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Since her first power sector job with Pacific Gas & Electric, Hannah Bascom knew she wanted to focus on people and clean energy — not on what she calls “the pipes and wires part of the business.”That interest led her to Nest in early 2014, just a few months after Google had acquired it. Almost a decade later, she moved on to SPAN and then Uplight, a technology partner for energy providers. Today, as Uplight's chief growth officer, Hannah thinks more than ever about how people interact with energy — and how to better manage that demand.This week on With Great Power, Hannah talks with Brad about the vital role of demand side management, also known as DSM, for managing load growth, and why she thinks leveraging the demand stack can help utilities to better manage that growth. They also discuss how Puget Sound Energy is using a VPP and rate program to reduce peak demand. And she talks about the important role that rate design can play in encouraging consumers to electrify their homes.With Great Power is a co-production of GridX and Latitude Studios.  Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or anywhere you get podcasts. For more reporting on the companies featured in this podcast, subscribe to Latitude Media's newsletter.Credits: Hosted by Brad Langley. Produced by Erin Hardick and Mary Catherine O'Connor. Edited by Anne Bailey. Original music and engineering by Sean Marquand. Stephen Lacey is executive editor. The Grid X production team includes Jenni Barber, Samantha McCabe, and Brad Langley.

Advances in technology, say today's guests on Davisville, make it possible to create a community microgrid in new parts of Davis that would deliver clean, resilient, solar-powered energy to its customers for less than Pacific Gas & Electric charges. To accomplish this, Davis would need to form a municipal utility, and a developer building on vacant land would need to sign on. If the community microgrid succeeds, the model could be repeated throughout the state. Ari Halberstadt and Lorenzo Kristov, who have been working on the project, explain how it all would come together, including why the microgrid would have to serve new customers who aren't already served by PG&E.

With their short, predictable routes and large battery size, electric school buses are well suited for vehicle-to-grid applications, especially since they're available during periods of high electricity demand. Last year, bus maker Zum launched a fleet of 74 electric school buses — the country's largest — for the Oakland Unified School District in California. It worked with Pacific Gas & Electric to build a network of chargers and integrate the buses to the local grid to form a virtual power plant. This week on With Great Power, Rudi Halbright – expert product manager on vehicle-grid integration at PG&E – shares insights from launching the V2G program with Zum as well as lessons learned on how to deploy vehicle-grid infrastructure.This podcast is produced by GridX in partnership with Latitude Studios. GridX is the Enterprise Rate Platform that modern utilities rely on to usher in our clean energy future.

This Day in Legal History: Nixon ResignsOn this day in legal history, August 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon announced his resignation from the office of the President of the United States, becoming the first and only president to do so. This unprecedented event followed the Watergate scandal, a complex political affair that began with a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and led to a series of revelations about abuses of power by the Nixon administration. Facing almost certain impeachment by Congress on charges of obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress, Nixon chose to resign rather than prolong the national crisis.In his televised resignation speech, Nixon acknowledged that he no longer had a sufficient political base in Congress to continue effectively governing. He expressed regret for any injuries caused by his actions and highlighted his achievements while in office, yet he did not admit to any wrongdoing in the Watergate affair. Vice President Gerald Ford was sworn in as President on August 9, 1974, and later granted Nixon a full pardon for any crimes he might have committed against the United States while in office.Nixon's resignation marked a significant moment in American legal and political history, underscoring the constitutional processes in place to address presidential misconduct. It also led to reforms aimed at increasing transparency and accountability in government, such as the Ethics in Government Act and amendments to the Freedom of Information Act. This event reshaped public trust in the presidency and highlighted the importance of upholding the rule of law at the highest levels of government.A federal judge indicated that the attorneys in a class action lawsuit against Google over Chrome's “Incognito” mode are unlikely to receive their full $217 million fee request. During a hearing in Oakland, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers also showed skepticism towards Google's proposal to cut the plaintiffs' attorney fees by 25%. She criticized Google's legal team for suggesting she personally review thousands of time sheet entries.The case, which began four years ago, was settled in April with Google agreeing to delete billions of records from Incognito mode users and make some reforms, but without providing monetary damages to users. The plaintiffs' attorneys, from firms including Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, claimed their fees were justified by 78,880 hours of work and sought a “lodestar multiplier” of 3.5, bringing their total request to $217 million.Judge Rogers commented that she rarely awards multipliers above three and noted the case's partial success. Google's attorney, Andrew Schapiro, argued that the plaintiffs' fees were excessive, pointing out that Google spent only $40 million on the case. The lawsuit initially filed in 2020 alleged that Incognito mode improperly retained user data despite claims of privacy.The settlement requires Google to clarify data collection practices and allow Incognito users to block third-party cookies for five years. Individuals can also seek monetary damages in California state court. The plaintiffs originally sought $9 billion in damages, but Google's attorney argued the final settlement warranted a lower fee due to its limited success. The case is Brown v. Google LLC.Google ‘Incognito' Case Attorneys Unlikely to Win $217 MillionThomas Girardi concealed a $53 million settlement from a young man, Joseph Ruigomez, whose home exploded, and misled him about the funds' status, a Los Angeles federal jury heard. Ruigomez and his family, receiving inconsistent interest payments, repeatedly asked Girardi for settlement details after their 2013 agreement with Pacific Gas & Electric, but Girardi never complied. Girardi claimed he held the funds for Ruigomez's protection, citing his youth and alleged drug dependency, though Ruigomez clarified he was on narcotics for pain management due to extensive medical procedures.During the trial, the defense presented numerous financial documents, while the prosecution did not clarify the annuity terms or the full distribution of the $53 million settlement, which included a $25 million annuity and $12.7 million in legal fees. Kathleen Ruigomez, Joseph's mother, testified that she only learned of the full settlement amount two years later and didn't suspect the discrepancy initially. She later sued Girardi with the help of Robert Finnerty, a former Girardi Keese lawyer.Girardi faces charges of wire fraud for allegedly stealing $15 million in settlement funds meant for clients. He pleaded not guilty, with prosecutors claiming he delayed payments under false pretenses. Girardi, who avoided disciplinary action despite over 200 misconduct complaints, also faces fraud charges in Illinois federal court and multiple civil lawsuits. His firm, Girardi Keese, went bankrupt in 2020. Girardi's mental competency to stand trial is contested, yet he was seen taking organized handwritten notes during the proceedings. The case is USA v. Girardi, in the Central District of California.‘Kingpin' Girardi Hid $53 Million Settlement, Client Says (1)Delta Air Lines Inc. is facing a proposed class action lawsuit following a software outage on July 19 caused by CrowdStrike, which led to widespread flight delays and cancellations. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, claims that Delta failed to adequately refund passengers or provide the promised meal, hotel, and transportation vouchers. Instead of issuing refunds, Delta allegedly offered e-credits without informing passengers of their legal right to cash refunds, resulting in many passengers accepting the e-credits.The plaintiffs argue that Delta did not fulfill its commitments to passengers affected by cancellations within the airline's control, leading to breaches of contract, fraud, unjust enrichment, and violations of state consumer protection laws. They are seeking class certification and damages, representing all passengers whose flights were canceled between July 19 and July 31, with specific subclasses for California, Colorado, Florida, and Washington state.The CrowdStrike software update that caused the outage disrupted millions of devices using Microsoft Windows, impacting thousands of flights globally. Delta, the official airline of Team USA, struggled particularly hard, affecting nearly 2,000 athletes and staff traveling to Paris for the Olympics. While other airlines recovered quickly, Delta continued to cancel flights into the following week, even though they announced normal operations by July 25.The US Department of Transportation is investigating Delta's response to the glitch after receiving 3,000 complaints from passengers. Delta has declined to comment on the lawsuit, which is being handled by Webb Klase & Lemond LLC and Sauder Schelkopf LLC. The case is Bajra v. Delta Air Lines Inc.Delta Sued Over Inadequate Refunds Following CrowdStrike OutageThe FCC's proposed rules for disclosing AI-generated content in political ads on radio and television have sparked a jurisdictional dispute with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The FCC's rules, announced on July 25, would require broadcasters to announce when AI is used in political ads. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel emphasized the need for voter transparency, comparing the requirement to existing rules about disclosing ad sponsors.Supporters, including AI regulation advocates, see it as a positive step amidst increasing deepfake use in campaigns. However, critics, including the FCC's two Republican commissioners and their FEC counterparts, argue that regulating political disclosures should fall under the FEC's jurisdiction.The proposed FCC rules, now open for public comment until September 4, face uncertainty about whether they can be finalized before the upcoming election. This uncertainty is compounded by the US Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which limits federal agencies' regulatory powers.The FEC had already been considering similar AI content regulations since last year and recently sought public input on deepfakes in political ads. FCC critics argue that the FCC's efforts overlap and potentially conflict with the FEC's authority. Democratic FEC Vice Chair Ellen Weintraub, however, supports the FCC's initiative, suggesting that both agencies can complement each other.Despite the challenges, proponents believe the FCC's move will raise public awareness about AI in political ads, though the timeline for finalizing these rules remains unclear. The case's complexity is heightened by the evolving legal landscape and potential challenges to the FCC's authority following recent Supreme Court rulings.FCC Election Deepfake Ads Proposal Sparks Turf Fight With FECRipple Labs has been ordered by a Manhattan court to pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approximately $125 million in penalties for the improper sale of XRP tokens. This decision follows the SEC's lawsuit against Ripple, CEO Brad Garlinghouse, and co-founder Chris Larsen, accusing them of raising over $1.3 billion through an unregistered securities offering by selling XRP. Although the SEC initially sought $2 billion in fines and penalties, the court's ruling resulted in a significantly lower amount.The SEC had dropped its claims against Garlinghouse and Larsen in October, but the case remained significant as one of the largest enforcement actions in the cryptocurrency sector. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse acknowledged the court's decision, expressing respect and a commitment to continue the company's growth. The SEC emphasized that securities laws apply to investment contracts irrespective of the technology or labels used.This ruling marks a critical moment in the regulation of cryptocurrency sales and enforcement of securities laws within the digital asset space.By way of brief background, the determination of whether a cryptocurrency qualifies as an "investment contract" is pivotal in deciding its classification as a security. This central question hinges on the application of the Howey Test, which examines whether an investment is one of money in a common enterprise with the expectation of profits primarily from the efforts of others–if it is, it constitutes an investment contract. If a cryptocurrency meets these criteria, it falls under the regulatory purview of securities laws, significantly impacting its issuance and trading.Ripple ordered to pay $125 million in penalty for improperly selling XRP tokens | Reuters This is a public episode. 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This Day in Legal History: Ronald Reagan Fires Air Traffic ControllersOn August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan made a landmark decision to fire over 11,000 striking air traffic controllers. These federal employees, members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), had initiated a strike on August 3, demanding better pay, shorter working hours, and improved working conditions. The strike posed significant risks to national air travel safety and disrupted the aviation system.President Reagan responded with a firm stance, citing the controllers' sworn oath not to strike against the government. In a nationally televised address on August 3, Reagan warned that if the controllers did not return to work within 48 hours, they would face termination. When the deadline passed without compliance, Reagan followed through on his ultimatum, effectively dismantling PATCO.The mass firings had profound implications for labor relations and federal employment policies in the United States. It underscored the government's commitment to maintaining uninterrupted air traffic services and demonstrated a strict enforcement of federal labor laws. This event marked a pivotal moment in the Reagan administration, showcasing its determination to curb union influence and assert governmental authority. The firings also led to long-term changes in air traffic control, with the federal government embarking on extensive recruitment and training programs to replace the dismissed controllers.A political action committee (PAC) supported by Elon Musk is under investigation in Michigan for potential legal violations. The Michigan Secretary of State's office confirmed the inquiry on Sunday. The Musk-backed America PAC has been collecting detailed voter information through its website, prompting scrutiny from state authorities. Although America PAC is a federal entity, Michigan officials are reviewing its actions to determine if state laws have been breached. If violations are found, the case may be referred to the Michigan Attorney General. The investigation is in its early stages, and specific focuses have not been disclosed.Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has previously stated he created a PAC to support candidates but denied making specific pledges. He has publicly supported Donald Trump and criticized various Democratic policies and initiatives.Neither the Michigan Attorney General's office nor America PAC has commented on the investigation. Musk also has not responded to requests for comment. The situation underscores concerns about how PACs use personal information collected from citizens, particularly in voter registration efforts.Musk-backed PAC under investigation for potential violations of Michigan laws | ReutersThomas V. Girardi, the famed attorney behind the landmark $333 million Pacific Gas & Electric settlement featured in the film "Erin Brockovich," faces a criminal trial for wire fraud in Los Angeles federal court. At 85, Girardi has been disbarred and bankrupt, charged with misappropriating $15 million in settlement funds intended for his clients over the past decade. This trial could mark the end of his distinguished legal career, tainted by allegations of unethical conduct and questionable ties to the state's lawyer disciplinary agency.Plaintiff's attorney Jay Edelson emphasizes the broader implications for the legal community, suggesting it could either prompt reform or be dismissed as an isolated incident. Girardi also faces additional fraud charges in Illinois, and numerous civil lawsuits. His once-celebrated career has become a cautionary tale of legal misconduct.Prosecutors allege that since 2010, Girardi diverted millions from his firm, Girardi Keese, for personal luxuries and to fund EJ Global, an entertainment company of his estranged wife, Erika Jayne. Girardi's defense argues that he was not responsible for financial mismanagement, attributing it to the firm's CFO, Christopher Kamon, whose trial has been separated. They also claim Girardi's cognitive decline impairs his ability to have intentionally defrauded clients.Girardi's case stands out not just for the legal drama but also for its celebrity connections, given his marriage to a reality TV star, influencing public and juror perception. The trial will focus on whether Girardi's cognitive state affects his culpability for the alleged crimes committed during his competent years. The court's ruling on his competency to stand trial, despite cognitive impairments, adds a layer of complexity to this high-profile case.Thomas Girardi's Legal Drama Approaches Its Hollywood EndingFormer Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has sued GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen and his company, RC Ventures LLC, seeking to recover $47 million from alleged insider trading in 2022. Cohen, also the founder of Chewy Inc., allegedly used nonpublic information to trade Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) stock profitably between January and August 2022 while serving as a statutory director. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, claims Cohen and RC Ventures made numerous profitable trades of BBBY securities, which were executed within a six-month period. Under Section 16(b) of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act, the company seeks to reclaim these short-swing profits because Cohen and RC Ventures owned more than 10% of BBBY's common stock and had access to inside information through their board appointees.This legal action is part of a broader effort by the bankrupt company and its plan administrator, Michael Goldberg, to recover funds for creditors. Goldberg has also filed a separate suit to reclaim $19 million in tax credits from a New Jersey agency and is pursuing over $300 million from Hudson Bay Capital Management for trading profits related to a failed financing plan.RC Ventures is GameStop's largest shareholder with an 8.7% stake. Bed Bath & Beyond, now operating as 20230930-DK-BUTTERFLY-1 Inc., is demanding monetary damages and legal costs. Cohen and RC Ventures have not commented on the lawsuit. The case is titled 20230930-DK-BUTTERFLY-I Inc. v. Cohen.GameStop CEO Sued by Bed Bath & Beyond for Insider Trading (1)The demand for transactional legal work is recovering after nearly three years of decline, according to the Thomson Reuters Institute's Law Firm Financial Index. The report shows a 2.2% increase in corporate transactional work, including contract drafting, real estate deals, and bank financing, in the second quarter of 2024 compared to the previous year. This rise contributed to a 2.4% overall increase in law firm demand.Additionally, U.S. law firms have seen a 6.6% increase in billing rates and a 5.3% rise in direct expenses, putting them in one of their strongest financial positions in the last decade. Profits per equity partner have increased by 8.8% over the past year.While transactional practices are rebounding, counter-cyclical practices like litigation and bankruptcy continue to drive significant demand. Litigation demand rose by 3.4% and bankruptcy by 2.4% in the same period. These trends provide law firms with greater stability by diversifying their revenue streams.However, the gains are not uniform across the industry. The Am Law 50 firms have not seen the same increase in litigation demand as other firms, and midsize firms have not experienced the same growth in transactional demand as Am Law 100 firms.Overall, the second quarter of 2024 has been positive for the legal sector, with significant improvements in demand and profitability.Law firm transactional work rebounds after 3-year slump, report says | Reuters This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

Think back to your first day at work. You met your new colleagues, learned about the corporate culture and maybe got some branded company swag. But did you get the tools you needed to actually accomplish your job?  In this episode of Get Reworked, Spencer Mains, head of digital workplace experience at Pacific Gas & Electric shares how he and his team pushed tech enablement onto the orientation agenda after witnessing how long it took for some of their colleagues to receive their work computer.  Listen: Get Reworked Full Episode List "A year ago, we had people coming on board, and it could take an average of five days before you are actually connected to the network with your equipment. And that's a bit of a shame and kind of an embarrassment. It's not right for our ratepayers, it's not right for their colleagues. So we quantified that as lost productivity. We showed the numbers, it was in the millions of dollars of lost productivity, we have people who were actually sitting idle. And we changed that," said Spencer.  Highlights of the conversation include: Why IT needs to be part of orientation. Why Spencer uses joy as a key metric. Why IT leaders need to practice breakthrough thinking to support their colleagues. Have a suggestion, comment or topic for a future episode? Drop us a line at editors@reworked.co.

Heather Rock has always liked grappling with big, existential questions. Knowing she wanted to “serve a carbon-neutral future,” she left Chevron in 2018 to become senior director of strategy for Pacific Gas & Electric. When she joined PG&E, it was on the brink of bankruptcy due to billions of dollars in liability after its equipment sparked wildfires. But Heather says the utility is now building a safer grid that is more resilient to climate change. In her current role she's also scaling innovations to improve the customer experience and lower costs.This week, Heather talks with Brad about how PG&E is using batteries to resolve a service bottleneck in northern California. She also weighs in on being an agent for change in a large organization. “Because of the size and the scope and the scale, if you can make change internally, you can really steer a ship in a different way,” she says. This podcast is produced by GridX in partnership with Latitude Studios. GridX is the Enterprise Rate Platform that modern utilities rely on to usher in our clean energy future.

The 2018 Camp fire was the most destructive wildfire in California's history. By the time the smoke cleared, more than 150,000 acres had burned. Damages surpassed $16 billion. Dozens had died. Thousands more were displaced. So how did it all happen? The increasingly hot and dry conditions in the region coupled with the high Diablo winds turned the forest floor into a powder keg. Within hours, thousands of homes were destroyed in Butte County and the surrounding areas. Katherine Blunt was just a few days into her new role as a reporter covering renewable energy and utilities for the Wall Street Journal when the fire blew up.She chronicled how the blazed occurred and the aftermath for Pacific Gas & Electric — the utility whose equipment caused the fire — in her 2022 book “California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric and What it Means for America's Power Grid.” This week, Brad talks with Katherine about reporting on the Camp fire and its ramifications for the local community and PG&E, and what it all means for the utility industry.This podcast is produced by GridX. GridX is the Enterprise Rate Platform that modern utilities rely on to usher in our clean energy future.

On Thursday, May 25, Capitol Weekly presented a conference examining California's climate goals – specifically the plan to move beyond gas-powered vehicles. This episode was recorded live at ROADMAP 2035: Cars, Carbon and Climate Change – How Do We Meet California's Zero Emissions Goals? on Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Sacramento. This episode presents Panel 3 - The Future vs. The Past: The Impact on California's Legacy Industries.By 2035 all new passenger cars, trucks and SUVs sold in California must be zero emissions. California's Advanced Clean Cars II regulations will rapidly scale down light-duty passenger car, pickup truck and SUV emissions starting with the 2026 model year.While Californians generally agree with the need to move beyond fossil fuels, the path forward for California's existing energy providers is less clear.The panel was moderated by Brian Joseph of Capitol WeeklyPanelists: Christopher Benjamin, Pacific Gas & Electric; Jon Costantino, Tradesman Advisors; Mark Nechodom, Western States Petroleum Association; Laura Renger, California Electric Transportation CoalitionThanks to our ROADMAP 2035 sponsors:THE TRIBAL ALLIANCE OF SOVEREIGN INDIAN NATIONS, WESTERN STATES PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION, KP PUBLIC AFFAIRS, PERRY COMMUNICATIONS, CAPITOL ADVOCACY, LUCAS PUBLIC AFFAIRS, THE WEIDEMAN GROUP and CALIFORNIA PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS

We're finishing up Women's History Month with a special episode on Erin Brockovich!  For those not familiar with the film or the person, Erin Brockovich was a central figure in the legal case against Pacific Gas & Electric, and the finding that PG&E caused severe hexavalent chromium contamination of drinking water in Hinckley, California. We'll be talking with a colleague from HRP's join venture partner, Thunderbird Environmental, who was instrumental in the sites remediation. We also have a discussion with some of HRP's leading ladies on what the film meant to them. Last, we'll wrap with a play hard section recorded at HRP's March Madness/Sausagefest/St. Patrick's Day/3:12 Celebration!A reminder that our Play Hard segment is also available in video form! Watch that on our YouTube Channel.Make sure you subscribe, give us a review & check us out on social media!YouTubeLinkedInInstagramTwitterFacebookWebsite

TMBS 73 aired on January 15th, 2019. Episode summary: We break down the government shutdown affects the working-class and how government welfare programs regulate the poor. Shoutout to Patrice Lumumba, who was assassinated 58-years ago this Thursday. Lumumba continues to serve as a symbol of resistance to colonialism. We look into the most recent events in the disaster that is Brexit. Ana Kasparian (@AnaKasparian) Host and Executive Producer of The Young Turks joins us to talk about the success of AOC, Tusli, and Dave Rubin's intellectual curiosity. During the GEM, David looks at the disaster that is Pacific Gas & Electric. Global update we review Tulsi's opinion of torture, Michael and Djene's piece in the Jacobin on Turkey and the HDP, and an update on Yemen. TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS 

"So I bought me a ticket I caught a plane to SpainWent to a party down a red dirt roadThere were lots of pretty people thereReading Rolling Stone, reading VogueThey said, "How long can you hang around? I said a week, maybe 2Just until my skin turns brownThen I'm going home to California, California I'm coming home"Please join me as we collectively breathe a deep sigh...Joining us will be Lyle Mays, Orleans, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Pacific Gas & Electric, Leon Russell, Jethro Tull, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, Hall & Oates, Grand Funk Railroad, Kris Kristofferson, Cream, The Beatles, Joe Walsh, Fleetwood Mac, Jeff Beck and Joni Mitchell...

A new book called California Burning details Pacific Gas & Electric's 117-year rise to becoming one of the largest utilities in the United States—as well as how the company's negligence, a changing climate, and state energy policy have all contributed to devastating wildfires in California. Today on the podcast, we welcome the book's author, Wall Street Journal energy reporter Katherine Blunt, to discuss these trends, and why California's experience could be a harbinger of things to come across the globe. Learn more about California Burning   Learn about NFPA's initiative, Outthink Wildfire

The need for a more resilient power system in California, and locations across the country, is evident. In the recent past, wildfires, storms, extreme heat, and other threats have all wreaked havoc on the energy grid. Communities of the largest utility in America in Northern and Central California know this all too well. Patricia K. Poppe, Chief Executive Officer of PG&E Corporation, joined the podcast to discuss how Pacific Gas & Electric is working diligently to improve the resiliency of California's grid and to serve their customers better. No magical solution exists that will address every issue, but with a combination of various improvements, and we cover a lot in this session, PG&E is aggressively working to leverage modern capabilities to manage their grid effectively. Grid Forward chats is supported by Itron visit Itron.com to learn more. 

Reporter Katherine Blunt was still new to The Wall Street Journal when 2018's devastating Camp Fire broke out in California and she was swept into the biggest story of her career. Alongside colleagues Russell Gold and Rebecca Smith, she wrote a series of pieces on the ongoing travails of Pacific Gas & Electric, or PG&E, the utility whose power lines had started at the Camp Fire.The Journal's coverage was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize, and Blunt has now expanded it into a new book: California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas & Electric — and What It Means for America's Power Grid. It is a rollicking tour through PG&E's decades-long series of disasters and their roots in the early 20th century.I am a longtime critic of utilities, but even I was stunned to see all of PG&E's incompetence and malfeasance gathered together in one place, alongside its well-meaning but serially failed attempts to put things right. It's a story of failure and redemption, except the redemption keeps being interrupted by more failure. I couldn't put the book down, so I am eager to talk to Blunt about how the utility's travails began, why is has struggled so mightily to take control of its fate, and what might come next for the electricity sector's favorite punching bag. Get full access to Volts at www.volts.wtf/subscribe

Today on Cool Science Radio hosts John Wells and Lynn Ware Peek's guests include:(0:56) Michael Kim, Chief Information Officer at a company called MultiPlan that develops artificial intelligence that uses machine learning to lower healthcare costs by reducing out-of-network claims and cost burdens.Then Pulitzer Prize finalist (26:00) Katherine Blunt who has written California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric -and what it means for America's Power Grid. In the book she adresses Pacific Gas & Electric's Infrastructure failure and the connection to California fires.

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Special; Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Jared Kushner secured a two billion dollar investment from the Saudis despite lacking the qualifications to handle such an investment.Then, on the rest of the menu, the National Urban League released its annual report on the State of Black America, and its findings are grim; California utility Pacific Gas & Electric will pay $55 million to avoid criminal prosecution for two massive wildfires; and, the Georgia elections lawsuit backed by Stacy Abrams goes to a bench trial.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Israeli spyware maker NSO Group turned to the US Supreme Court for immunity in the WhatsApp suit; and, Joe Biden urged India's Narendra Modi not to accelerate the buying of Russian oil.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” - Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/4/12/2091483/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-TuesdaysWCC&S Deep Archive:https://archive.org/details/west_coast_cookbook_and_speakeasy_with_justice_putnam_21_nov_17

Today's guest is Neha Palmer, CEO of TeraWatt Instructure.TeraWatt Infrastructure is building tomorrow's permanent EV charging infrastructure through a robust combination of property assets, financing vehicles, and deep energy expertise. The company designs, operates and owns on-site distributed energy systems that take the cost and complexity out of EV charging infrastructure while providing market protection and upside opportunities through capital backing and ownership. Neha brings two decades of leadership experience in the energy industry to her role at TeraWatt. Most recently, she led energy strategy for Google's global data centers. As the first hire focused on data center energy, Neha built out and led the team developing electric infrastructure and electricity procurement for the global fleet, covering dozens of sites over four continents. Before Google, Neha held leadership roles at Pacific Gas & Electric and worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs. She holds an MBA in Finance from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BS in Civil Engineering from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.In this episode, Neha shares what led her to focus on energy, her role as CEO at TeraWatt, and the startup's business model and customer base. We also compare the progress between transportation fleets and passenger vehicles, how Neha thinks about private v public EV charging infrastructure, and the way government can accelerate the EV revolution. This is a must-listen episode for those interested in understanding more about the future of electrifying transportation.Enjoy the show!You can find me on twitter @jjacobs22 or @mcjpod and email at info@myclimatejourney.co, where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Episode recorded January 10th, 2022To learn more about TeraWatt Infrastructure, visit: https://terawattinfrastructure.com/To learn more about this episode, visit: https://myclimatejourney.co/ctss-episodes/terawatt-infrastructure

This week's Pipeliners Podcast episode features several conversations recorded in-person during the AGA 2021 Operations Conference & Biennial Exhibition & Fall Committee Meetings. In this episode, you will hear Pipeliners Podcast host Russel Treat talk to the following guests in this order: Mike Slusarz of AGA, Alfred Musgrove of Pacific Gas & Electric, Michael Falk of Burns McDonnell, Steve Allen of Energy WorldNet, Anson Wong of Southern California Gas, Christopher De Leon of ADV Integrity, Philip La Sosa of TRC, and Christina Sames of AGA.  Listen for insights from each guest about what they learned during the AGA conference and during the Gas Control committee meetings.

In 2020, the Zogg Fire in Shasta County, Calif., killed four people. Now, the Pacific Gas & Electric company is facing homicide charges. ABC10's Brandon Rittiman shares what happened. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The famed Alcatraz prison on Alcatraz Island was in operation from 1934 to 1963. For most, the thought of Alcatraz may bring up a Hollywood film or some of the most notorious criminals in America. But the island carries a different symbolism to the native coastal peoples of California. The California Ohlone Mewuk which translates to coastal people, passed down an oral history that tells us that Alcatraz was used by their Native population long before  anyone else “discovered” the San Francisco Bay. Trips would be made to the island in tule boats for gathering foods, such as bird eggs and sea-life. It was also used as a place of isolation, or for punishment for naughty members of the tribe. The island was also a camping spot and hiding place for many native Americans attempting to escape the California Mission system. In 1895, the island was being used as a US fort and military prison and 19 Hopi men served time on Alcatraz for trying to protect their children from being sent to federal Indian boarding schools, which we discussed last week.    “This is Queens of the Mines, where we discuss untold stories from the twisted roots of California. This week's episode is coming out a few days early in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day. Today we will talk about The Occupation of Alcatraz and the Red Power Movement which demanded self-determination for Native Americans to better the lives of all Indian people. To make it known to the world that they have a right to use their land for their own benefit by right of discovery. We are in a time where historians and the public are no longer dismissing the “conflict history” that has been minimized or blotted out.    In 1953, U.S. Congress established a policy towards American Indians: termination. This policy eliminated most government support for indigenous tribes and ended the protected trust status of all indigenous-owned lands. It wiped out the reservations and natives had the choice to assimilate or die out. So the BIA began a voluntary urban relocation program where American Indians could move from their rural tribes to metropolitan areas, and they would give them assistance with locating housing and employment. Numerous American Indians made the move to cities, lured by the hope of a better life. It was a struggle for them. Many struggled to adjust to life in a city with these low-end jobs, they faced discrimination, they were homesickn and they totally lost their cultural identity. Giving a person a home and a job, yet taking away everything that they are, that is defining a human only in economic terms. So, after they relocated and got job and housing placement, as soon as they received their first paycheck, the assistance was done. Termination.    This Episode is brought to you by the Law Offices of CHARLES B SMITH. Are you facing criminal charges in California? The most important thing you can do is obtain legal counsel from an aggressive Criminal Defense Lawyer you can trust. The Law Office of Charles B. Smith has effectively handled thousands of cases. The Law Offices of CHARLES B SMITH do not just defend cases, they represent people. Charles is intimately familiar with the investigative techniques the police and prosecutors use and is able to look at your case and see defenses that others can, and do, miss. Visit cbsattorney.com for more information.  Even during the gold rush, no one liked attorneys, and Charles, you will love. Now, back to Alcatraz.   When Rosebud Sioux Belva Cottier heard the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was closing in 1963 and that the property was going to be given to the City of San Francisco, she thought of the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie. The Treaty that allowed Native Americans to appropriate surplus federal land. So, she and her cousin Richard McKenzie retrieved a copy of the treaty and thought, if the property was surplus land of the government, the Sioux could claim it.    Belva organized a demonstration to raise awareness and planned to take court action to obtain the title to the island. On March 8, 1964 her group of Sioux activists, photographers, reporters and her lawyer landed on Alcatraz. About 40 people. The demonstration lasted only four hours. It was "peaceful and in accordance with Sioux treaty rights” but the demonstrators left under the threat of felony charges. The idea of reclaiming “the Rock” became a rallying cry for the indigenous population.   Five years later, on October 10, 1969, there was a fire that destroyed the San Francisco American Indian Center. It was a detrimental loss for the native community because the center provided Native Americans with jobs, health care, aid in legal affairs, and social opportunities.    An activist group formed, known as “Indians of All Tribes” with Pipestone Indian Boarding School graduate Adam Fortunate Eagle and the handsome, Mohawk college student Richard Oakes.  Richard had co-founded the American Indian Studies Dept at SF State and worked as a bartender in the Mission District of San Francisco which brought him in contact with the local Native American communities.    The goal was to take immediate action towards claiming space for the local Indian community and they set their sights on the unused federal land at Alcatraz, which would soon be sold to a billionaire developer.   Adam and Oakes planned a takeover of the island as a symbolic act. They agreed on November 9, 1969. Richard would gather approximately 75 indigenous people and Adam would arrange transportation to the island. The boats did not show up.   Nearby, a sailor was watching the natives waiting, some wearing traditional ceremony dress and Adam Fortunate Eagle convinced him, the owner of a three-masted yacht to pass by the island with him and 4 friends on board. As the boat passed by Alcatraz, Oates and two men jumped overboard, swam to shore, and claimed the island by right of discovery. At this moment, Richard became the leader of the movement. The five men were quickly removed by the Coast Guard.    Later that night, Adam, Richard and others hired a boat, making their way back to the island again, some students stayed overnight before they were again made to leave. Richard Oakes told the San Francisco Chronicle, “If a one day occupation by white men on Indian land years ago established squatter's rights, then the one day occupation of Alcatraz should establish Indian rights to the island.”   Eleven days later on November 20, 1969, Richard and Adam met 87 native men, women and children, 50 of whom California State University students at the No Name bar in Sausalito just after closing at 2, met with some free-spirited boat owners and sailed through San Francisco Bay towards Alcatraz, not knowing if they'd be killed, ignoring warnings that the occupation of the island was illegal. Indians of All Tribes made one last attempt to seize Alcatraz and claim the island for all the tribes of North America using unarmed, body and spirit politics. As they disembarked onto the island an Alcatraz security guard yelled out, may day! May day! The Indians have landed! Three days in, it became clear - this wasn't going to be a short demonstration.    Richard Oates soon addressed the media with a manifesto titled “The Great White Father and All His People.” In it, he stated the intention was to use the island for an Indian school, cultural center and museum. Oates claimed Alcatraz belonged to the Native Americans “by right of discovery”. He sarcastically offered to buy the island back for “$24 in glass beads and red cloth”, the same price that Natives received for the island of Manhattan.    Now I'll read the manifesto   “We feel that this so-called Alcatraz Island is more than suitable as an Indian Reservation, as determined by the white man's own standards. By this we mean that this place resembles most Indian reservations, in that: It is isolated from modern facilities, and without adequate means of transportation. It has no fresh running water. The sanitation facilities are inadequate. There are no oil or mineral rights. There is no industry and so unemployment is very great. There are no health care facilities. The soil is rocky and non-productive and the land does not support game. There are no educational facilities. The population has always been held as prisoners and kept dependent upon others. Further, it would be fitting and symbolic that ships from all over the world, entering the Golden Gate, would first see Indian land, and thus be reminded of the true history of this nation. This tiny island would be a symbol of the great lands once ruled by free and noble Indians.   “We hold the Rock”   The Nixon administration sent out a negotiator, and as the two sides debated, the natives continued to settle onto their new land. Native American college students and activists flocked to join the protest, and the population of Alcatraz often swelled to more than 600 people. They moved into the old warden's house and guards' quarters and began personalizing the island with graffiti. Buildings were tagged with slogans like Home of the Free, Indian Land, Peace and Freedom, Red Power and Custer Had It Coming.   This episode is brought to you by Sonora Florist. SONORA FLORIST has been providing our community with beautiful flower arrangements for whatever the occasion since the early 1950s. You can visit sonoraflorist.com, or search Sonora Florist on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram. There is a special website for wedding florals, visit sincerelysonoraflorist.com to see their wedding work, read reviews, or to book a consultation with one of their designers if you are getting married in the area. Thank you Sonora Florist. And if you have not checked out the mural on the side of the shop, on the corner of Washington and Bradford in downtown Sonora, in honor of the local Chinese history, do so! It was a fight to get it up, and it was worth it!   This episode was also brought to you by our main Sponsor Columbia Mercantile 1855, Columbia Historic Park's Main street grocery store. Teresa, the owner, carries a mix of quality international and local products that replicate diverse provisions of when Columbia was California's second largest city after San Francisco. I love the selection of hard kombucha, my favorite. It is common to hear, "Wow! I didn't expect to find that here in Columbia". The Columbia Mercantile 1855 is located in Columbia State Historic Park at 11245 Jackson Street and is a great place to keep our local economy moving. At a time like this, it is so important to shop local, and The Columbia Mercantile 1855 is friendly, welcoming, fairly priced and accepts EBT. Open Daily! Now, back to Alcatraz   The occupation sought to unify indigenous peoples from more than 500 nations across America, the Western Hemisphere and Pacific. Everyone on the island had a job. The island soon had its own clinic, kitchen, public relations department and even a nursery and grade school for its children. A security force sarcastically dubbed the “Bureau of Caucasian Affairs” patrolled the shoreline to watch for intruders. All decisions were made by unanimous consent of the people. A Sioux named John Trudell hopped behind the mic to broadcast radio updates from Alcatraz under the banner of “Radio Free Alcatraz.” “ We all had things to offer each other,” resident Luwana Quitquit later remembered. “Brotherhood. Sisterhood.”    The federal government initially insisted that the protestors leave the island and they placed an inadequate barricade around the island. The demonstration was a media frenzy and the protestors received an enormous amount of support. There was a call for contributions  and a mainland base was set up at San Francisco's Pier 40, near Fisherman's Wharf. Supplies such as canned goods and clothes were shipped in. Visitors and volunteers were sailing in, and thousands of dollars in cash were pouring in from donors across the country. The Black Panther Party had volunteered to help provide security and celebrities like Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda and Merv Griffin visited the island in support. The band Creedence Clearwater Revival gave the Indians of All Tribes a boat, which was christened the “Clearwater.”    Things started to change in early 1970, there was a leadership crisis.  The organizers and a majority of the college students had to return to school. Many vagrants who were not interested in fighting for the cause moved in, taking advantage of the rent free living and drugs and alcohol, which were originally banned on the island, started to move freely among a select crowd.     Then tragically, Richard and Annie Oakes's daughter Yvonne fell 5 stories to her death from one of the prison's stairwells in the guards quarters. Oakes and his wife left Alcatraz in the wake of the accident, leaving groups of warring activists to fight it out for control of the island.    In May of 1970, the Nixon administration cut the electricity to Alcatraz, hoping to force the demonstrators out. Let's face it, the government was never going to meet the demands of the Indians of All Tribes. Next, they removed the water barge which had been providing fresh water to the occupiers. Three days following the removal of the water barge, a fire was started on the island, destroying the warden's house, the inside of the lighthouse which was important for SF bay navigation and several of Alcatraz's historic buildings. No one knows who started the fire. It could have come from either side. Was it - Burn it down? Or get them out?   Two months later, President Richard Nixon gave a speech saying, “The time has come…for a new era in which the Indian future is determined by Indian acts and Indian decisions.” The U.S. government later returned millions of acres of ancestral Indian land and passed more than 50 legislative proposals supporting tribal self rule. The termination policy was terminated.   In the meantime, the FBI, Coast Guard and the Government Services Administration stayed clear of the island. While it appeared to those on the island that negotiations were actually taking place, in fact, the federal government was playing a waiting game, hoping that support for the occupation would subside and those on the island would elect to end the occupation. At one point, secret negotiations were held where the occupiers were offered a portion of Fort Miley, a 15 minute walk from the Sutro Baths, as an alternative site to Alcatraz Island.    The occupation continued into 1971. Support for the cause had diminished after the press turned against them and began publishing stories of alleged beatings and assaults; one case of assault was prosecuted. In an attempt to raise money to buy food, they allegedly began stripping copper wiring and copper tubing from the buildings and selling it as scrap metal. Three of the occupiers were arrested, tried and found guilty of selling some 600lbs of copper. In January 1971, two oil tankers collided in the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Though it was acknowledged that the lack of an Alcatraz light or fog horn played no part in the collision, it was enough to push the federal government into action. A few holdouts continued to live on the Rock for another year. “I don't want to say Alcatraz is done with,” former occupier Adam Fortunate Eagle lamented to The San Francisco Chronicle in April 1971, “but no organized Indian groups are active there. It has turned from an Indian movement to a personality thing.”    Citing a need to restore Alcatraz's foghorn and lighthouse, President Nixon gave the go-ahead to develop a removal plan to be acted upon with as little force as possible, when the smallest number of people were on the island. The government told the remaining occupiers they would have news on the deed the following Monday morning. They were told no action would be taken until the negotiations were settled. That was a lie. On June 10, 1971 armed federal marshals, FBI agents, and special forces police descended on the island and removed five women, four children, and six unarmed men. the last of the indigenous residents. The occupation was over.   An island ledger entry reads “We are about to leave for Alcatraz, maybe for the last time, To this beautiful little Island, which means a little something, which no one will ever understand my feelings.”  It is signed by Marie B. Quitiquit of Stockton. Beneath Quitiquit's words someone wrote in capital letters “I SHALL NEVER FORGET, MY PEOPLE, MY LAND ALCATRAZ”.   Oakes, who had once proclaimed that “Alcatraz was not an island, it was an idea”, never left the idea behind and continued his resistance. As a result of his activism, he endured tear gas, billy clubs, and brief stints in jail. He helped the Pit River Tribe in their attempts to regain nearly 3 million acres of land that had been seized by Pacific Gas & Electric and had plans to create a "mobile university" dedicated to creating opportunities for Native Americans.  Soon after he left the occupation, Oates was in Sonoma where Michael Morgan, a YMCA camp manager was being accussesd as a white supremacist, and being tough with Native American children. 30 year old Oakes reportedly confronted Michael Morgan. Morgan said he was in fear for his life, when he drew a handgun and fatally shot Richard Oakes. Oakes was unarmed. Morgan was charged with voluntary manslaughter, but was acquitted by a jury that agreed with Morgan that the killing was an act of self-defense, even though Oakes was unarmed. Oakes supporters contend the shooting was an act of murder, and that Morgan received support from a racially motivated jury and district attorney.  So, over the course of the 19-month occupation, more than 10,000 indigenous people visited the island to offer support. Alcatraz may have been lost, but the occupation gave birth to political movements which continue today as injustices inflicted on indigenous people is an ongoing problem. The Rock has also continued to serve as a focal point of Native American social campaigns  and it left the demonstrators with big ideas. Indian rights organizations, many of them staffed by Alcatraz veterans, later staged occupations and protests at Plymouth Rock, Mount Rushmore, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and dozens of other sites across the country. Federal officials also started listening to calls for Indian self-determination. The occupation of Alcatraz was the first demonstration of its kind for the American Indians. It was a spiritual reawakening for the indigenous peoples and renewed interest in tribal communities. Many natives did not know what it meant to be native, and they learned of and about their heritage in light of the media attention the occupation received. It was the first chance they were able to feel proud of their indigenous background. A beginning for Native pride, the kickstarter for a move back to a traditional identity. A revival of language, traditions. Awakening the native people, the tribes, the media, the government and Americans. The “return of the buffalo”. Dr LaNada War Jack, Shoshone Bannock Tribe, one of UC Berkeley's first native students & demonstration leader tells us, “We wanted to bring to the forefront that every single one of (more than 500) treaties were broken by the fed government.” The boarding schools, genocide, relocation, termination, , everything that historically happened to American Indians — continues to impact them today. They are still here.  Now, that is a real theft of freedom. A theft of freedom from the ones who were here first. So, I do not want to hear a damn word about your loss of rights for having to wear a damn mask. You want to fight for freedom? Stand up for your local indigenous people.    Alright, love you all, be safe, get vaccinated, wear a mask, stay positive and act kind. Thank you for taking the time to listen today, subscribe to the show so we can meet again weekly, on Queens of the Mines. Queens of the Mines is a product of the “Youreka! Podcast Network” and was written, produced and narrated by Andrea Anderson. Go to queensofthemines.com for the book and more.  https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-11-19/alcatraz-occupation-indigenous-tribes-autry-museum https://www.history.com/news/native-american-activists-occupy-alcatraz-island-45-years-ago The Alcatraz Indian Occupation by Dr. Troy Johnson, Cal State Long Beach https://www.nps.gov/alca/learn/historyculture/we-hold-the-rock.htm https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=ALCATRAZ_Proclamation  

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; Blue Moon Spirits Fridays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a vaccine mandate helped defeat smallpox at the start of the Twentieth Century.Then, on the rest of the menu, the head of the St Louis County, Missouri Dept of Public Health says a GOP candidate for the US senate encouraged physical threats and racist slurs from a mob of Trump supporters; Pacific Gas & Electric will face criminal charges over a deadly California wildfire last year; and, over four thousand flight attendants faced unruly passengers in first half of 2021.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where an investigative media outlet is fleeing Russia to escape the crackdown on Putin critics; and, the State Department lodged concern over harassment of the media covering the floods in China.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/7/30/2042845/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Friday

"And the caravan is painted red and white, That means ev'rybody's staying overnightBarefoot gypsy player round the campfire sing and playAnd a woman tells us of her ways La, la, la, la...Turn up your radio and let me hear the song, switch on your electric light Then we can get down to what is really wrongTurn it up, turn it up, little bit higher, radioTurn it up, that's enough, so you know it's got soulRadio, radio turn it up, humLa, la, la, la..."Yes, please turn up your Radio and join my Musical Caravan on the Saturday Edition of Whole 'Nuther Thing. Joining us this afternoon will be Lee Michaels, The Wallflowers, Jean Luc Ponty, The Romantics, Buddy Miles Express, Toto, The Nice, John Coltrane, Billy Preston, Rhinoceros, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Pacific Gas & Electric, John McLaughlin, Rod Stewart, The Isley Brothers, Dave Brubeck Quartet, The Tremeloes, Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, The Commodores, Rascals and Van Morrison...

IN THIS EPISODE: A recent Gallup report titled “Employee Burnout: Causes and Cures”, says that: “employee burnout is a symptom of modern workplaces that are increasingly fast-paced, complex and demanding.” The World Health Organization has recognized burnout as an illness defined as “an occupational syndrome caused by chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.” The impact of this unmanaged stress is reduced productivity, disengaged workers, and increased absenteeism. And it's been well-documented that  stress  can  cost  businesses  billions  each year in healthcare costs. How do we avoid becoming burned out? Today's guest, Janice Litvin, has some answers. Janice is the author of “Banish Burnout” and she is on a mission to help leaders and teams to lower stress and eliminate burnout in their organizations, so their employees can be healthy, happy, and ready to work. In this episode, we discuss:  Recognizing signs of burnout so you can head it off. Some powerful strategies for managing stress for work & life. How to Set healthy boundaries to prevent burnout and ultimately, how to go from stressed out & negative to happy & healthy ABOUT OUR GUEST: Janice Litvin is on a mission to help leaders and teams banish burnout in their organizations. She does this through keynote speeches, workshops, and accountability groups. As an award-winning speaker, certified virtual presenter, and official SHRM Recertification Provider, she wants to help as many people as possible take care of their physical and mental health, including teaching them to manage stress to prevent burnout, fall in love with fitness, and eat healthier. In these ways, she is helping people change their lives. She has developed unique strategies to maximize engagement in workplace wellness and has also developed a stress management methodology available through her workbook, Banish Burnout Toolkit™. What makes Janice unique is that in addition to 20 years as a technology recruiter, 10 years of IT experience, and her studies of psychology, she has overcome all the challenges she talks about in her presentations. She went from being overweight and sedentary with a critical, negative attitude to a lighter, fitter, happier person who now teaches Zumba Fitness and leads stress management and healthy eating workshops and accountability groups. She is certified by the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America. After forming Micro Search in 1983 to help clients learn how to manage their business using a desktop computer, she became a human resource executive technology recruiter in response to her Fortune 500 clients' needs for technology talent. Over the next twenty years, clients included Charles Schwab, Oracle, The Gap, Computer Partners, Network Appliance, QuinStreet, Symantec, Vodafone, Chiron, TheraSense, Nokia, Borland, United States Army, Pacific Gas & Electric and Pacific Bell. Janice has served on the Workplace Wellness Committee of the American Heart Association and spoken on their behalf to San Francisco Bay Area organizations. She is a professional member of the National Speakers Association, WELCOA (Wellness Council of America), and SHRM Northern California (Society for Human Resource Management). In 2017 she formed the Bay Area Wellness Association. In addition to SHRM Nor Cal, Janice has worked with a range of other clients to present wellness workshops and programs, including PIHRA (Professionals in Human Resources Association), CAL SAE (California Society of Association Executives), Coral Reef Alliance, San Mateo Unified High School District, WellRight, Minnesota State SHRM Council, NCHRA (Next Concept Human Resources Association), First Republic Bank, Robert Half, Cities of Walnut Creek and Sunnyvale, and US HHS. SHOW NOTES: Find out more about Janice at: www.JaniceLitvin.com To get your free copy of the “Banish Burnout Toolkit” go to: www.JaniceLitvin.com/resources For more on “Morning Pages” check out “The Artist's Way” by Julia Cameron. INSIGHT AT WORK PODCAST THEME MUSIC: Our theme music is composed by Chris Lucca, Jr.. You can listen to more of Chris' work at http://chrisluccamusic.comYou can also connect with him on Twitter: @Flipluka and on Instagram: @_flipluka.music_ ABOUT THE HOST: Ken Blackwell is a speaker, trainer, facilitator and executive coach. His signature practice is "rescuing Accidental Leaders and Dysfunctional Teams". His firm InKlaritas, based in Princeton, NJ, works with teams and leaders in companies in the U.S. around the world. You can find out more about InKlaritas at: www.InKlaritas.com and connect with Ken on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethjblackwell/. XxwvaVSfT1PbUOTm1Kt6

Recent winter storms in Texas and elsewhere around the United States are just the latest example of how vulnerable cities and residents are to sudden shocks to their electrical grids. Last summer, about half-a-million homes in Californians experienced rolling blackouts. Wildfire concerns last year also prompted Pacific Gas & Electric—or PG&E, which provides electricity and gas to 16 million Californians—to make “preemptive power shutoffs.” This was in response to lessons learned from the 2018 Camp Fire, which was ignited by PG&E power lines, and which killed at least 86 people. Big utility companies like PG&E have a near-monopoly in their respective regions. What alternatives do cities have—if any—to providing safe, reliable electricity to residents and businesses? The farming town of Gonzales, California (pop. 9,000) is finding a way. As described in a recent story on KCRW, Gonzales is creating California’s largest multi-customer microgrid. Microgrids are local power grids that can be either separate from, or connected to, the larger grid. “In California,” says KCRW contributor Joe Mathews, “[microgrids] are seen as tools to make electricity service more resilient and to better integrate renewable energy sources, like solar and wind. But efforts to establish microgrids face complex obstacles, including scarce financing, regulatory barriers, and utility opposition.” He continues: What distinguishes Gonzales is how the town is bringing together different entities—a technologically advanced microgrid developer, agricultural businesses, and a municipal energy authority—to surmount those obstacles. If the microgrid launches successfully next year, Gonzales could provide a model for other communities, especially those in outlying areas poorly served by the existing grid. In this episode of the Upzoned podcast, host Abby Kinney, an urban planner in Kansas City, and regular cohost Chuck Marohn, the founder and president of Strong Towns, talk about why cities and residents are looking for resilient alternatives to the big utility companies. They discuss the history of how electric power went from something managed locally to the more centralized systems we have today. And they talk about the disconnect between the producers of electricity and the users of electricity, whether more cities should pursue the course being charted by Gonzales, and the role individual producers—for example, folks with their own solar panels—play in energy resilience. Then in the Downzone, Chuck describes a book he’s reading by a former insider at the Federal Reserve. And Abby talks about binge-watching a show considered to be one of TV’s best ever. Additional Show Notes “A small farm community leads the way on energy independence,” by Joe Mathews Abby Kinney (Twitter) Charles Marohn (Twitter) Gould Evans Studio for City Design Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom (Soundcloud)

[If you want to view/listen to the full episode, become a patron here!] Over the course of Democrat Anthony Rendon's tenure as Speaker of the California Assembly, his wife has taken in over $500,000 from corporations who were concurrently fighting big battles in the state legislature. The biggest donor? For-profit utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric, which is responsible for multiple California wildfires, including the Camp Fire, which killed over 85 people in northern California. After the company filed for bankruptcy--they were on the line for $30 billion in wildfire liabilities--California Democrats bailed the company out in a lightning-quick two weeks of legislating.   Meanwhile, former California Secretary of State Alex Padilla illegally gave a $35 million no-bid contract to a public affairs firm called SKD Knickerbocker--which has referred to itself as a part of "Team Biden"--for voter outreach efforts in the 2020 election. Padilla, a Democrat, is now a US Senator.   And let us not forget all of the no-bid contracts Governor Gavin Newsom has been meting out to his healthcare industry friends--who have contributed massive sums to his political campaigns--throughout the coronavirus pandemic.   On a local level, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department released footage of an incident last January that resulted in the deaths of a man, a sheriff's deputy and a police dog. After a brief car chase, the cops shot out the back window of the man's vehicle and literally threw their dog into his vehicle. When they then went to drag him out of his car, a shootout ensued. Seems they may have escalated the situation.   Want to make a difference? Contact your county supervisor and tell them you support a fully funded, 24/7 first response alternative to police. And that you want that money to come from the sheriff's department.   Oh, and support Senate Bill 271 so we can elect Skyler as sheriff.

"Love is like oxygen, you get too much, you get too highNot enough and you're gonna die, love gets you high"We can all use more Oxygen these days, please join me for 2 hours of Musical Oxygen on the Saturday Edition of Whole 'Nuther Thing.On today's menu are tasty morsels from (not in order of appearance) Pharoah Sanders, Al Kooper w Michael Bloomfield, Neil Young, Larry Coryell, Pacific Gas & Electric, Santana, Alan Parsons Project, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Supertramp, Loggins & Messina, Fleetwood Mac, The Blues Project, The Doors, Charles Llyod, Led Zeppelin, Beach Boys, Ten Years After and Sweet.

As of December 6, 2020, over 9,279 fires have burned 4,359,517 acres, more than 4% of California's roughly 100 million acres of land, making 2020 the largest wildfire season recorded in California's modern history. This has also led to large-scale power shutoffs.Shawn Adderly, Chief of Staff & Principal Program Manager at Pacific Gas & Electric company - California's largest Investor-Owned Utility serving 5.48 million customers - joins us this week to talk about the recording-breaking wildfires this year and the effect its' had on the electricity grid and residents of the state of California.Disclaimer: The views shared by Shawn in this episode represent his own thoughts and might not represent the position of PG&E on the matters discussed._Connect withShawn on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnadderly/Learn more about Pacific Gas & Electric company: pge.com/en_US/about-pge/about-pge.page_*Credits*Music by Jensen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jensen_chuah/Twitter: https://twitter.com/jensen_chuahSoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/jensenneedsfriendsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtHFEpuTjAVekbI1xz

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Eugene Puryear, an author, activist and host of the new program BreakThrough News; and Estevan Hernandez, an organizer with the ANSWER Coalition who has been in the streets helping to organize recent protests.Today marks the commemoration of Juneteenth. This is a major holiday for the African American community, and it is celebrated as a state holiday in 47 of the 50 states. President Trump, who apparently had never heard of Juneteenth until just a few days ago, tweeted, “I did something good. I made Juneteenth very famous. It’s actually an important event, an important time. But nobody had ever heard of it.” Meanwhile, President Trump’s first post-Covid-19 campaign rally is scheduled to take place in Tulsa, Oklahoma tomorrow. The mayor of Tulsa already has declared a state of emergency and instituted a curfew for today and tomorrow, saying that “stragglers would be arrested.” This was after reports that protesters also would descend on the city. Meanwhile, the White House said that it has no concerns that the 20,000 people expected to pack into the rally venue might be at increased risk of contracting the coronavirus. California utility PG&E, which stands for Pacific Gas & Electric, has agreed to plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter and one felony count of unlawfully starting a fire. You heard that right. The utilities giant has admitted in court that its faulty and outdated equipment was the cause of a horrific 2018 blaze that destroyed the town of Paradise, California and much of the surrounding area. Besides the dead, 19,000 buildings burned to the ground. The utility will pay a $3.5 million fine, the maximum allowed by law, and a $28.5 billion settlement to the victims, their families, and Butte County, California. Brian and John speak with Nathalie Hrizi, an educator, a political activist, and the editor of Breaking the Chains, a women’s magazine, at www.patreon.com/BreakChainsMag.Brian It’s Friday! So it’s time for the week’s worst and most misleading headlines. Brian and John speak with Steve Patt, an independent journalist whose critiques of the mainstream media have been a feature of his site Left I on the News and on twitter @leftiblog, and Sputnik producer Nicole Roussell.Friday is Loud & Clear’s weekly hour-long segment The Week in Review, about the week in politics, policy, and international affairs. Today they focus on the commemoration of and meaning of Juneteenth, what Juneteenth means for the ongoing protest movement today, the tens of millions who have become suddenly unemployed in the last few months, the labor strikes going on today, and more. Brian and John speak with Sputnik News analysts and producers Walter Smolarek and Nicole Roussell.

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, taxpayers deserve transparency over PPP funds.Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon's largest Covid outbreak yet is tied to a Northeastern Oregon church that grossly violated social distancing rules; the Arkansas Attorney General sued failed televangelist Jim Bakker for his fake covid cure; and, California's Pacific Gas & Electric pleaded guilty to eighty-four counts of manslaughter in the 2018 Paradise wildfire.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the German Defense Minister warned Trump that “security is not a commodity to be traded;” and, upending yet another longstanding tradition, Trump will nominate his top Latin American advisor to head the Inter-American Development Bank.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a call to awareness of holiness right where we are. I want all of the holiness of the Eucharist to spill out beyond church walls, out of the hands of priests and into the regular streets and sidewalks, into the hands of regular, grubby people like you and me, onto our tables, in our kitchens and dining rooms and backyards.” -- Shauna Niequist "Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/6/17/1953762/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

Welcome to a Strome Business Minute, presented by the Strome College of Business. The Fortune 500 list was just issued by Fortune magazine, and as you might expect, there have been some changes. Walmart still holds on to the top position for the eighth year in a row but Amazon jumped past ExxonMobil and Apple to claim the second spot. CVS Pharmacy moved into fifth because of its purchase of Aetna, the insurance company. Walmart’s profit doubled last year but the fastest growing company in profit was internet equipment maker Cisco Systems. Cigna doubled revenues last year, the most of any company on the list. Walmart may have the largest revenues but the largest in terms of shareholder value or market cap is Microsoft – Walmart is seventh on that list. The biggest money loser in the 500 last year? That was Uber, followed by Pacific Gas & Electric. To learn more, visit odu.edu/business. This Strome Business Minute is presented by the Strome College of Business at Old Dominion University.

CreditSights’ Head of US Legal Research, Charlotta Chung, and Co-Head of US IG Research, Andy DeVries discuss Pacific Gas & Electric’s upcoming emergence from bankruptcy and the implications for new and legacy creditors.  

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the staff at Bloomberg Business tried to corner and blame Elizabeth Warren over the stalling of Trump's bailout, but she had a plan for that.Then, on the rest of the menu, Pacific Gas & Electric will plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter after its fraying electrical grid ignited the 2018 Northern California wildfires; Texas is using the coronavirus outbreak as cover to ban most abortions in the state; and, after a conference call with the White House on battling COVID-19, the nation's governors did not get the assurances they were hoping to hear.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Hungarians are hoarding guns in fear of massive disorder if severe shortages set in as the pandemic spreads; and, Angela Merkel's initial coronavirus test came back negative, but she will undergo further testing and care.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” ― Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/24/1930588/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the New York Governor says we need a federal response as he announced widespread closings with two fellow-governors.Then, on the rest of the menu, Moscow Mitch McConnell continues working on packing the courts as the nation focuses on coronavirus; government regulators bust another crooked bank; and, Pacific Gas & Electric won court approval to raise $23 billion to help pay its bills over the destructive California wildfires.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Bill Barr moved to drop charges against Mueller-indicted Russians, but says the reason for the cover up of the Russian attack is a secret; and, a German artisanal ice cream parlor is asking customers to buy coupons for ice cream futures, instead of hoarding toilet paper.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” ― Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/17/1928162/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

0:08 – Donald Trump delivered a far-right-wing State of the Union address Tuesday night to the House of Representatives, and it was reminiscent of a game show. Mitch Jeserich, host of Letters and Politics, joins us to discuss. 0:34 – Carmen Maria Machado is the author of a new memoir bending genres and perspectives, about her experience with abuse during a same-sex relationship. It's called In the Dream House. 0:55 – A Bay Area lawmaker is introducing legislation aimed at creating a “seamless” mass transit system in the Bay Area. Assemblymember David Chiu's bill would move toward a rider-friendly system unifying fares, mapping and planning in order to boost transit use, slash commute times, and help California reach its climate goals. KPFA's Christopher Martinez reports. 1:08 – On Monday, San Francisco Senator Scott Wiener rolled out a bill proposing California use eminent domain to take over private utility Pacific Gas & Electric. We host a roundtable on the bill, SB 917, with Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener), environmental justice advocate Mari Rose Taruc, who is coordinator of the “Reclaim Our Power” utility justice campaign with the Local Clean Energy Alliance, and Hunter Stern, assistant business manager at IBEW Local 1245, which represents more than 12,000 PG&E workers and opposes a state takeover of the utility. 1:34 – Progressive lawmakers in Congress, including “the Squad” and Reps. Chuy Garcia and Earl Blumenauer, have rolled out a 7-part People's Housing Platform to make massive reinvestments in public housing, address gentrification and displacement, strengthen renter protections and address the U.S. homelessness crisis. We talk about the plan with Dianne Enriquez (@Dianne283) of the Center for Popular Democracy, a network of grassroots community organizations that helped to develop the People's Housing Platform. The post Carmen Maria Machado breaks “archival silence” in her powerful new memoir of abuse; Plus, progressive lawmakers roll out massive “People's Housing Platform” to fight gentrification, displacement and homelessness appeared first on KPFA.

Say the name Erin Brockovich and you think, strong, tough, stubborn and sexy. Erin is all that and more. In the ’90s, Erin Brockovich spearheaded an investigation revealing that Pacific Gas & Electric had been poisoning the water in Hinkley, California. As chronicled in the 2000 film “Erin Brockovich,” PG&E was forced to pay out the largest toxic tort injury settlement in U.S. history: $333 million. Since that time, Erin has continued in her quest to empower the people to “right wrong.” It seems that 2020 is shaping up to be another breakout year for Erin. Her new podcast will launch this spring and her latest book, “Superman’s Not Coming,” is scheduled for release on August 25, 2020. Additionally, ABC has given a put pilot dedication to “Insurgent,” a drama inspired by Erin’s life in the years following “Erin Brockovich,” the movie. The program is being written and executive produced by “Gray’s Anatomy” showrunner, Krista Vernoff. She is a modern-day “David” who loves a good brawl with today’s “Goliaths.” She thrives on being the voice for those who don’t know how to yell. She is a rebel. She is a fighter. She is a mother. She is a woman. She is you and me. JONES.SHOW is a weekly podcast featuring host Randall Kenneth Jones (author, speaker & creative communications consultant) and Susan C. Bennett (the original voice of Siri). Erin Brockovich Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ErinBrockovichOfficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_real_erin_brockovich Twitter: https://twitter.com/ErinBrockovich Website: www.Brockovich.com Foundation: www.BrockovichFoundation.com Jones.Show Join us in the Jones.Show Lounge on Facebook Twitter (Randy): https://twitter.com/randallkjones  Instagram (Randy): https://www.instagram.com/randallkennethjones/ Facebook (Randy): https://www.facebook.com/mindzoo/ LinkedIn (Randy): https://www.linkedin.com/in/randallkennethjones/ Web: RandallKennethJones.com Twitter (Susan): https://twitter.com/SiriouslySusan Instagram (Susan): https://www.instagram.com/siriouslysusan/ Facebook (Susan): https://www.facebook.com/siriouslysusan/ LinkedIn (Susan): https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-bennett-8607312/ Web: SusanCBennett.com www.Jones.Show

Rita Burgett-Martell Email: coachrita365@gmail.com  Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Rita-Burgett-Martell/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BurgettMartell Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritaburgettmartell Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourchangeguru Rita Burgett-Martell is the author of Change Ready!  How to Transform Change Resistance into Change Readiness, a professor of Business Transformation and Innovation for Cambridge Corporate University and a business transformation thought leader to Fortune 500 C-level and senior executives.   Before establishing her own consulting firm, Strategic Transformations Inc., in 2001, she was the Senior Managing Director, and one of the founding leaders, of the Organizational Change Practice at KPMG Consulting and Oracle Corporation in San Francisco. She played a key role in developing both Oracle and KPMG’s organizational change management methodology and hiring and training change management consultants to build an international practice. She has led enterprise-wide global technology, process, organizational redesign, and post-merger integration change initiatives for the world’s largest corporations. Her clients include Cisco Systems, Chevron, Gap, Symantec, Astra-Zeneca, Genentech, MedImmune, McKesson, Teague Design, Bank of America, California State Automobile Association, Kaiser Permanente, Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric, Detroit Edison, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, Chicago Public Schools, Infonet, Quantum, Nissan, the City of Detroit and American Institute for Research. She has worked internationally with clients in Australia, Manila, Bali, UK, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, France, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Switzerland, Singapore, Pakistan and the Middle East.  She is a summa cum laude graduate of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee; and, divides her time between her home in Sausalito, California and Nashville, Tennessee. In this episode, we discuss: How women can create security How to create opportunity Family values, business, and personal growth Knowledge and skills needed for change Remaining relevant Just say yes to move forward

In honor of the 18th anniversary of Enron’s bankruptcy, let’s take a look at the 6 largest bankruptcies in American history. Enron’s was notable for its impact on Pacific Gas & Electric which also filed for bankruptcy due to Enron’s manipulation of energy prices, the same PG&E which filed for bankruptcy again earlier this year due to the catastrophic California wildfires in 2017 and 2018. Like Enron, WorldCom, one of the biggest US telecom providers, was a house of cards built on illegal accounting manipulations, and like Enron, saw its CEO go to prison. GM, Washington Mutual, CIT and Lehman Brothers round out the group, all of which went down in the 2008 recession. GM and CIT both recovered while the rest are all memories.

Craft Brew News – 11/29/19(Stories Courtesy of Brewbound – www.brewbound.com)Hopworks Urban Brewery Opens Mug Club to Members of Closed Portland Breweries’ ClubsAfter a spate of craft breweries and cideries closing in the Portland, Oregon, Hopworks Urban Brewery announced it will extend its mug club membership to members of similar clubs at any now-closed businesses. The craft brewery also invited former workers to apply at its taprooms.Hopworks founder Christian Ettinger said in a press release “When we heard about the recent closures of Portland institutions, we felt a void in the community,” “A lot of livelihoods and social occasions are affected by these closings, and we want to help, whether it’s honoring closed establishments’ mug clubs or helping people who have lost their jobs get back on their feet.”Former employees of closed businesses are invited to apply for jobs at Hopworks’ locations in Portland and Vancouver, Washington.The offer is valid through December 31 and provides consumers with 21 oz. pours for the cost of 16 oz. pours and 10% off merchandise and growler fills.In the past year, Portland has seen the following businesses close: Cider Riot, Coalition Brewing, Rock Bottom Brewery & Restaurant, Lompoc, Bridgeport and Burnside. Widmer Brothers, Portland Brewing and Alameda closed taproom locations, though their brands continue.Asahi Bets Big on BeerAsahi Group Holdings has doubled down on acquisitions of breweries outside its home market of Japan.CEO Akiyoshi Koji told reporters that his goal is for Asahi to lead the premium beer segment in every market it’s in, according to a report on Yahoo Finance. Koji helped propel his company to growth through a blockbuster $11 billion deal in July to acquire Melbourne, Australia’s Carlton & United Breweries from Anheuser-Busch. Under Koji, Asahi has spent more than $20 billion making other acquisitions across the globe.These moves are antithetical compared to how other global brewers are facing beer’s slowdown; many, such as Constellation Brands, are expanding into industries like cannabis or launching different beverage products like hard seltzers.Minnesota Remains Last State for 3.2 BeerMinnesota remains the last state in the nation to limit beer sales at grocery and convenience stores to beer with an alcohol by weight (ABW) of 3.2% or lower, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.Earlier this month, Utah loosened its laws to permit sales of beer that’s 4% ABW (about 5% alcohol by volume), leaving Minnesota as the last 3.2 beer state.Shady Oak Barrel House Under Fire for Derogatory PG&E Beer NameSanta Rosa, California-based brewpub Shady Oak Barrel House was overwhelmed with negative online reviews and phone calls from consumers after it named a beer “Fuck PG&E” to disparage executives of Pacific Gas & Electric, the utility company whose lines have allegedly sparked wildfires in California over the past several years.Negative reviews poured in from public utility employees and their supporters from across the country who took umbrage with the name. Shady Oak Barrel House posted an apology letter to its Facebook page last week, explaining the intent behind the name.“The name was not intended to go after honest hard-working people that have been and still currently are helping our community,” the post said. “It is not to undercut or attack those that have been away from their families in order to serve others in times of recent disasters. The name doesn’t suggest anything remotely like this; however, some people chose to read it this way.”To combat the deluge of one-star ratings, Shady Oak Barrel House has offered to discount beer purchases by $1 for any customers who leave “an honest Yelp, Google or Facebook review.”PG&E was found to be at fault by Cal Fire for 2018’s Camp Fire, which killed 85 people and destroyed nearly 20,000 structures, and is facing trial for its role in the 2017 Stubbs Fire, and is being questioned about last month’s Kincaid Fire, according to SFGate.Craft Beer Storm Website: www.craftbeerstorm.com If your Company, Hotel or Restaurant wants to book a CraftBeer Weekend or Craft Beer Evening for your guests or employees send an email to Michael@craftbeerstorm.com Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craft-beer-storm-podcast-30776075/Subscribe to Craft Beer Storm Podcast iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/craft-beer-storm/id1438117278?mt=2Support ACS In NYC MarathonI ran the NYC Marathon through the American Cancer Society and I am aiming to raise $32,000 ($3,200 Minimum X 10X) - please follow link below to donate what you can - $25, $50, $30K! - Onward... - Here is link –http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?fr_id=94035&pg=personal&px=49477898&fbclid=IwAR2mBEvhF1wMA_BbHPhkavichNSFrE9Y9gi2RVZzfQ_4Da5Sht7gvH9rY_k*** A Top 20 Podcast in Food on iTunes ***Michael Potorti is the Host of Craft Beer Storm and Founder/Brewer at Beara Brewing Co. in Portsmouth, NH*** Interested in starting your own brewery? 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California dreams are becoming nightmares. The state - known for perfect weather and picturesque everything - continues to be on fire. According to the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection, 252,673 acres have been torched so far in 6,541 discrete fires. In a way, those are good numbers. An average of 404,368 acres burned in each of the last five years. The improvement likely has something to do with a mandatory “de-energization” instituted by Pacific Gas & Electric, which shut down the grid in many places so that tree branches wouldn’t spark fires when they flew into power lines.California is America’s largest state economy. And a dearth of proper planning means its activity can literally get blown away at certain times of year. This is the economic cost of climate change made tangible; one of many instances where a management team mortgaged its community’s future for a chance at short term profit. Imagine what the world might look like if nothing changes: The wealthy buy solar panels and generators while less fortunate folks make do in the dark. Extrapolate that forward, and it starts to sound like what’s imagined in H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine. In that short story, human society has striated into two distinct races. The fragile Eloi (who live in the light) and the terrifying Morlocks (who live in the dark). The illustration below should catch you up if you haven’t read the text. What can be done to prevent this?On this episode of Free Money, Ashby and I talk about where to find the $70-$200 billion dollars it will take to gird California’s grid against future interruptions. We also show off a few new sound effects. And as always, we take questions from listeners. This week we answered: What the heck is Modern Monetary Theory?Are you two still drinking secret toasts to the health of Michael Bennet?You two seem to concentrate on “boil the ocean” type problems. Have you ever been able to declare success in anything?Morlock from Kaibutsu Gensō Gashū illustrated by Tatsuya Morino Get on the email list at freemoney.substack.com

Campaigning’s starting in Britain ahead of a December 12th general election. Lawmakers are hoping the early election’ll break the deadlock over Britain’s departure from the European Union. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has a wide lead in opinion polls, but analysts say the election’s unpredictable. The U.S. is keeping an eye, not just on Russia, but also on China and Iran - ahead of the 2020 elections. U.S. intelligence agencies say those countries ran influence operations targeting last year’s midterms. There’s concerns over possible hacking of campaigns, but also over the spread of disinformation on social media and potential efforts to breach voting databases and even alter votes. More than 1 million people’re being affected by another power outage in California. Pacific Gas & Electric is trying to prevent more wildfires though a third round of sweeping blackouts in a week.

Pentagon chief Mark Esper says the security situation in Syria remains complex after the death of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. He says the U.S. focus in Syria is turning to protecting eastern oilfields from Islamic State group militants and keeping out Syrian and Russian forces. Esper says the purpose of securing Syria's oil region is to deny income to the Islamic State. The leader of the U.K.’s opposition Labour Party says he’ll back an early election for Britain now that the prospect of crashing out of the European Union without a deal's been taken off the table. The move by Jeremy Corbyn pushes the country closer to its first December election since 1923. Pacific Gas & Electric is shutting off power to another 605,000 customers in Northern California to prevent powerful winds from damaging its equipment and sparking more fires. The announcement came even before the last blackout had ended, which shut power to more than 2.5 million people.

Republicans are still standing by President Trump after a diplomat's damaging testimony about his efforts to press Ukraine for damaging information about his political rivals. Many congressional Republicans avoided commenting on acting ambassador William Taylor's explosive appearance. Some Republicans disrupted a scheduled closed-door deposition. Hundreds of thousands of Californians are without power for the second time in two weeks as dangerously windy weather prompts safety shutdowns. Pacific Gas & Electric on blacked out power to about a half-million people in 15 counties from the Sierra foothills to portions of the San Francisco Bay Area. British police have confirmed that 39 people found dead in a container truck near an English port were Chinese citizens. The dead found in the southeastern city of Grays included 31 men and eight women. The 25-year-old truck driver, who's from Northern Ireland's being questioned on suspicion of attempted murder. Spain says it's exhumed the remains of Spanish dictator Gen. Francisco Franco from his grandiose mausoleum outside Madrid so he can be reburied in a small family crypt north of the capital. The government-ordered, closed-door operation satisfies a decades-old desire of many in Spain who considered the mausoleum an affront to the tens of thousands who died in Spain's Civil War.

Pacific Gas & Electric is responsible for over 100 deaths, tens of billions of dollars of damage, and tens of thousands of housing and other structures lost in Northern California. They're the public power monopoly. Today they turned off the power because winds were picking up. No government official, not the governor, not the PUC, not anyone has held them accountable. Only the bankruptcy judge has stood up to their ways. I say they need to be broken up and we need to rethink the entire power grid. Turning off the power like we're a Third World country is totally unacceptable.

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a bipartisan Senate intel report underscored that Russia hacked the 2016 election, and they are still at it.Then, on the rest of the menu, after choosing profits over maintenance, California private utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric is forcing blackouts to punish its customers; as the national debt creeps closer to $1 trillion, Treasury officials are trying to make it easier for Wall Street to move money offshore; and, the US arrested a counterterrorism analyst over leaks to NBC journalists about Russia and China weapons systems.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Mike Pompeo said the US did not give Turkey a green light to attack the Kurds after Trump gave them a green light to attack the Kurds; and, China is set to restrict visas for US visitors with 'anti-China' links.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/10/1891422/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

Turkey's president says a Turkish military operation into Syria has started. On his official Twitter account, he said the operation aims to eradicate "the threat of terror" against Turkey. Earlier, Turkish TV reports said Turkish jets had bombed Syrian Kurdish positions across the border from Turkey. Syrian Kurdish forces who are allied with the U.S., meantime, have issued a general mobilization call... ...and President Trump is defending his decision to pull back U.S. troops from northeastern Syria, citing a focus on the "BIG PICTURE!" On Twitter, he said "GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY!" The decision to leave Syrian Kurds vulnerable has been condemned by some of Trump's staunchest Republican allies. Some 800,000 homes and businesses in California will be without electricity for days. Pacific Gas & Electric says it's shutting off their power to reduce the chance of fierce winds knocking down or toppling trees into power lines during hot, dry, gusty weather.

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump isn't just soliciting Ukraine's help with his presidential campaign, he's using desperately needed US military aid to extort it.On the rest of the menu, San Francisco made a $2.5 billion bid for Pacific Gas & Electric's powerlines and electric infrastructure; beekeepers sued Trump's EPA for the “illegal approval” of a bee-killing pesticide linked to the nation-wide honeybee die-off; and, swing state Ohio is purging 235,000 state voters by an election official who called Trump, a 'visionary.'After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where British Airways pilots ground all the company's planes in an unprecedented 48-hour strike; and, two unplundered Mycenaean tombs were discovered at the Aidonia cemetery in Nemea, Greece.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia Child~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/9/1884297/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Tom Girardi of Girardi Keese ( https://www.girardikeese.com/ ).     Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review     Case Details:     Legendary Los Angeles trial attorney Tom Girardi of Girardi Keese reflects upon the landmark 1993 case against Pacific Gas and Electric Company, which served as the basis for the Academy Award-winning film Erin Brockovich. Girardi represented 650 citizens of Hinkley, California, who developed high rates of cancer and other diseases from exposure to water contaminated with chromium VI and discharged by a Pacific Gas & Electric facility over a 15-year period. Following arbitration, Girardi secured a $333 million settlement for Hinkley residents.   Click Here to Read/Download the Complete Trial Documents     Guest Bio:   Tom Girardi   Widely regarded by his peers as one of the nation's top trial lawyers and with nearly fifty years of experience representing victims, Thomas V. Girardi has obtained numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements, handling claims involving wrongful death, commercial litigation, products liability, bad faith insurance, and toxic torts. In 2003, he received the most prestigious honor of being inducted into the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame by the California State Bar. Mr. Girardi is a Member of the Board of Directors and former President of the prestigious International Academy of Trial Lawyers, an invitation-only worldwide organization, limited to 500 trial lawyers. Mr. Girardi is also the first trial lawyer to be appointed to the California Judicial Council, the policymaking body of the state courts.   Read Full Bio     Show Sponsors:     Legal Technology Services - LTSatlanta.com     Digital Law Marketing - DigitalLawMarketing.com     Harris, Lowry, and Manton - hlmlawfirm.com     Free Resources:   Stages Of A Jury Trial - Part 1 Stages Of A Jury Trial - Part 2

23 Democrats Running For President : See How Many jobs Trump Created! Who Else Should run? Trump rips ‘Fake News’ reports of WH infighting over Iran; DOJ taps prosecutor for Russia-probe inquiryTrump rips ‘Fake News’ over reports of White House discord on Middle East PolicyPresident Trump on Wednesday trashed the Washington Post and the New York Times for reporting on alleged White House infighting over the administration’s policy on the Middle East. Trump, in a tweet, denied that there was infighting between his staff as tensions escalate with Iran – saying that opinions may differ, but that he is the person who makes the final decisions. “The Fake News Washington Post, and even more Fake News New York Times, are writing stories that there is infighting with respect to my strong policy in the Middle East,” Trump tweeted. “There is no infighting whatsoever.” Trump’s tweets come amid mounting tensions between Washington and Tehran, with the Pentagon on Wednesday ordering all nonessential government staff to leave Iraq amid still-unspecified threats that the Trump administration has linked to Iran. The recent discord between the U.S. and Iran has raised concerns among lawmakers on both sides of the aisle about a potential war with Iran, and has drawn comparisons to the lead-up to the Iraq War in 2003.Who is John Durham? Prosecutor tapped for Russia probe inquiry known as ‘aggressive, tireless and fair’U.S. Attorney John Durham, the longtime lawman tapped to investigate the origins of the Russia investigation, is no stranger to high-stakes assignments that might make him unpopular in federal law enforcement circles. But his reputation as a hard-charging and apolitical prosecutor is what colleagues say has made him the go-to investigator for highly sensitive jobs. And looking into alleged misconduct within the FBI and other government agencies -- surrounding the most politically explosive investigation since at least the Clinton era -- could be his toughest assignment yet. Durham served as counsel to former U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Deirdre Daly when she was U.S. attorney and deputy U.S. attorney. Durham now holds the U.S. attorney position in Connecticut, but his profile rose this week after it emerged that Attorney General Bill Barr had assigned him to lead the investigation into “all intelligence collection activities” related to the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election, and any misconduct during the early stages of the FBI’s original Russia probe.State Department official cited Steele in emails with Ohr after flagging credibility issues to FBI, docs revealShortly after the 2016 presidential election, then-Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kathleen Kavalec and Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr discussed new allegations concerning the Trump campaign's Russia connections that were sourced to British ex-spy Christopher Steele, according to documents made public Wednesday. The previous month, in October 2016, Kavalec had met with Steele and documented his political motivations in writing -- particularly that he was "keen" to see his anti-Trump materials "come to light" prior to the election. Kavelec forwarded her written notes, in which she also pointed out that some of Steele's claims were apparently false, to a senior FBI executive. Despite Kavalec's concerns, the FBI used Steele's information to obtain a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant targeting former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page just weeks later.New York Mayor Bill de Blasio to announce 2020 White House bid on Thursday: sourceNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, widely known to have been pondering a White House run, is expected to announce his official entry into the crowded candidate field on Thursday, a source familiar with the situation told Fox News on Wednesday. De Blasio will make the announcement in a Thursday morning video followed by an appearance on ABC News' "Good Morning America," said the source, who requested anonymity. The mayor would be the 23rd Democrat vying for the Democratic presidential nomination, following Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who announced his own candidacy on Tuesday. De Blasio has plans to visit a pair of early-voting states. He will travel to Iowa on Friday and South Carolina on Saturday, a spokesperson told Fox News. The mayor has been teasing an announcement this week about his decision. And he's made several campaign-style trips to states expected to play key roles in the Democratic nominating process.Pacific Gas & Electric power lines caused California’s ‘deadliest and most destructive wildfire’: officialsCalifornia authorities said Wednesday that power lines owned and operated by the Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. (PG&E) caused the state's most destructive wildfire ever – one that killed 85 people and nearly destroyed an entire city. Lines owned by the San Francisco-based utility sparked the deadly, fast-moving Camp Fire on Nov. 8 in the Pulga area of Butte County, the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said in a news release. In total, the blaze burned 153,336 acres and destroyed in excess of 18,000 structures. The city of Paradise – population 27,000 -- was nearly wiped out as residents evacuated and their homes and vehicles were engulfed in flames. 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Episode summary: Benoy and Li reflect on the Pacific Gas & Electric bankruptcy and its effect on the solar industry.  The reason why PG&E is in bankruptcy due primarily to the liability from California wildfires. Benoy talks about current projects on the horizon, Colombia’s failed renewable energy auction, and the upcoming Summer Solstice party.  Benoy also discusses passive income and what he looks at when he invests in different opportunities.   About our Guest: Benoy Thanjan Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy and he is also an advisor for several solar startup companies. Reneu Energy is a premier international solar energy consulting firm and developer and the company focuses on developing commercial and industrial solar and utility scale solar plus storage projects. The company also sources financing for solar projects and hedges energy and environmental commodities. Reneu Energy has brokered $27 million in environmental commodities transactions. Benoy received his first experience in Finance as an intern at D.E. Shaw & Co., which is a global investment firm with 37 billion dollars in investment capital. Before founding Reneu Energy, he was the SREC Trader in the Project Finance Group for SolarCity which merged with Tesla in 2016. He originated SREC trades with buyers and co-developed their SREC monetization and hedging strategy with the senior management of SolarCity to move into the east coast markets. Benoy also worked at Vanguard Energy Partners, Ridgewood Renewable Power, and Deloitte & Touche.   Li Wang A life-long journalist and communications professional, Li Wang was hooked on the news as an intern at the Philadelphia Daily News during the summer of the O.J. trial. He has been a business reporter, arts editor and film critic. He has shifted his focus to digital marketing and creative services. His company, MJ Wang Media, develops brand messaging and identity through website design and content marketing. Insights from this episode: How the climate is affecting the economy How wildfires have a  large effect on California utilities Why the Colombian Renewable Energy Auction Failed? Tips for young people getting into solar energy.   Important Links: Reneu Energy’s Summer Solstice Party https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reneu-energys-summer-solstice-party-tickets-60983558465   Why did the Colombian Renewable Energy Auction fail?  By Francisco Sanclemente, CFA-Energy and Infrastructure Investment Banking Associate at Bancapital S.A. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/way-forward-francisco-sanclemente-cfa/   Quotes from the show: Advice to young people in solar: “I think working at a solar company will be a huge opportunity.” -Benoy Thanjan, Episode 27 Advice to young people in solar:“It’s all about getting real world experience”  -Benoy Thanjan, Episode 27 “It’s very important to build different passive income streams”  -Benoy Thanjan, Episode 27 “Luck is a creations, you create your own luck.” - Li Wang, Episode 27 “You never know where a connection could come from” - Benoy Thanjan, Episode 27 “Open your mind, open your eyes, listen to people and never judge people” - Li Wang, Episode 27 “For opportunity to come your way you must ask” - Li Wang, Episode 27 “It’s all about living life to it’s fullest.”  - Benoy Thanjan, Episode 27 Stay connected:   Benoy Thanjan www.reneuenergy.com info@reneuenergy.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/bthanjan/   Li Wang: MJWangMedia.com Instagram: @liwang22

Learn about Cal-Tech's Rocket Fund which awards non-equity grants from $25k-75k. FLOW's Rocket Fund is a granting pool that helps academic and garage innovators turn their technologies into commercial realities through financial support and entrepreneurial education. We will be introducing you to an opportunity for CleanTech companies to obtain non-equity funding for commercial prototyping and connecting with customers. Supported by California's six major utilities, industry and Caltech, the Rocket Fund http://flow.caltech.edu/rocket-fund provides non-equity grants to startups to design and build their first commercial prototype and start demonstrating with potential buyers. Bio: Stephanie Yanchinski Trained as a scientist, Ms. Yanchinski has directed her entrepreneurial expertise towards starting companies and helping tech ventures emerge from universities. She has worked with government and the business and investment community in Europe, Asia and Canada to establish entrepreneurial support programs: in Canada she helped found a $20 million medical science incubator, and ran a $1.5 million CEO mentoring and training program. At Caltech, she founded and now oversees the strategic planning, fund-raising and management of FLOW, a nationally recognized entrepreneurial program of the Resnick Sustainability Institute. Funded by the Department of Energy, FLOW helped launch over 20 companies which together have raised $60 million in follow on funding within four years. In partnership with Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric, San Diego Gas & Electric, Southern California Gas, Sacramento Municipal Utilities District and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the Moxie Foundation, as well as Caltech, Ms. Yanchinski launched the Rocket Fund in 2015 for early stage companies. The Rocket Fund is an innovative cross cutting program providing vital funding and necessary commercial partners for building and testing a minimum commercial prototype (MCP) for real world demonstration. The Fund validates technologies which makes companies more attractive to investors and partners.

Vandaag aandacht in voor de Fender Stratocaster Bender, waardoor de Byrds aan hun geluid kwamen dit dankzij gast Jeff Zimberlin. Je hoort ook Clarence White, Fleetwood Mac, Al Stewart, Pacific Gas & Electric en Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, Art Neville, Dr John, Robert Cray.

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; Blue Moon Spirits Fridays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's lender of choice, Deutsche Bank, faces intense new scrutiny.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Health Department granted a South Carolina Protestant foster care agency a religious exemption license to discriminate against Jews, Catholics, and pretty much anyone; Republicans on the US nuclear power regulator approved stripped down safety rules; and, California's Pacific Gas & Electric hasn't run out of money, but is still planning to file for bankruptcy as it faces costly wildfire liabilities.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the US sent two warships through the Taiwan Strait, as tensions with China increase; and, as the US prepares to withdraw from the landmark arms control treaty, NATO and Russia failed to resolve a dispute over a new Russian missile that Western allies say is a threat to Europe.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/25/1829329/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

Opower is a behavioral energy efficiency company acquired a couple years ago by Oracle Utilities and that basically invented using behavioral science for the utility industry. The big recent headline about Opower was that late last year it reached a remarkable milestone - 20 terawatt hours (TWH) of energy saved for electric utility customers, up from 11 TWH saved at the time of the acquisition. Our guests were Marisa Uchin, vice president of global regulatory affairs and Julia Lundin, director of solution strategy for the Opower solution, both with Oracle Utilities. Both joined Oracle with the Opower acquisition and they explained how the company evolved from way back in the days when Uchin was employed at Pacific Gas & Electric doing energy efficiency programs and saw the brilliance of what this startup firm, now called Opower, was offering. We also heard what Oracle is planning to offer its utility clients next including peak savings and machine learning – that can detect when a customer buys a new EV and offer them deals and special utility rates.

Dave Kozel is EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer of PVH Corp, the global apparel company that owns brands such as Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Izod, Speedo and Arrow. PVH employees around 36,000 people and has locations in 40 countries. Dave is responsible for Human Resources, Compensation, Benefits, Talent Management & Development, Inclusion & Diversity, Communications and Facilities for one of the largest global apparel companies in the world.  PVH has been recognized for its commitment to creating an inclusive environment where every individual is valued, including being named one of Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity and earning 100% on the HRC Corporate Equality Index. The Company was also ranked among the top 100 Most Inclusive and Diverse companies globally on the Thomas Reuters Global Inclusion Index and named one of Forbes’ and JUST Capital’s Most JUST Companies.  Dave joined PVH in 2003 as Senior Vice President, Human Resources, and was promoted to Executive Vice President, Human Resources in 2013. He changed to his current title in June 2015. Prior to joining PVH, Dave served as the Executive Vice President of Human Resources for J. Crew and held executive HR positions at Grey Advertising and Deluxe Corporation. His early career was spent at Citicorp and Pacific Gas & Electric in various Human Resource positions.Dave has a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from Lehigh University and a Masters Degree in Industrial Relations from University of Illinois. A major focus of the organization is having a people first strategy in order to bring in the best talent, and keep them engaged and motivated. It also involves allowing employees to be truly successful in what they're interested in from a career standpoint. And if they're successful and engaged, it only increases the company's probability of having success.  This is what is driving their leadership curriculum. Dave talks about one of the company’s programs, which is the PVH University. It is a fairly robust university program where they have a leadership academy in which they offer entry level,first-time manager training programs and then second-level training programs to managers. They have a global leadership program that works with The Wharton Business School. When asked about work-life balance, Dave said he believes, people really need to spend,  10% to 20% of their time away from their work. Even while at work everyone should try to designate some time to not think about the day to day and the tasks they have to complete. The world of work is definitely changing. Some of the most significant changes Dave has noticed include:   Work environments have fundamentally changed The advent of technology has changed the way people work The rate of change is so fast, we have to find new ways to work and leverage technology in order to keep up One thing that is certain is what we're doing today is going to change tomorrow Trends Dave is focusing on include: It's all about talent A people first strategy The importance of creating a culture and a workplace that has purpose What you will learn in this episode: How Dave and his team are creating a workplace that can attract and retain the best talent Dave’s insights and experience building up the HR function at PVH from the ground up How Dave deals with being told ‘no’ His advice to HR professionals and managers on how to get new programs in place What to do as an HR professional if an employee tells you they are unhappy Trends Dave is paying attention to Contact: https://www.pvh.com/company/leadership/dave-kozel https://www.linkedin.com/in/davekozel1

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Scary Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Mississippi Governor answered questions about Senator Hyde-Smith's racism with a racist answer, so everyone can know in their hearts that he, she and Mississippi cannot be racist. Ya hear, boy?Then, on the rest of the menu, California utility Pacific Gas & Electric, emailed a homeowner about sparking lines one day before the Camp Fire started in the same area; Rowan University banished the women's cross country team to workouts off campus, when the football coach complained their stretch tops were too distracting; and, life is scary when you can't trust judges to act within the law.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where CNN is finally going to court over Trump's war on the First Amendment, and the White House isn't happy about it; and, new data released by the FBI reveals hate crimes have skyrocketed since shortly after Trump's inauguration.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a call to awareness of holiness right where we are. I want all of the holiness of the Eucharist to spill out beyond church walls, out of the hands of priests and into the regular streets and sidewalks, into the hands of regular, grubby people like you and me, onto our tables, in our kitchens and dining rooms and backyards.” -- Shauna Niequist "Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/11/14/1812723/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

In the ’90s, Erin Brockovich spearheaded an investigation revealing that Pacific Gas & Electric had been poisoning the water in Hinkley, California. As chronicled in the 2000 film Erin Brockovich, PG&E was forced to pay out the largest toxic tort injury settlement in U.S. history: $333 million. Since that time, Erin has continued in her quest to empower the people to right wrong. Alexander, Randy’s dog, makes an impression on Erin. Erin tells her backstory in her words. Erin embraces all-things SHOW ME. “Superman’s not coming.” Erin made Randy cry. Stick-to-itiveness rules the world. “You’re telling me you’ve wrecked three of my cars and they never got out of the driveway!” Randy desperately wants to star in Erin Brockovich, The Musical. Twitter: @ErinBrockovich @randallkjones @siriouslysusan www.Brockovich.com www.BrockovichFoundation.org www.communityhealthbook.com www.randallkennethjones.com www.susancbennett.com

Glen Kolotkin was awarded a Grammy for Santana's "Supernatural" and has over 20 gold and platinum albums to his credit. Glen has spent the last thirty-five years recording a myriad of artists who have helped to change the course of music. In addition to recording nine albums with Carlos Santana, he hit records such as "I LOVE ROCK & ROLL" By Joan Jett & The Blackhearts "ELECTRIC LADYLAND" By Jimi Hendrix and "Pearl" by Janis Joplin, just to name a few. Glen's contributions began while working with artists such as Barbra Streisand, The Rolling Stones, Bob Segar, Rick Derringer, Pete Segar, Boz Skaggs, Al Kooper, The Talking Heads, The Paul Winter Consort, Les Dudek, The Guess Who, Pacific Gas & Electric, The Lovin' Spoonful, Patti Labelle, Illionois Speed Press, Tito Puente, Eddie & Charlie Palmeri, Miriam Makeba, Chicago, Sly Stone, Neil Young, Robin Gibb, Arthur Fiedler, Sonny Rolens, John Mclaughlin, Lenny White, Kenny Garrett, Mongo Santamaria, Dave Brubeck, Lionel Hampton, Tony Bennet, Buddy Miles, Moby Grape,Dave Mason, The Byrds, Gary Puckett, Tim Harden, Electric Flag, The Flying Burito Brothers, Jimmy Ruffin, Captain Beefheart, The Four Tops, The Ramones, Vernon Reid, Robert Palmer, Chuck Berry, Roberto Carlos, The Chambers Brothers, The Staple Singers, The Harlem Boys Choir, Miles Davis, Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson, Simon and Garfunkel, Johnny Mathis, Melanie, Tower Of Power, Malo, Azteca, Dr.Hook, Journey and others who comprise a virtual "Who's Who" of Rock, Pop, Latin and Jazz genres.

Bed Bath & Beyond struggles, while Pacific Gas & Electric suspends its dividend in the face of mounting lawsuits. Motley Fool Asset Management’s Bill Barker analyzes the latest on both. Plus, we dip into the Fool Mailbag and shake our heads in amazement as Long Island Iced Tea Corp. pivots to blockchain technology. (Tangents include New Orleans restaurants vs. San Francisco’s, the Ark of the Covenant, and the comedic stylings of Bob Newhart.)

Special Podcast Episode 10 “The Electric Utility Industry’s Golden Age of Innovation: Now” Innovation Interviews with Eight CEOs After a bit of a hiatus, we are back.  I can assure we have been busy on your behalf in the interim.  We are delighted to announce that we formed two companies under Leadership Lyceum’s brand: Lyceum Leadership Consulting which provides executive and board of director’s search, board effectiveness review, and an array of services for successor development and board-readiness.  And Lyceum Leadership Productions which brings you this podcast.  We will be expanding the programming of the episodes this summer so please subscribe through iTunes and give us feedback.  Tell us about leadership situations that you are interested in us exploring.  Please visit our website www.LeadershipLyceum.com for all of our archived media and offerings.  Welcome to this Special Episode of the Leadership Lyceum: A CEO’s Virtual Mentor focused on innovation in an industry that many of us take for granted.  We take an in-depth look at innovation in the electric utility industry.  It’s the Leadership Lyceum’s opening act to Edison Electric Institute’s annual industry convention that starts this weekend, June 11th in Boston. In this Episode, we take a look back at last year’s convention in Chicago, where we conducted 10 interviews that included 8 CEOs from the electric industry covering all points along the electricity value chain from generation to transmission to distribution to the customer meter and beyond.  We also have the perspective of a President of a venture capital-backed, technology provider to the industry; as well as the critical viewpoints of the regulator -- with the President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (or NARUC).  By way of context for our broad listenership, Edison Electric Institute (or EEI), is the association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies. EEI provides public policy leadership, strategic business intelligence, and essential conferences and forums for the industry.   As a bit of an appeal to our broad listenership --- why should you care about this industry?  Well its impact and influence is far-reaching and profound.  The member companies of EEI provide electricity for 220 million Americans, operate in all 50 states and the District of Columbia --- and directly and indirectly employ more than one million workers.  Our esteemed guests are all listed on the back of the album cover and on our website with links to their bios.  As a reminder, we conducted these interviews in June of 2016.  Our guests are as follows: Nick Akins, CEO of AEP in Columbus, OH; at the time, the outgoing Chairman of EEI. https://www.aep.com/about/leadership/profile.aspx?id=Akins Tom Fanning, CEO of Southern Company in Atlanta; at the time, the incoming Chairman of EEI. http://www.southerncompany.com/about-us/leadership/ceo.html Warner Baxter, CEO of Ameren Corporation in St Louis. https://www.ameren.com/about/warner-baxter Pedro Pizarro, CEO of Edison International; at the time, the President of Edison subsidiary Southern California Edison. https://www.edison.com/home/investors/corporate-governance/meet-our-board-of-directors/pedro-j-pizarro.html Jim Piro, CEO of Portland General Electric in Portland, OR http://investors.portlandgeneral.com/management.cfm Ralph Izzo, CEO of PSEG, in Newark, NJ; https://www.pseg.com/family/leadership/ceo.jsp Steve Berberich, CEO of California ISO; the ISO is one of the world’s largest transmission organizations, managing the electric grid and wholesale power markets for 30 million Californians. https://www.caiso.com/about/Pages/OurLeadership/StephenBerberich.aspx Tony Earley, Executive Chair of the Board of PG&E Corporation in San Francisco; at the time, was Chairman, CEO and President of PG&E http://www.pgecorp.com/aboutus/our_team/TEarley.shtml Alex Laskey, Co-Founder and President of Opower; Alex sold his company to Oracle while we were at the convention in June 2016 https://www.ted.com/speakers/alex_laskey Travis Kavulla, Commissioner, Montana Public Service Commission; and at the time, was serving a term as President of National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (or NARUC) http://psc.mt.gov/commissioners/District1/  Just prior to our interviews last year, Neil Irwin, senior economics correspondent for The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/by/neil-irwin) gave us inspiration in his walk down the memory lane of innovation in his May 15, 2016 “The Upshot” column titled “Tracking Down the Golden Age of Innovation”.    https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/upshot/what-was-the-greatest-era-for-american-innovation-a-brief-guided-tour.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share Twitter: https://twitter.com/Neil_Irwin He posited in that article that a better way to understand the significance of technological change may be to come as close as we can to actually walking through those time periods, from the end of the Civil War to present, and understand the way we lived, ate, traveled and clothed and entertained ourselves.  Through our conversation with these industry leaders, we will attempt to walk you through our current age of innovation in the electric power industry.   Segment 1: Opening Statements – The Structure of the Industry. Travis Kavulla, President of NARUC and Commissioner of the Montana PSC. Steve Berberich, CEO of California ISO, managing the transmission grid across the state of California. Tony Earley, CEO of PG&E in San Francisco. Ralph Izzo, CEO of PSEG in Newark. Nick Akins, CEO of AEP in Columbus Steve Berberich, CEO of California ISO    Segment 2: Interoperability, Data, and the Customer Steve Berberich, CEO of California ISO He expounds on the subject of interoperability of complex components of the electricity value chain. Nick Akins, CEO of AEP in Columbus Nick transitions into how technology has enabled customer relationships. Advanced Metering triggered proximity to the customer.  Tony Earley, CEO of PG&E in San Francisco. Alex Laskey, President of Opower Pedro Pizarro, CEO of Edison International   Segment 3: Boundary Conditions and how utilities are defining the boundaries of their service.  Warner Baxter, CEO of Ameren in St Louis Pedro Pizarro, CEO of Edison International Steve Berberich, CEO of California ISO Travis Kavulla, President of NARUC and Commissioner of the Montana PSC. Nick Akins, CEO of AEP in Columbus Ralph Izzo, CEO of PSEG in Newark. Tom Fanning, CEO of Southern Company in Atlanta Tony Earley, CEO of PG&E in San Francisco.   Segment 4: Collaboration with Disruptors and how utilities are partnering with the technologists on innovation and solutions. Warner Baxter, CEO of Ameren in St Louis Jim Piro, CEO of Portland General Electric   Segment 5: Regulatory Barriers and Enablers to innovation. Travis Kavulla, President of NARUC and Commissioner of the Montana PSC. Pedro Pizarro, CEO of Edison International Alex Laskey, President of Opower   Segment 6: Are We Pushing Hard Enough to Innovate? Travis Kavulla, President of NARUC and Commissioner of the Montana PSC. Nick Akins, CEO of AEP in Columbus Jim Piro, CEO of Portland General Electric Tom Fanning, CEO of Southern Company in Atlanta   Segment 7: Parting Thoughts and Advice to Stakeholders.  It’s fitting that our three guests with the parting words are those who have transitioned since my interview with them last year.  One through sale of company, one through executive retirement, and the other through expiration of term of service.  Tony Earley, CEO of PG&E in San Francisco - who has now turned the leadership of PG&E over to his successor Geisha Williams. Alex Laskey, President of Opower Travis Kavulla, President of NARUC and Commissioner of the Montana PSC in the anchor position with advice on the posture and approach of stakeholders to foster innovation from the regulatory point of view.   Our Parting Thoughts I can’t think of a more fitting way to close this retrospective than drawing from the opening of Neil Irwin’s NYT article that I mentioned at the outset of this episode.  Are you a skeptical economist who believes that we’re in a depressing era in which innovation has slowed and living standards are barely rising?  Or are you a techno-optimist who believes that that our era, in which digital technology is transforming the underpinnings of human existence, is the golden age of innovation?   Thanks for joining us.  We can’t improve without your feedback – write us through our website www.LeadershipLyceum.com and subscribe on iTunes.  See you next time.    Informative and Helpful Links Edison Electric Institute (EEI): http://www.eei.org/ Ameren Corporation: https://www.ameren.com/ American Electric Power: https://www.aep.com/ California ISO: http://www.caiso.com/ Edison International: http://www.edison.com/ Pacific Gas & Electric: https://www.pge.com/ Portland General Electric: https://www.portlandgeneral.com/ Public Service Enterprise Group: https://www.pseg.com/ Southern Company: http://www.southerncompany.com/ Oracle and Opower: https://www.oracle.com/corporate/acquisitions/opower/index.html Montana PSC: http://psc.mt.gov/ National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC): https://www.naruc.org/ New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/by/neil-irwin    Program Guide: Special Episode 10 “The Electric Utility Industry’s Golden Age of Innovation: Now” Innovation Interviews with Eight CEOs   0:30     Introduction to the Lyceum Leadership Consulting and Lyceum Leadership Productions 1:15     Introduction to “Innovation in the Electric Industry” through 10 interviews including 8 CEOs  4:05     Segment 1: Opening Statements – The Structure of the Industry 11:43   Break 1 11:57   Segment 2: Interoperability, Data, and the Customer 26:02   Break 2 26:24   Segment 3: Boundary Conditions - how utilities are defining the boundaries of their service.  36:50   Break 3 37:03   Segment 4: Collaboration with Disruptors 39:32   Break 4 39:49   Segment 5: Regulatory Barriers and Enablers 45:16   Break 5 45:31   Segment 6: Are We Pushing Hard Enough to Innovate? 51:12   Break 6 51:34   Segment 7: Parting Thoughts and Advice to Stakeholders 57:04   Lyceum’s Parting Thoughts 57:37   End of Episode     Subscribe to the Podcast at: iTunes or SoundCloud Follow Leadership Lyceum on: www.LeadershipLyceum.com LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Facebook   Email us: info@LeadershipLyceum.com Please subscribe to the Leadership Lyceum at iTunes which will enable future content to come to you automatically.  Rate us and spread the word among your fellow executives and board colleagues.    Your host Thomas B. Linquist is the Founder and Managing Partner of Lyceum Leadership Consulting and Lyceum Leadership Productions. Over his 15 years in management and leadership consulting he has served a wide array of industrial clients.  This includes leadership assessment and search for chief executive officers, chief financial officers, chief operating officers and boards of directors.  He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and over his 25-year career has served in a variety of roles: as an engineer with Shell Oil Company, a banker with ABN AMRO Bank, and as treasurer was the youngest corporate officer in the 150+ year history at Peoples Energy Company in Chicago.  He is an expert on hiring and promotion decisions and leadership development.  Over the course of his search career, he has interviewed thousands of leaders.  Please subscribe to the Leadership Lyceum in the podcast section at iTunes which will enable future content to come to you automatically. 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This week on Franchise Friday Brendan Major is joined by Susan Strong, an Area Developer in Northern California for The Entrepreneur's Source and Advicoach self-employment and business coaching franchise organizations. Susan has a strong background in corporate human resources, and brings many qualities and skills that she has learned over the years into her current endeavors. Susan will discuss some of those skills, and why they have been helpful in making her Entrepreneur's Source and AdviCoach franchises so successful. She'll also talk about the difference between consulting and coaching, and why it's important to know the difference between the two.About Our GuestSusan is an Area Developer in Northern California for The Entrepreneur's Source and Advicoach self-employment and business coaching franchise organizations.  Prior to becoming a franchisee almost 5 years ago, Susan worked for 20+ years with Fortune 500, Growth and Start-Up companies as a Senior Human Resources professional, coaching executives in all things that had to do with the development and success of their people. Susan has also coached thousands of employees to set career goals and identify long term career plans.  Some of the best known companies Susan has worked for include Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Bank, Pacific Gas & Electric, Genentech, Adaptec and Logitech.  Susan has a BA from the University of California, Berkeley.  

This week on Franchise Friday Brendan Major is joined by Susan Strong, an Area Developer in Northern California for The Entrepreneur's Source and Advicoach self-employment and business coaching franchise organizations. Susan has a strong background in corporate human resources, and brings many qualities and skills that she has learned over the years into her current endeavors. Susan will discuss some of those skills, and why they have been helpful in making her Entrepreneur's Source and AdviCoach franchises so successful. She'll also talk about the difference between consulting and coaching, and why it's important to know the difference between the two.About Our GuestSusan is an Area Developer in Northern California for The Entrepreneur's Source and Advicoach self-employment and business coaching franchise organizations.  Prior to becoming a franchisee almost 5 years ago, Susan worked for 20+ years with Fortune 500, Growth and Start-Up companies as a Senior Human Resources professional, coaching executives in all things that had to do with the development and success of their people. Susan has also coached thousands of employees to set career goals and identify long term career plans.  Some of the best known companies Susan has worked for include Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Bank, Pacific Gas & Electric, Genentech, Adaptec and Logitech.  Susan has a BA from the University of California, Berkeley.  

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