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Best podcasts about electric utility

Latest podcast episodes about electric utility

NewsData’s Energy West
Jim Robb, president and CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation

NewsData’s Energy West

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’s Energy West
NewsData Reporter Roundtable!

NewsData’s Energy West

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! 

NewsData’s Energy West
Rocky Mountain Natural Gas and Reliability in the West, With Jason Sandel

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

NewsData’s Energy West
President Donald Trump, The Inside Story With Neil Chatterjee

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

NewsData’s Energy West
Resource Planning and the Embrace of SPP's RTO Expansion

NewsData’s Energy West

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. 

NewsData’s Energy West
Will Abrams on Wildfire Survivor Advocacy

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

Virginia Public Radio
One state lawmaker thinks Southwest Virginians should have more electric utility options

Virginia Public Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025


Should Appalachian Power continue to have a monopoly across Southwest Virginia? Michael Pope reports that a senator from Richlands says it’s time to deregulate. The bill introduced by Senator Hackworth applies only to Appalachian Power, known as Phase One utility – not to the state’s largest electric utility, Dominion Energy, which is a Phase Two […]

NewsData’s Energy West
Antoine Lucas on the Virtues of Patience and Competition

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

TID Water & Power Podcast
2024 Recap and 2025 Look Ahead with TID's General Manager

TID Water & Power Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 36:15


On Episode 44 of the TID Water & Power Podcast we're joined by TID General Manager, Brad Koehn, to back at 2024 and look ahead at what's to come in 2025.2024 was a big year for the District! Between project milestones and leadership changes, there are many accomplishments and significant changes to look back on. But, as we turn the page on another year, we can already see that 2025 will bring lots of exciting new initiatives and significant long term planning. On this episode we discuss the important projects that defined 2024, the biggest challenges for the District, and a look ahead at the innovative projects and plans on the horizon.Let's get social! Facebook: @TurlockIDInstagram: @TurlockIDTwitter: @TurlockIDLinkedIn: /company/turlockid Find out more about TID at https://www.TID.org/podcast.

Flanigan's Eco-Logic
Charles Hua on Modernizing the Electric Utility Regulatory System

Flanigan's Eco-Logic

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 31:07


In this Convo of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Charles Hua, Founder and Executive Director of PowerLines, a new nonprofit organization aiming to modernize utility regulation to accelerate affordable, reliable, and clean energy for American consumers. He is also an energy analyst who has worked at Rewiring America, DOE's Loan Programs Office, and now at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as a research affiliate.Charles wants people to pay attention to the enormous influence that public utility commissions (PUCs) have on the U.S. energy transition, and get involved with this long-neglected area, pushing for a utility regulatory system that can better serve American consumers, grow the economy, and support communities. His concern is that most states have an outdated utility regulatory system that is not prepared to tackle modern energy challenges. He also claims that there are 200 commissioners controlling the monopolistic utilities at the heart of America's electricity system, with over 200 billion dollars in utility spending.By engaging with the people, policies, and processes needed to deliver on this agenda, PowerLines approach is to pull together a big tent coalition of people interested in public utility commission (PUC) reform, including PUC staffers themselves, state legislators, clean energy providers and customers, academics and researchers, as well as grassroots groups. They'll serve as a hub for modernizing utility regulation by bringing together these diverse stakeholders to share ideas, resources, and solutions on a path forward to effective utility regulation.Charles and Ted dig into the problems with PUCs, discussing the unrestrained, unregulated authority over the U.S. electricity system. With the immense power and significance on the country's clean energy future, Charles highlights opportunities for reform, including the revision of statutes, the effectiveness of integrated resource plans, decarbonization, equity, and creating more latitude or space for regulators to embrace a more forward-thinking, innovation-oriented mindset.

NewsData’s Energy West
Unpunished Wrongdoing in Southern California?

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

NewsData’s Energy West
People in Power Podcast, Episode 1

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

Public Power Now
City of Cartersville, Ga., Electric Utility Director Details Benefits of Being MEAG Power Participant

Public Power Now

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 11:25


In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Tom McKee, Electric Utility Director for the City of Cartersville, Georgia, a public power community, details how Cartersville benefits from being a MEAG Power participant community and discusses the steps that the city's electric utility has taken to maintain high levels of reliability.

Second Request
The Hidden Costs of Electric Utility Monopoly Power with John Farrell

Second Request

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 60:59


Co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and director of the Energy Democracy Initiative, John Farrell, discusses his recent report on the 100-year-old business model granting private exclusive power over the public resource of electricity. Learn about the abuses that come from allowing private monopoly power to control electricity, including pollution-linked deaths, price-hiking, power-shutoffs for low-income families and other publicly borne burdens. The discussion also includes recommended structural reforms for restoring competition and equilibrium to the sector.

NewsData’s Energy West
Virtual Power Plants Already Are Making Real Differences​

NewsData’s Energy West

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. 

NewsData’s Energy West
Locational Marginal Pricing Methods, With Kyri Baker

NewsData’s Energy West

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!

Wake Up Tucson
Hour 3 A call for the City of Tucson to take over the electric utility--trade sparks for Marx

Wake Up Tucson

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 36:30


C.O.B. Tuesday
"I'm Not Going To Vote For You Because You Keep Raising My Energy Prices" Featuring David Holt, Consumer Energy Alliance

C.O.B. Tuesday

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 57:34


Today we had the pleasure of hosting David Holt, President of the Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), for an important discussion on electricity affordability and reliability for consumers. David's background is in government affairs with over thirty years of experience working for state and federal agencies and directing outreach and advocacy efforts. The CEA will be celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025 and has nearly 400 corporate members and over 550,000 individual members representing families, farmers, small businesses, distributors, labor organizations, manufacturers, and energy providers. Beyond his leadership at the CEA, David also serves as Managing Partner of HBW Resources, a consultancy specializing in strategic planning and government affairs in the energy, transportation, and environmental sectors. We were thrilled to have the opportunity to visit with David. In our conversation, David first provides background on the CEA and the groups they represent as well as their “all of the above” approach to meeting energy needs in an affordable, reliable, and sustainable manner. David shares his perspective on the impact of energy policies on prices, concerns with reliability, how energy policy has become overly politicized with a focus on environmental aspects at the expense of affordability and reliability, the role of inflation in the current energy landscape, and the need for increased investment in natural gas infrastructure. We discuss permitting and signaling issues, regulatory framework and regional differences between oil and gas and the electricity sector, factors contributing to the increase in electricity prices, identifying reliable sources of information for understanding energy costs, policy implications, and environmental impacts, and strategies for educating and mobilizing consumers to advocate for their interests in energy policy decisions. We explore voter influence on policy, the role of US oil and natural gas production in moderating global oil prices, the future of the CEA, the challenges of getting the public's attention on energy and power issues, the CEA's reaction to recent policies including the IRA, and more. David was a fantastic guest and we greatly enjoyed the conversation. Mike Bradley highlighted a few topics to kick us off. He noted the 10-year government bond yield looks to have found some temporary support at 4.65% and flagged that this could be an unusually volatile trading week for markets (especially bonds) given that both the JOLTS Job Openings Report and FOMC Rate Decision will be taking place on Wednesday. WTI (~$82/bbl) has pulled back recently on the news of a temporary cooling in Mideast tension; nevertheless, he noted that the 2024 crude oil S/D setup still looks very constructive. Q1 earnings for the Magnificent Seven tech stocks will be winding up this week and investor focus will begin shifting to the other 60% of the S&P 500 for near-term direction. On the energy equity front, over seventy energy and electric utility companies will be reporting Q1 results this week with a heavy focus on E&P, Midstream & Electric Utility companies. He ended by flagging that electricity growth will be a more widely discussed topic/theme across most of the reporting energy and electric companies, just as it has been for industrial companies so far in the Q1 reporting season. Todd Scruggs prepped us for our discussion with David by sharing data on electricity costs across the United States. Comparing recent data from February and last summer, he found that California and Northeastern states consistently pay the most, while the West South-Central region pays the least, even during peak summer months. We look forward to following the CEA's progress and will be sure to share their state electricity scorecards when they're launched. Thank you again to David for joining and thanks to you all for your support and friendship!

NewsData’s Energy West
Odd Bedfellows: Big Tech, Artificial Intelligence and Electric Power Utilities

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

Virginia Public Radio
A nuclear electric utility bill hike may be on the horizon later this year

Virginia Public Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024


This summer, a new law will go into effect, and it may mean you pay a higher electric bill. Michael Pope reports that money will go toward development of nuclear power.

NewsData’s Energy West
Columbia River Treaty and Low Snowpack with K. C. Mehaffey

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

NewsData’s Energy West
CAISO CEO Elliot Mainzer Talks Markets, Reliability and Future of the West, Part 2

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

Flanigan's Eco-Logic
Ted and Sierra Flanigan's Clean Energy Crash Course: Mini Series on International Travels, Part 3

Flanigan's Eco-Logic

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 38:00


In this episode of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, father-daughter duo, Ted and Sierra Flanigan conclude the clean energy crash course mini series focusing on Ted's international travels. Part 3 focuses on Ted's work and tours in the Philippines, Sweden, Germany, Spain, and concluding with Iceland. They dive into the context for each trip, and discuss lessons learned.Ted begins with his work in the Philippines as part of the Efficient Lighting Initiative to accelerate transitions to more efficient lighting in developing countries. There was a big focus on rural electrification and advancing more efficient technologies. He then hops over to Sweden for four consecutive summers with The Energy Coalition. The purpose of these trips were exchanges with utility and city officials from California, notably from Irvine and Santa Monica, and vice versa, as well as with students through the PEAK program. Ted highlights the district heating systems and comfort utility rates.Sierra then asks Ted about his solar tours in Germany and Spain. He starts with Germany, unpacking the reason why Germany is seen as a global leader in solar, and sharing the story of the most lucrative feed-in tariff (FIT) ever implemented. He then moves on to Spain, highlighting the difference with their FIT program, which was not quite as rich, but really moving the market at the time.They conclude with the tour of Iceland's geothermal facility, and Ted shares how impressed he was by the sheer amount of geothermal energy and electricity as a result, that the country started converting cars to hydrogen fuel with the excess to decarbonize their transportation sector.Ted and Sierra wrap the three-part series, highlighting how rich the world is with renewables, and how much can be learned when travelling with a mission and broadening horizons.

NewsData’s Energy West
CAISO CEO Elliot Mainzer Talks Markets, Reliability and Future of the West, Part 1

NewsData’s Energy West

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!

NewsData’s Energy West
Untangling Transmission's Gordian Knot With Rob Gramlich, Part 2

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

Flanigan's Eco-Logic
Dr. Ahmad Faruqui on Utility Rate Design and Strategies

Flanigan's Eco-Logic

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2024 35:25


In this episode of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Ahmad Faruqui, an energy economist whose distinguished career working with electric utilities encompasses expert rate design, demand response program structures, the integration of distributed energy resources into the grid, demand forecasting, decarbonization, electrification and energy efficiency, and load flexibility.In his career, Dr. Faruqui has advised some 150 clients in 12 countries on 5 continents and appeared before regulatory bodies, governments, and legislative councils. He has authored or coauthored more than 150 papers in peer-reviewed and trade journals and co-edited 5 books on industrial structural change, customer choice, and electricity pricing. He has taught economics at San Jose State University, the University of California, Davis, and the University of Karachi and delivered guest lectures at Carnegie Mellon, Harvard, Idaho, MIT, New York University, Northwestern, Rutgers, Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UC Davis.He and Ted discuss his background, born and raised in Pakistan post partition, studied Economics and went into Civil Service before moving to the US and attending UC Davis for his PHD, which led to work in forecasting for the California Energy Commission. While working in energy, Dr. Faruqui still remained very engaged with defense policy in his home country, becoming the leading voice in mainstream conversations about Pakistan in the US post 9/11. He has carried out in-depth analyses of Pakistan's defense policies, evaluating the multiple dimensions of national security, the combat effectiveness of armies, and the consequences of spending more on the military dimension and less on the social, cultural and economic dimensions of national security.He shares his journey in the energy world, highlighting the Demand and Conservation Program at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), as well as his consulting works at The Brattle Group. He also shares the more contentious parts of the journey, seeing the utility industry go from basic rate structures to more sophisticated rates, leading to the question of what rates do in the ideal that help society, and diving into the net energy metering / net billing issue. He concludes by sharing the energy efficiency improvements he's made in his home over the years, including changing HVAC equipment, installing rooftop solar, adding battery for backup during outages, and buying an EV, all leading to bill savings and happiness as a result.

Public Power Now
Roseville, Calif. Electric Utility Director Dan Beans Details Supply Chain Strategies

Public Power Now

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2024 26:02


In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Dan Beans, Electric Utility Director for the public power community of Roseville, California, provides an overview of supply chain challenges facing Roseville's utility and details the strategies that the utility has implemented to address those challenges. He also discusses state mandates that Roseville's utility is facing and the ways in which the utility is working to meet those mandates.

Climate Connections
A New Mexico electric utility is developing microgrids to keep the lights on when the larger grid goes down

Climate Connections

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2024 1:31


Kit Carson Electric Cooperative provides power to 30,000 households in rural northern New Mexico. Learn more at https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/

NewsData’s Energy West
Untangling Transmission's Gordian Knot With Rob Gramlich

NewsData’s Energy West

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

TID Water & Power Podcast
TID History: How the District Became an Electric Utility

TID Water & Power Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 50:45


On Episode 33 of the TID Water & Power Podcast we welcome back author and historian Dr. Alan Paterson to discuss the TID's history and how the District entered the retail electric business.For 100 years, TID has served safe, reliable, and affordable power to our community – which is still vital to our region's wellbeing today. But getting to that point was no easy task. It took visionaries, legal battles, and monumental decisions – and votes – to bring what we know as TID to fruition.On this episode we discuss the District's struggles in the early 20th Century, the construction of Old Don Pedro, and how TID came to be the electric utility in our region.Want to purchase a copy of Dr. Paterson's book on TID's history, "Land, Water and Power: A History of the Turlock Irrigation District 1887-1987"? Email TID here.Let's get social! Facebook: @TurlockIDInstagram: @TurlockIDTwitter: @TurlockIDLinkedIn: /company/turlockid Find out more about TID at https://www.TID.org/podcast.

Real Estate Espresso
AMA - Insane Electric Utility Requirements

Real Estate Espresso

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2023 5:31


Today's question comes from Omar.  I'm working the design of a new building and the electric utility is forcing me to change the design of the electric meters from a wiring closet inside the hallway of a residential building to the building's exterior. This is going to require the running of conduit for several hundred units from the transformer vault to the exterior of the building and then from the outside back into a wiring chase. I'm estimating the cost of this additional electrical work at nearly $4000 per unit. I'm facing a project cost impact more than $800,000. What can I do to save cost? Having a few hundred electric meters on the exterior of the building is going to consume a lot of area and be very ugly. Their constraints just seem insane. Do I just have to meet the utility's requirements or are there alternatives? ---------- Host: Victor Menasce email: podcast@victorjm.com

TID Water & Power Podcast
Budgeting Process

TID Water & Power Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023 68:09


On Episode 31 of the TID Water & Power Podcast we're joined by TID Chief Financial Officer and Assistant General Manager, Financial Services, Brian Stubbert, to discuss the budgeting process.As a not-for-profit, community-owned utility, the District is funded by our customers. And keeping rates affordable is a top priority. As such, there is a lot of planning and tough decisions that go into setting and approving the District's budget each year.On this episode we discuss what costs go into developing our annual budget, what factors specific to utilities must be considered and how the budget is funded each year. Let's get social! Facebook: @TurlockIDInstagram: @TurlockIDTwitter: @TurlockIDLinkedIn: /company/turlockid Find out more about TID at https://www.TID.org/podcast.

NewsData’s Energy West
Weekly Wrap Up – October 12, 2023

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

NewsData’s Energy West
Weekly Wrap Up – October 5, 2023

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

NewsData’s Energy West
Weekly Wrap Up – September 28, 2023

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

The Energy Markets Podcast
S3E19: The Energy Democracy Initiative's John Farrell speaks to how, in his view, electric utility monopolies 'fuel climate disasters and public corruption'

The Energy Markets Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 34:21 Transcription Available


Electric utility monopolies have captured headlines in recent years by sparking catastrophic wildfires and fomenting public corruption scandals in several states. "There are probably other things like this going on we just haven't found out about," remarks John Farrell, director of the Energy Democracy Initiative at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. We spoke with him about his recent article in the American Prospect, How private monopolies fuel climate disaster and public corruption. Farrell speaks to how the investor-owned utility's interests in earning a return for its shareholders typically don't align with the interests of its customers or the environment. "You have concentrated ownership and power over the system in a way that's not terribly accountable to people," Farrell observes. Farrell advocates municipalization, seeing publicly owned monopolies as an improvement over for-profit utility monopolies, particularly when it comes to cost of capital. But he also advocates for greater competition in electricity, and for adopting measures such as independent distribution system management and quarantining the monopoly from competitive markets. "When you create a competitive market, it really needs to be truly competitive. And the idea of letting the monopoly continue to participate is problematic," he says.Support the show

NewsData’s Energy West
Weekly Wrap Up – September 21, 2023

NewsData’s Energy West

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. 

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

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

NewsData’s Energy West
Weekly Wrap Up – September 11, 2023

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

RealAgriculture's Podcasts
New Holland electric utility tractor matches diesel power

RealAgriculture's Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2023 7:16


Clean power doesn’t mean less power, according to New Holland. With the launch of its T4 Electric Power tractor, New Holland says the industry’s first all-electric utility tractor with autonomous features can “completely match the outputs of power from its diesel equivalent tractor.” The T4 Electric Power tractor was unveiled last month at the Farm... Read More

NewsData’s Energy West
Weekly Wrap Up – August 31, 2023

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

NewsData’s Energy West
Weekly Wrap Up – August 24, 2023

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

NewsData’s Energy West
End of an Era

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

NewsData’s Energy West
Weekly Wrap Up – August 11, 2023

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

NewsData’s Energy West
Weekly Wrap Up – August 3, 2023

NewsData’s Energy West

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.

Around the House with Eric G
New Building Code changes will let your electric utility control your water heater and hvac.

Around the House with Eric G

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2023 9:04


There are new changes coming to the new building code in 2024. There are some big changes including how your water heater and hvac talks with your electric utility. Check out the changes in this weeks mid-week special. Thanks for listening to Around the house if you want to hear more please subscribe so you get notified of the latest episode as it posts at https://around-the-house-with-e.captivate.fm/listenIf you want to join the Around the House Insider for access to the back catalog, Exclusive Content and a direct email to Eric G and access to the show early https://around-the-house-with-e.captivate.fm/support We love comments and we would love reviews on how this information has helped you on your house! Thanks for listening! For more information about the show head to https://aroundthehouseonline.com/ Information given on the Around the House Show should not be considered construction or design advice for your specific project, nor is it intended to replace consulting at your home or jobsite by a building professional. The views and opinions expressed by those interviewed on the podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the Around the House Show. Mentioned in this episode:Around the House Insider Ad To sign up for the Exclusive Around the House Insider membership:Around the House Insider

CFC Solutions Cast
Discover How One Vermont Co-op Is Building a Virtual Power Plant

CFC Solutions Cast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 21:34


In this episode of CFC Solutions Cast, we speak with Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) Innovation and Technology Leader Cyril Brunner and CFC Vice President of Utility Research & Policy Jan Ahlen about the future impact virtual power plants (VPPs) may have on the electric cooperative network. A VPP is a network of distributed energy resources, such as smart thermostats and batteries, that are operated by a common, centralized control system.  Brunner explains how VEC is introducing VPP programs to its membership and the potential impact he sees for the cooperative's future. Brunner and Ahlen also discuss the broader implications VPPs could bring to utilities, including improving affordability and reliability as well as increasing member engagement.VEC is a distribution cooperative located in Johnson, Vermont, providing energy services to over 33,000 members in 75 communities.Listen to learn how VPPs could be changing the future of utility programs. 

Coffee with Cascade
QP: Oregon's 2040 Electric Utility Mandates Rely on Future Technology--or Buying Electricity from Other States

Coffee with Cascade

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023 1:30


Full-text: Two years ago, the Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 2021, which requires Oregon's investor-owned electric utilities to phase out fossil fuels by 2040, producing all electricity from renewables—mostly wind and solar. But renewables have a problem: Wind and solar are notoriously unreliable. They must always depend on on-demand “dispatchable” resources, which in Oregon means natural gas and hydro. New hydro is nearly impossible to build, and with other dispatchables outlawed, Oregon could find itself without electricity when it's really needed. PacifiCorp, one of Oregon's two investor-owned electric utilities, admits that it likely will be unable to meet customer needs without the invention of new technologies by 2030. Without such technologies, Oregon utilities will have two options: apply for exemptions to HB 2021's requirements, or buy electricity from other states. If other states don't pursue similar policies, Oregon essentially would be paying a premium to shift the blame for its emissions onto its neighbors. It still would be reliant on other states' on-demand fossil-powered generation, but would get to claim a “100% renewable” grid. If other states do adopt similar requirements, they will face the same reliability issues as Oregon and be unable to offer help. Oregon shouldn't be betting its energy future on technology that doesn't exist, and it shouldn't be forcing premiums on ratepayers to shift around blame. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coffeewithcascade/message

CFC Solutions Cast
North Carolina Co-op Uses AI To Improve Reliability, Safety

CFC Solutions Cast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 16:37


In this episode of CFC Solutions Cast, we speak with Jeff Allen, vice president of operations, and Clayton Jones, vegetation management supervisor, from Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corporation (JOEMC). They discuss their use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for vegetation management and how the application is enhancing their vegetation management program.  JOEMC is a distribution cooperative located in North Carolina serving more than 81,000 meters with a service territory that stretches across six counties from beach communities to agricultural areas.  Allen and Jones share how the new program is helping to improve the reliability and safety of the electric grid while directing cooperative resources to the right locations at the right time.  Listen to learn how electric cooperatives can use data analytics to learn more about their vegetation management programs.  

Rise Up
Episode 1 - The Electric Utility Business Model

Rise Up

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2023 98:36


When it comes to transitioning the electricity system, we are constrained by public policy choices and investment decisions made over the last 100 years. The past decisions have given us the infrastructure, ownership structure, regulatory process, and debts that define how we produce and use electricity. Today, we are poised to further electrify our energy use which will layer investments onto a system already at cross purposes with fundamental goals of transition to a more distributed and open system.   It begs the question:  Could we better align our social goals and the goals of the monopoly owners of the electricity system? Could we, in a sense, all be rowing in the same direction? Or is the regulated monopoly system ultimately inadequate to address the challenges and take the best advantage of the opportunities present in a clean energy transition?  With these questions in mind, we'll begin the conversation with Andrew Kell, Policy Director at Renew Wisconsin. We'll take a deep dive into utility regulation, and we'll discuss regulatory strategies that enable DERs and local, clean energy development as central to the energy transition in the Midwest. We cover a lot of territory so grab a coffee and get comfortable.  0:19 – Nick overviews the history of electric utility ownership, construction, and investment  6:56 - Nick overviews transitioning to a DER-based electric grid model  10:14 – Andrew shares primary recent trends we see emerging in the energy transition  11:36 – Pros and cons of a privately investor-owned utility model  14:00 – How utilities garner investment and build infrastructure  16:00 – Motivations of the PSC, IOUs, and other stakeholders  19:00 – How does the PSC set tariffs for different ratepayers  34:04 - Construction and rate cases before the PSC  37:40 – The value of an integrated resource plan  45:26 - How municipal and cooperative utilities differ from IOUs  54:44 - State legislation's impact on energy markets and infrastructure  1:01:32 – Wisconsin's “Grand Bargain” energy regulatory environment  1:08:43 – Community solar in Wisconsin  1:05:09 - MISO and wholesale energy markets  1:21:56 – Review and paths forward  1:36:07 – Zero carbon future by 2050 study