchpole and Grid Strategies' Rob Gramlich continue to discuss the design and development of transmission projects throughout the West. Gramlich also discusses new technologies that may benefit the electric grid in the future.

    Untangling Transmission's Gordian Knot With Rob Gramlich

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2024 31:27


    If the West is going to electrify cars and buildings, decarbonize the grid and keep the lights on, it needs more high-voltage transmission, a lot more. One of the nation's top transmission experts, Rob Gramlich, talks with NewsData reporter Dan Catchpole about how the West can build more and bigger transmission projects. Rob is founder of GridStrategies and coined the mnemonic device, the 3 P's of transmission: planning, permitting and paying. If you solve the 3 P's, you can build more transmission.  This episode is part one of two. Check back later this month for part two! GridStrategies: gridstrategiesllc.com

    Weekly Wrap Up – October 12, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2023 27:35


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about efforts to jumpstart transmission construction in the West, how the upcoming solar eclipse likely could effect the Western grid and how battery inverter faults could cause big problems for the grid.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 X/Twitter: @CUnewsdata, @CEMnewsdata, @dcatchpoleand @fordneyenergy.

    Weekly Wrap Up – October 5, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 19:10


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about the California Independent System Operator's decision to delay the launch of its extended day-ahead market from 2025 to 2026, Xcel's plans to invest $15 billion in its energy transition in Colorado and the need for more transmission 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 X/Twitter: @CUnewsdata, @CEMnewsdata, @dcatchpole and @fordneyenergy.

    Weekly Wrap Up – September 28, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 20:45


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about an 11th hour push to form a day-ahead market in the West that includes California AND is independently governed. The initiative drew widespread support from potential participants–and lots of questions about legal feasibility. They also discuss an interview with Southwest Power Pool executive Bruce Rew about the market operator's expansion of its comprehensive market into the Western Interconnection.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 X/Twitter: @CUnewsdata, @CEMnewsdata, @dcatchpole and @fordneyenergy.

    Weekly Wrap Up – September 21, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 26:45


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about the western United States' second comprehensive energy market, the future of offshore wind in the West, long-duration battery storage's arrival, 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 X/Twitter: @CUnewsdata, @CEMnewsdata, @dcatchpole and @fordneyenergy. 

    The West Is Getting a Second RTO! (with SPP's Bruce Rew)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 28:29


    The West is getting a second RTO (or regional transmission organization). The Southwest Power Pool is launching a western branch of its existing RTO, which covers much of the Midwest. Nine Rocky Mountain utilities and power marketers have committed to launching the western branch in 2026. An RTO manages the transmission grid and wholesale electricity market for its participants. Right now, the only market operator in the West is the California Independent System Operator (or CAISO). Since the 1990s, there have been plenty of failed attempts to create another comprehensive market in the West. If the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approves SPP's western expansion, it will not only be the second RTO in the West, it will also be the first RTO operated in Eastern and Western Interconnections. NewsData's Dan Catchpole talked about the news with SPP's Senior Vice President of Operations Bruce Rew. 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 X/Twitter: @CUnewsdata, @CEMnewsdata, @dcatchpole and @fordneyenergy.

    Weekly Wrap Up – September 11, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2023 28:56


    In the latest Energy West podcast, California Energy Markets Editor Jason Fordney speaks with CEM Associate Editor Abigail Sawyer about the emerging Western wholesale energy market, a push by Western state regulators to move forward with a regional transmission organization, and a recent forum held in Las Vegas by the California Independent System Operator on its extended day-ahead market proposal.

    Weekly Wrap Up – August 31, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 10:46


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole discusses this week's top stories from the energy industry in the West, including the California Independent System Operator asking federal regulators to approve a Westwide day-ahead energy market, PacifiCorp's plans to convert coal-fired power plants to burn natural gas, and more. You can find the Energy West podcast on NewsData's podcast page, Apple podcasts, Spotify and other major podcast plat-forms.

    Weekly Wrap Up – August 24, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 10:38


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole looks at the hot temperatures that recently scorched the West, including Arizona's heat emergency, a new record high peak demand in the Northwest, new research that says climate-driven droughts will lead to more greenhouse gas emissions, offshore wind of Oregon, 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.

    End of an Era

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2023 51:09


    After more than 30 years at NewsData, publisher Mark Ohrenschall is retiring. Before he leaves, he talks with Jason Fordney, Abigail Sawyer and Dan Catchpole about his time at the company, journalism and the energy industry.

    Weekly Wrap Up – August 11, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2023 17:01


    In this week's episode of Energy West, California Energy Markets Editor Jason Fordney discusses a proposal by state regulators to increase storage levels at the controversial Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility in southern California; an update on how the California grid is holding up this summer; and a plan by the California Department of Water Resources that would keep natural gas-fired once-through-cooling power plants operating past their scheduled retirement dates.

    Weekly Wrap Up – August 3, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2023 14:30


    In this episode of Energy West, California Energy Markets Editor Jason Fordney gives a rundown of the latest energy news in the Golden State and beyond, including how wholesale cost to serve load in the California Independent System Operator doubled between 2020 and 2022; a request for rehearing from the California Community Choice Association of a state regulator decision to restrict CCA expansion because of resource-adequacy requirement failures; and a new rule from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission designed to address the severe backlog of interconnection requests from new generation resources across the U.S. Energy West is available at www.newsdata.com as well as on all the major podcast hosting platforms.

    Weekly Wrap Up – July 27, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2023 31:17


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about concerns that CAISO's extended day-ahead market could short-circuit the Western Resource Adequacy Program, Energy Northwest and X-Energy's plans to build 12 small modular nuclear reactors, CAISO's new subscriber-funded model for new transmission lines, Bonneville Power Administration sizing up day-ahead market offerings from CAISO and the Southwest Power Pool, 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.

    Weekly Wrap Up - July 20, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 30:16


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about about the state of transmission planning in the West, California's (good) battery boom, Bonneville Power Administration's announcement of $2 billion in transmission system upgrades, fewer public safety power shut-offs in northern California, 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.

    Weekly Wrap Up - July 13, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2023 28:11


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about Western transmission's problem of the commons, zero-emission trucking in California, limits to offshore wind's economic benefits, 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.

    Weekly Wrap Up – June 22, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 17:17


    In the latest Energy West podcast, California Energy Markets Editor Jason Fordney discusses how the workforce needed to implement California's clean-energy policies does not yet exist; new heavy-duty electric-truck charging infrastructure being built in the state; a California Public Advocates Office report drastically cutting estimates for electrification from previous numbers; and how PacifiCorp liability for Labor Day fires could top $87 million.

    Weekly Wrap Up - June 15, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 29:21


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about state regulators talking utilities to task for vague decarbonization planning, worries about where California will get enough energy to meet its clean energy goals, high prices in Washington's carbon emissions cap-and-invest program, and more.Register now for NewsData's virtual conference “Western Resource Adequacy: Progress, Perils & Paths Forward” on June 22-23. More information at newsdata.com/conf.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.

    Weekly Wrap Up – June 8, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 27:56


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about the largest hydropower dam removal in history getting underway, Shasta County's dismissing criminal charges against Pacific Gas & Electric after reaching a settlement, truckers' concerns that California's zero-emission requirements for long-haul trucking are coming on too fast, battery storage becoming a regular part of utilities' resource acquisitions, and more.Register now for NewsData's virtual conference “Western Resource Adequacy: Progress, Perils & Paths Forward” on June 22-23. More information at newsdata.com/conf.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.

    Weekly Wrap Up - June 1, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 30:23


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about obstacles to building offshore wind off California, interconnection delays across the country, Washington delaying new building codes in the wake of the 9th Circuit Court's Berkeley decision, PacifiCorp booking a $120 million first quarter loss due to the 2020 Labor Day weekend wildfires, and more Register now for NewsData's virtual conference “Western Resource Adequacy: Progress, Perils & Paths Forward” on June 22-23. More information at newsdata.com/conf. 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. 

    Weekly Wrap Up - May 25, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023 31:59


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about growing summer reliability risks for the Western power grid, the latest push to make the California Independent System Operator into an independent organized market, a developer's proposal to pair pumped storage with wind turbines off the Oregon coast, new metrics to assess the risk of capacity shortfalls in the Northwest, and moreRegister now for NewsData's virtual conference “Western Resource Adequacy: Progress, Perils & Paths Forward” on June 22-23. More information at newsdata.com/conf.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.

    Weekly Wrap Up – May 18, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 26:59


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about expanding access to zero-emission vehicles beyond affluent drivers, sea lions decimating salmon populations, wildfires disrupting Canadian natural gas exports to the U.S., utilities' balancing wildfire mitigation and power outages, and more.Register now for NewsData's upcoming two-day virtual conference “Western Resource Adequacy: Progress, Perils & Paths Forward.” More information at newsdata.com/conf.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.

    Weekly Wrap Up – May 11, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 24:40


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about soaring demand forecast for the Northwest, California's fights over net metering, Portland General Electric's warning that it can't meet Oregon's 2040 zero-emission mandate, $10.5 billion of investments in California's energy sector, CEM's interview with world-renowned energy expert Vaclav Smil, and more.Register now for NewsData's upcoming two-day virtual conference “Western Resource Adequacy: Progress, Perils & Paths Forward.” More information at newsdata.com/conf.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.

    Weekly Wrap Up - May 4, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2023 24:04


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about California's proposed zero-emission trucking mandate, anger over service connection delays, Washington state lawmakers want utilities to plan more for the future, 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.

    Weekly Wrap Up - April 28, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023 27:53


    Weekly Wrap Up - April 20, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 31:46


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about California utilities' push for flat rates, a federal greenlight for the TransWest Express transmission line from Wyoming to Nevada, doing more with less in the Northwest, a lawsuit to shut down Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, 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.

    Weekly Wrap Up – April 13, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 32:38


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about record high curtailments in California, utilities' roadmaps for acquiring huge amounts of renewables, storage and even nuclear generation, renewable hydrogen developments, 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.

    Weekly Wrap Up – April 6, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 11:47


    In this week's episode of Energy West, California Energy Markets Editor Jason Fordney breaks down the latest energy news in the region, including concerns among analysts about natural gas storage levels in the West, especially on the Pacific Gas & Electric system; daunting challenges facing the Western Interconnection as described by the Western Electricity Coordinating Council; and a report from the California Independent System Operator's Department of Market Monitoring showing that natural gas and energy prices in CAISO more than doubled in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared with the same period in the prior year.

    Weekly Wrap Up – March 30, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2023 25:45


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about PacifiCorp's new proposal for a 500-kV, 143-mile transmission line in Wyoming, why there isn't more geothermal generation in the West, plans for new natural gas peaking plants in Nevada, state lawmakers' efforts to stop cities from adopting local energy policies, 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.

    Weekly Wrap Up - March 23, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 27:23


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about a second organized comprehensive energy market in the West, California's investigation into high natural gas prices, opposition to a proposed natural gas pipeline expansion 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.Follow us on Twitter: @CUnewsdata, @CEMnewsdata, @dcatchpole and @fordneyenergy.

    Weekly Wrap Up – March 15, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 23:01


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about the California Independent System Operator's latest look at expanding its footprint, Southwest Power Pool's announcement that Markets+ is moving into development early, big rate increase requests from two SoCal utilities, Puget Sound Energy's push to shut down its natural gas business 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.

    Weekly Wrap Up - March 8, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 8:17


    In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole talks about California's reliance on the nuclear-powered Diablo Canyon generation plant, challenges for expanding the California Independent System Operator's organized market, and allegations that PacifiCorp withheld key documents in a lawsuit stemming from the Labor Day 2020 weekend wildfires in Oregon.

    Weekly Wrap Up – March 3, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 21:51


    Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about transportation electrification challenges facing the West, the California Public Utilities Commission's call to add 15 GW of new generation by 2027, a fight over a natural gas ban in Eugene, Ore., 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.

    Weekly Wrap Up – February 23, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 15:02


    In the latest Energy West podcast, California Energy Markets Editor Jason Fordney shares more details about the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' Winter Policy Summit in Washington, D.C., and his conversation with fellow attendee and former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Richard Glick. Jason also discusses FERC's approval of the Western Resource Adequacy Program; California Energy Commission funding for electric vehicles and chargers; and new wildfire-related legal action against a pair of California utilities.

    Weekly Wrap Up – February 16, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2023 24:29


    Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole talks with California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' Winter 2023 policy summit, where Energy Sec. Jennifer Granholm extolled renewable energy's role in energy security. Dan and Jason also discuss the evolving role of energy efficiency, California's soaring natural gas prices, a California lawmaker's push to create a regional energy market, and Eugene, Ore.'s ban on natural gas in new residential construction.

    Weekly Wrap Up – February 10, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2023 20:06


    Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about the risk that solar inverters can trip generation offline, potential news laws in Oregon to spur transportation electrification, new rules for California's extended day-ahead market, a new partner for a proposed new intertie between the America's eastern and western grids, and the massive workload facing state regulators.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.

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