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The relationship between the city of San Francisco and PG&E has once again fallen on tough times. The electric grid faltered in a series of high profile outages and it has angry residents and officials calling for a breakup. To break down the possibilities KCBS Radio News Anchor Steve Scott spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie took office one year ago this week after beating incumbent mayor London Breed and several sitting and former SF supervisors in what ended up as a wide open four-way race. Lurie's first year has largely been seen as a success, with the notable exception of his appointment of former Sunset pet shop owner Beya Alcaraz to a vacant supervisor's seat - a position she held for less than one Scaramucci.We're joined today by Mission Local Managing Editor and columnist Joe Eskenazi, who looks back over Lurie's first year, and gets us up to speed on other San Francisco political news, including the race to replace Nancy Pelosi, who has announced that she will not seek another term. On January 7, Eskenazi and Cynthia Laird of the Bay Area Reporter will moderate a forum with the top three candidates: Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco); San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan; and Saikat Chakrabarti, former chief of staff to Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.We also take a look at the possibility of an initiative to reopen the Great Highway to auto traffic, and the effort to form a municipal power company that would take over PG&E's electrical infrastructure via eminent domain - a movement that got a boost following last week's massive power outage. Plus, Who Had the Worst Week in California Politics.1:12 Joe Eskenazi1:31 House District 11 Forum2:27 A report card on Mayor Lurie's first year6:19 Lurie's longest week: Beya Alcaraz and all that14:21 The initiative to reopen the Great Highway and impact on the race to replace Nancy Pelosi17:08 Labor19:37  Saikat Chakrabarti20:32 Supervisor Connie Chan21:02 Sen. Scott Wiener22:55 PG&E blackout23:39 A San Francisco municipal power utility?31:00 #WWCAWant to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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W dzisiejszym odcinku wiceprezes PGE ds. regulacji Marcin Laskowski i starsza analityczka ds. energetycznych Julia Cydejko rozmawiają o obecnych i nadchodzących wyzwaniach inwestycyjnych dla sektora energetycznego w kontekście rozpoczynających się negocjacji wieloletnich ram finansowych UE na lata 2028-2034. Zastanawiają się, jak transformacja energetyczna wpisuje się w nowe priorytety Europy, takie jak obronność i konkurencyjność. Rozmowa towarzyszy publikacji Polityki Insight „Ile energii w nowym budżecie UE”, która powstała we współpracy z Polskim Komitetem Energii Elektrycznej. Podcast prowadzi starszy analityk ds. polityk publicznych i ds. europejskich Tomasz Sawczuk. Rozmowa towarzyszy publikacji Polityki Insight „Fundusze europejskie dają moc”, która powstała we współpracy z Polskim Komitetem Energii Elektrycznej. W opracowaniu analizujemy co napędza potrzeby inwestycyjne w energetyce i jak finansować transformację energetyczną w kolejnym budżecie UE. https://www.politykainsight.pl/bibliotekaraportow/2327453,1,ile-energii-w-nowym-budzecie-ue.read

Le 13 mai, au quai de Corse, Luc se sent vide. Pas en colère, vide. Il entend la greffière, regarde le bois sombre, sait déjà ce que le juge va dire. Quand l'assistante lâche “il ne s'est pas payé depuis sept mois”, c'est un sentiment de honte et de fierté en même temps : honte de n'avoir pas tenu, fierté d'avoir protégé l'équipe jusqu'au bout. Puis le mot tombe : liquidation. La gorge se serre, les larmes montent, il ne lutte pas.Pourtant, l'histoire ne commence pas dans un tribunal. Elle débute dans la cosmétique, quand un jeune commercial sans diplôme apprend l'exigence, la tenue, le goût du client bien servi.Puis vient une opportunité. En 2007, il lance Burobox. L'idée est simple : faire des bureaux propres, tenir les délais, voir les clients revenir. Il aime cette fatigue du soir qui dit “on a bien bossé”. Burobox grossit, les chiffres montent, le petit Luc qui a grandit dans un milieu modeste voit son train de vie changer.Le Covid ? Paradoxalement, pas la peur : l'adrénaline. Les chantiers continuent, les PGE rassurent, il se répète que “ça va passer”. Mais après la reprise, il découvre une autre fatigue, sourde : permis qui traînent, et des délais de paiement qui glissent de 45 à 90, puis 120 jours. Il signe un prêt de 350 000 € “pour respirer”. Ça marche… deux mois. Ensuite, c'est l'angoisse d'ouvrir le compte en banque chaque matin.Il recrute un directeur technique “grosse maison” pour reprendre la main. Mauvaise pioche : plus de process, moins de lien. Des clients historiques le lâchent. Mars–avril 2022, il suspend des chantiers pour rester dans le droit : il sait que c'est juste, mais il culpabilise.La descente aux enfers a commencé, sa mère, sa femme et ses équipes le mettent face à la réalité : “Tu t'es perdu Luc”. Il n'a plus le choix.Et le verdict de l'avocate est net : “il n'y a rien à sauver.”La scène du tribunal, ensuite, s'imprime : le menuisier qui confirme l'arrêt des livraisons, l'assistante qui pleure, et lui, qui craque une fois la porte close. Puis la liquidatrice - humaine, précise - qui règle les salaires. Le soulagement dure une heure. Il apprend que gérant non salarié, ça veut dire : rien. Puis les cautions. Puis des appels menaçants de prestataires. Luc apprend à rebondir, à relativiser, à se prouver qu'il n'est coupable de rien.Aujourd'hui, Luc n'a pas relancé. Il remonte doucement. Il garde trois choses : le respect de soi quand tout s'écroule, le cash avant l'ego, et demander de l'aide tôt.Un podcast conçu et produit par FeuilleBlanche, en partenariat avec l'association GSC, l'assurance chômage des dirigeants d'entreprise.À vos écouteurs

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Customers are growing increasingly frustrated with PG&E as thousands of residents in San Francisco's Richmond and Sunset districts were without power for a second Saturday in a row. This weekend's outage was the fifth in Sunset in recent weeks. For more KCBS Radio News Anchor, Steve Scott spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

We're breaking down the messy Politics following a massive PG&E power outage in San Francisco over the weekend. For more KCBS Radio News Anchor Steve Scott spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

State Senator Scott Wiener says he plans to introduce legislation that will let San Francisco and other cities break away from PG&E and run their own power grids. For more, KCBS's Margie Shafer spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

W dzisiejszym odcinku wiceprezes PGE ds. regulacji Marcin Laskowski i starsza analityczka ds. energetycznych Julia Cydejko dyskutują o absorpcji funduszy europejskich przez dużych inwestorów z sektora energetycznego. Zastanawiają się nad bilansem krajowego planu odbudowy w zakresie roli, jaką odegrał w finansowaniu inwestycji energetycznych, a także o wpływie tych inwestycji na rachunki odbiorców i jakość dostaw energii. Rozmowa towarzyszy publikacji Polityki Insight „Fundusze europejskie dają moc”, która powstała we współpracy z Polskim Komitetem Energii Elektrycznej. W opracowaniu analizujemy, czy dostępne formy wsparcia transformacji energetycznej są adekwatne do potrzeb i zaprojektowane w sposób maksymalizujący korzyści z realizowanych inwestycji. https://www.politykainsight.pl/bibliotekaraportow/2326925,1,fundusze-europejskie-daja-moc.read Podcast prowadzi starszy analityk ds. polityk publicznych i ds. europejskich Tomasz Sawczuk.

This week, we're discussing our official new city administrator, the reason the state's new gas tax is now on hold, the latest local government declaring an emergency over Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity, and much more in our news lightning round. Joining executive producer John Notarianni on this midweek round-up is our very own senior producer, Giulia Fiaoni. Discussed in Today's Episode: City Council Hires Raymond Lee As Next City Administrator [Willamette Week] Local Homelessness Prevention Could See $21 Million Funding Bump [Portland Mercury] Oregon Tax Opponents Turn in 'Nearly 200,000′ Signatures [OPB] Ethics Commission Investigates Progressive Portland City Councilors Over August Retreat [Oregonian] Multnomah County Declares Emergency in Response to ICE Enforcement [Fox12] Bring Erik Téllez Home to His Family [GoFundMe] Become a member of City Cast Portland today! Get all the details and sign up here.  Who would you like to hear on City Cast Portland? Shoot us an email at portland@citycast.fm, or leave us a voicemail at 503-208-5448. Want more Portland news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter and be sure to follow us on Instagram.  Looking to advertise on City Cast Portland? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise. If you enjoyed this interview with Janessa White, the Director & General Manager of Simply Eloped, learn more here.  Learn more about the sponsors of this December 17th episode: Portland Spirit PaintCare Aura Frames - Use code CITYCAST for $35 off PGE

One in six Oregon children lives in a food-insecure home, and now as we enter the holidays and brace for new cuts to federal food assistance, many families are wondering how they'll get through the months ahead. Today we're joined by Rachael Lucille Jackson-Davis of the Oregon Food Bank to talk about what hunger really looks like right now, how the safety net is shifting, and what kind of support makes the most difference. Find free groceries, meals, or places to double your SNAP EBT benefits near you at foodfinder.oregonfoodbank.org/  Become a member of City Cast Portland today! Get all the details and sign up here.  Who would you like to hear on City Cast Portland? Shoot us an email at portland@citycast.fm, or leave us a voicemail at 503-208-5448. Want more Portland news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter and be sure to follow us on Instagram.  Looking to advertise on City Cast Portland? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise. Learn more about the sponsors of this December 16th episode: Portland Spirit PaintCare Aura Frames - Use code CITYCAST for $35 off PGE

This is the time of year when a quick, comforting breakfast feels especially appealing, so it's fortunate that Portland has plenty of options. Today we're revisiting a conversation about Portland's best breakfast sandwiches — from the tastiest sauce to the ultimate hangover cure. This episode first aired July 17, 2025 Some Places Discussed in Today's Episode: Pie Spot Great North Coffee Fried Egg I'm In Love Kind Coffee Podnah's Pit Dawnbringer Sincerely, Bagel ROAM Better Half PDX Two of Us Rad Magic Subs Picone's Become a member of City Cast Portland today! Get all the details and sign up here.  Who would you like to hear on City Cast Portland? Shoot us an email at portland@citycast.fm, or leave us a voicemail at 503-208-5448. Want more Portland news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter, Hey Portland, and be sure to follow us on Instagram.  Looking to advertise on City Cast Portland? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise. Learn more about the sponsors of this December 15th episode: Portland Spirit PaintCare Aura Frames - Use code CITYCAST for $35 off PGE

PG&E says it's prepared to help triple San Jose's energy use as it looks to establish the "premier destination for AI data center development" But who will foot the bill? To answer that question KCBS Radio News Anchor Steve Scott spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

"Inspect your marketing the way you'd inspect a home—run diagnostics, don't guess." – Aaron Husak "Attitude is way more important than aptitude. One bad apple really can infect the whole company." – Aaron Husak In this episode of the Building HVAC Science podcast, Eric and Bill sit down with long-time friend and contractor-turned-marketing pro, Aaron Husak. Aaron traces his winding path from solar in the mid-2000s to building performance and BPI training, and then to founding Balanced Comfort in Fresno, CA. What started as a small HERS and energy-audit firm bootstrapped its way into insulation, HVAC, and weatherization, eventually landing on the Inc. 5000 list four times and scaling from $1.3M to over $12M in just a few years. Along the way, Aaron learned the complex realities of rapid growth: hiring quickly, depending on rebate programs, uncovering serious gaps in back-office accounting and HR, and navigating California's legal landscape. Things got especially rough when PG&E abruptly pulled a weatherization program that made up half of their revenue, right as Aaron was also dealing with the personal loss of both his parents. A rescue buyer ultimately acquired the company in early 2025, giving Aaron a hard-earned exit. From that experience, Aaron pulls out lessons for contractors who want to grow without blowing themselves up. He emphasizes perseverance, but also warns that good field tech screening doesn't automatically translate into good screening for accountants, HR, and support staff. He talks about the cost of keeping the wrong people too long, the importance of outside eyes on your books and compliance, and why attitude beats aptitude when building a healthy culture. He also calls out how easy it is to underestimate the impact of programs, receivables, and legal exposure—especially in states where "it doesn't matter if you're right, you still have to pay the attorney." Today, Aaron has pivoted into his next chapter with Sequoia GEO, a marketing firm focused on contractors and local service businesses, with a special emphasis on AI and "GEO" (Generative Engine Optimization). He explains why your Google Business Profile is the low-hanging fruit almost everyone neglects, how AI tools and devices like Plaud can turn field conversations into high-value website content, and why AI "likes structure" (bullets, lists, and real stories). The episode closes with practical advice: inspect your marketing like you would inspect a home, use affordable diagnostic tools to see what's really happening online, stay transparent with customers about recording and privacy, and treat expensive mistakes as lessons that tighten your processes for the future. Aaron's LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahusak Aaron's Company: www.SequioaGEO.com Aaron's Blog: https://www.sequoiageo.com/blog/categories/google-business-profile   This episode was recorded in November 2025.  

W dzisiejszym odcinku Dominik Brodacki i Julia Cydejko opowiadają o najważniejszych dla sektora wydarzeniach: odwołaniu prezesa PGE, zgodzie Komisji Europejskiej na pomoc publiczną dla Choczewa i zbliżającej się aukcji rynku mocy. Zapraszamy!

Komisja Europejska wyraziła zgodę na udzielenie pomocy publicznej dla pierwszej polskiej elektrowni jądrowej w Choczewie na Pomorzu, co uruchamia serię kluczowych procesów inwestycyjnych. To decyzja rekordowo szybka i przełomowa dla krajowej energetyki jądrowej.Kup subskrypcję „Rzeczpospolitej” pod adresem: https://czytaj.rp.pl

Thiago Gobbo - Diretor de Assuntos de Regulação Fundiária do ITESP - PGE by Governo do Estado de São Paulo

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El Parlamento alemán vota hoy el presupuesto de 2026, centrado en la reactivación de la economía a través de inversiones en infraestructura y en defensa. En España, la vicepresidenta primera, María Jesús Montero, insiste en que presentará los PGE de 2026 aunque se vuelva a rechazar la senda de déficit. CCOO y UGT han convocado hoy a sus delegados y trabajadores de Inditex a las puertas de sus centros de Madrid y Barcelona.

Interview with Jean-Marc Lulin, President & CEO of Azimut Exploration Inc.Our previous interview: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/posts/azimut-exploration-tsxvazm-kghm-funds-nickel-hunt-as-quebec-explorer-weighs-gold-asset-options-6611Recording date: 21st November 2025Azimut Exploration (TSXV:AZM) is executing a strategic transformation from prospect generator to focused development company, concentrating resources on three 100%-owned gold discoveries in Quebec's prolific mining districts. Jean-Marc Lulin, president and CEO with 40 years of global exploration experience, outlined the company's evolution and provided comprehensive project updates in a recent interview.The flagship Wabamisk property hosts two significant discoveries separated by 15 kilometers of underexplored ground. The Fortin Zone represents one of Canada's largest antimony systems, spanning at least 1.8 kilometers of strike length with mineralized envelopes reaching 50 meters in width. Drilling across 86 holes totaling 12,000 meters has tested the system to 250 meters depth, where strong mineralization continues with the deposit remaining open in multiple directions. Metallurgical testing with SGS is underway, with preliminary results described as encouraging—critical validation for economic viability during a period of elevated antimony prices driven by critical mineral supply constraints.The Rosa Zone emerged as an unexpected breakthrough in terrain explored for 90 years by 11 previous companies. Systematic prospecting revealed 300 meters of outcropping high-grade gold with abundant visible gold—both coarse and fine dust—that correlates strongly with a 1.4-kilometer induced polarization anomaly. Initial drilling intersected visible gold in 11 of 26 holes, with assay results expected by year-end 2025 or early January 2026.The company's third focus, Elmer-Patwon, represents the most advanced asset with an existing resource that benefits from gold prices substantially above the $1,800 per ounce used in the original definition. A scoping study is well advanced, with clear expansion targets identified along strike.Azimut maintains strategic leverage through partnerships, notably with KGHM on the Kukamas nickel-copper-PGE project, where drilling delivered grades up to 19.6% nickel and 15 grams per ton platinum-palladium in a kambalda-type system. KGHM is funding advancement toward a preliminary economic assessment while Azimut retains operator status with no funding obligations.Lulin emphasized the company's technical discipline: "We want to advance as quickly as possible but in a rational way." Detailed 2026 program guidance is expected in Q1 following receipt of critical assay results that will shape resource expansion strategies across the portfolio.View Azimut Exploration's company profile: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/companies/azimut-explorationSign up for Crux Investor: https://cruxinvestor.com

November 2025 Sustainable Stock and ETF Picks… Includes stocks in the following sectors: hydrogen, AI infrastructure, wind, and climate transition. By Ron Robins, MBA Transcript & Links, Episode 161, November 21, 2025 Hello, Ron Robins here. Welcome to my podcast episode 161, published on November 21, 2025, titled "November 2025 Sustainable Stock and ETF Picks." This podcast is presented by Investing for the Soul. Investingforthesoul.com is your go-to site for vital global, ethical, and sustainable investing mentoring, news, commentary, information, and resources. Remember that you can find a full transcript and links to content, including stock symbols and bonus material, on this episode's podcast page at investingforthesoul.com/podcasts. Also, a reminder. I do not evaluate any of the stocks or funds mentioned in these podcasts, and I don't receive any compensation from anyone covered in these podcasts. Furthermore, I will reveal any investments I have in the investments mentioned herein. I have a great crop of 17 articles for you in this podcast! Note: Some companies are covered more than once. ------------------------------------------------------------- (1) A Look at 7 Hydrogen Energy Stocks: Trillion-Dollar Market Ignites Green Investment Boom I'm starting this podcast with an article on an energy segment that not many ethical and sustainable investors have much exposure to. Yet, it could be of interest to many. The article is titled A Look at 7 Hydrogen Energy Stocks: Trillion-Dollar Market Ignites Green Investment Boom. It's by Caroline Kong and on nai500.com. Here are some quotes. "With technological advancements and policy support, this vast market, with a potential scale of $11 trillion, is maturing at an accelerated pace. 1. Linde (LIN) has not only mastered efficient hydrogen compression and safe refueling technologies but also reduces the carbon footprint of hydrogen through carbon capture. The company's recent 100-megawatt renewable hydrogen plant project in partnership with Shell, expected to be operational by 2027, demonstrates its commitment to industrial layout. 2. Air Products (APD) is even more aggressive, currently operating over 100 hydrogen production plants worldwide with a daily capacity of 7 million kilograms. Its NEOM green hydrogen project in Saudi Arabia is 80% complete and expected to commence operation in 2027. The company is also advancing an $8 billion blue hydrogen project in Louisiana, a $3.3 billion blue hydrogen project in Canada, and a $360 million green hydrogen project in Arizona set to come online in 2026. 3. BP (BP) has positioned hydrogen energy as a key pillar of its strategy to achieve net-zero by 2050. The company plans to invest in 5-7 hydrogen and carbon capture projects globally. Its Lingen project in Germany, expected to be operational by 2027, aims to produce up to 11,000 tons of green hydrogen annually. However, BP recently canceled its HyGreen Teesside project, the UK's first planned green hydrogen project, and exited a planned project in Australia, reflecting the challenges the industry still faces on the path to commercialization. 4. Plug Power (PLUG) has deployed 72,000 fuel cell systems and operates 275 refueling stations in North America. The company is building an end-to-end green hydrogen ecosystem, with multiple green hydrogen production facilities expected to be operational before 2028. In October 2025, the company delivered its first 100-megawatt electrolyzer to Galp's refinery in Europe, signifying international recognition of its technology. 5. Bloom Energy (BE) stands out with its revolutionary solid oxide technology. The company's Bloom Electrolyzer is 15% to 45% more efficient than comparable products on the market, making it particularly suitable for decarbonizing energy-intensive industries like steel and chemicals. A recent collaboration with Oracle on powering data centers for AI workloads has opened up new growth avenues. The company has reported record revenue and profits for three consecutive quarters, demonstrating strong growth momentum. 6. Cummins (CMI) is deeply engaged in the hydrogen sector through its zero-emissions technology business unit, Accelera. In October 2025, the company successfully tested a prototype hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine in an intercity bus made by a Turkish-Japanese automotive joint venture, performing as well as a natural gas engine with significantly lower emissions. Simultaneously, it is supplying a 100-megawatt PEM electrolyzer for BP's project in Germany, showcasing its strength in hydrogen equipment manufacturing. 7. FuelCell Energy (FCEL) focuses on distributed baseload energy solutions, with its proprietary carbonate fuel cell and solid oxide electrolyzer technologies drawing attention. The company is developing large-scale hydrogen production systems based on solid oxide electrolyzers, targeting large manufacturing plants and data centers." End quotes. ------------------------------------------------------------- (2) 3 AI Infrastructure Stocks Solving the Power Crisis The second article features three stocks in an industry undergoing massive investment. The article is titled 3 AI Infrastructure Stocks Solving the Power Crisis. It's by George Budwell and found on fool.com. Here are some quotes from this article. "Artificial intelligence (AI) Hyperscalers are choosing data center locations based on power grid capacity rather than tax breaks or fiber access, and utility companies are scrambling to upgrade transmission infrastructure that wasn't designed for industrial computing loads… These three AI infrastructure plays capture unavoidable costs that scale with every new AI cluster, regardless of which chip architecture ultimately dominates. 1. Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) designs and manufactures thermal management systems, power distribution units, and turnkey modular data center halls for AI deployments… 2. Eaton (NYSE: ETN) manufactures electrical power distribution equipment, backup power systems, and control software for commercial and industrial customers, including data centers. The company's data center portfolio includes uninterruptible power supplies, power distribution units, switchgear, and busway systems that manage electricity from the utility connection down to individual server racks. 3. Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR) provides specialty contracting services for electric power, pipeline, and communications infrastructure, including the design and construction of transmission lines and substations… Recent revenue growth and a raised 2025 outlook reflect contracts tied to grid modernization projects that utility companies must complete before data centers can break ground. Quanta captures infrastructure spending that happens months or years before the first GPU gets racked, with multiyear project timelines providing visibility into revenue beyond 2026." End quotes. ------------------------------------------------------------- (3) Top Wind Energy Stocks to Add to Your Portfolio for Long-Term Growth Many analysts believe that, in addition to being negatively targeted by the Trump administration, this renewable energy sector has tremendous long-term potential. The article is titled Top Wind Energy Stocks to Add to Your Portfolio for Long-Term Growth. It's by Avisekh Bhattacharjee and found on finance.yahoo.com, though originally on zacks.com. The following are some quotes from the article. "The wind energy sector continues to gain traction with greater flexibility and scalability, despite a shift in the U.S. federal policy regarding offshore wind development projects. 1. Duke Energy (DUK) (DUK-PA) is a premier utility service provider offering efficient power and energy services. The Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) company is currently focused on expanding its scale of operations, implementing modern technologies at its facilities as well as enhancing its renewable generation portfolio by investing heavily in infrastructure and expansion projects… The company is investing heavily in constructing generation facilities that produce reduced CO2 emissions per unit of electricity generated compared with coal. Duke Energy Corporation (DUK): Free Stock Analysis Report. 2. Dominion Energy (D) is a major energy company engaged in regulated and non-regulated electricity distribution, generation and transmission businesses… Its long-term objective is to operate more battery storage, solar, hydro and wind (offshore as well as onshore) projects by 2036 and increase the renewable energy capacity by more than 15% per year, on average, over the next 15 years. Dominion Energy Inc. (D): Free Stock Analysis Report. By 2035, the Zacks Rank #2 company is working on offshore wind projects and battery storage projects to lower emissions. 3. PG&E (PCG) operates as the parent holding company of California's largest regulated electric and gas utility, Pacific Gas and Electric Company.  The Zacks Rank #2 company's exposure in wind energy stems from the procurement of power from several renewable resources, including wind, and developing its wind farms… In the quarters ahead, PG&E's bottom line is expected to be driven by favorable decisions from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), long-term supply agreements, diversification into alternative power sources and infrastructure improvement programs, resulting in rate base growth. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PCG) : Free Stock Analysis Report. 4. Portland General Electric (POR) generates power primarily from wind, solar and hydropower… The Zacks Rank #2 company is poised to benefit from strong industrial load growth… To further expand its renewable portfolio, Portland General Electric plans to add a significant clean power generation asset over the long term. Portland General Electric Company (POR): Free Stock Analysis Report." End quotes. ------------------------------------------------------------- (4) 5 Undervalued Stocks That Are Climate Transition Leaders For investors interested in climate transition-related stocks, this article could be of interest to you. It's titled 5 Undervalued Stocks That Are Climate Transition Leaders. It's by Stephen Ellis and found on morningstar.com. Here are some quotes on each of the stocks. "Our climate transition leaders' research from Morningstar Sustainalytics aims to identify front-runners in this space… Our inaugural list of 21 climate transition leaders looks at a wide spectrum of sectors… Below, we've also identified which ones look undervalued. 1. Clorox (★★★★★) (CLX) Since its beginning more than 100 years ago, Clorox has expanded to operate in a variety of consumer products categories, including cleaning supplies, laundry care, trash bags, cat litter, charcoal, food dressings, water-filtration products, and natural personal-care products. 2. Air Liquide (★★★★) (Liquide) The company generated approximately EUR 27.1 billion of revenue in 2024, serving a wide range of industries, including chemicals, energy, healthcare, food and beverage, and electronics. 3. Sanofi (★★★★) (SAN) Sanofi develops and markets drugs with a concentration in immunology, vaccines, and rare diseases… About 45% of total revenue comes from the United States, 20% from Europe, and 6% from China. 4. Henkel AG & Co (★★★★) (HEN) Two distinct customer groups constitute Henkel. The consumer segment (around 50% of consolidated 2024 sales) is laundry and home care, including the Persil and Purex laundry detergent brands, and beauty care, including the Schwarzkopf brand in haircare and the Dial brand in hand soap. The adhesives technologies segment makes up the remaining 50% of sales. 5. Pernod Ricard SA (★★★★) (RI) Through acquisitions, the firm has grown to become the world's second-largest distiller by volume, behind Diageo. Pernod Ricard possesses the most comprehensive spirits portfolio globally, distributing over 240 brands across 160 countries. To see the full list of Sustainalytics' Climate Transition Leaders, read this." End quotes. ------------------------------------------------------------- (5) America's Most Ethical Companies: 2025 Survey Results This next article features another company ranking. The cover article is titled America's Most Ethical Companies: 2025 Survey Results on marketbeat.com. It's also by MarketBeat Staff. Here are some quotes. "In a time when trust in big business can feel like a rare commodity, our survey shows that Americans still believe there are companies guided by conscience.  More than 3,000 people across the country weighed in on which brands in their state they feel actually share their values." End quotes The top five ranked companies are Hershey Company (HSY), The Campbell's Company (CPB), Burt's Bees (owned by Clorex, CLX), Ocean Spray (is a co-op), and CVS Health (CVS). ------------------------------------------------------------- More articles from around the world with Sustainable Investment Picks for November 2025. 1. Title: Up 145% in 2025, This AI Infrastructure Stock Is Still Deeply Discounted on finance.yahoo.com. By Rich Duprey. 2. Title: Accenture a Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock With 2.6% Yield (ACN) on nasdaq.com. By BNK Invest. 3. Title: Clean Energy's Rally Is Outpacing AI's in 2025. Here Are 3 Renewable Energy Stocks to Buy Now on fool.com. By William Dahl. 4. Title: Top 3 Stocks Powering the 6-Month 100% Gain in Clean Energy on fool.com. By Matthew Nesto. 5. Title: 3 Solar Stocks Our Top Chart Strategist is Watching as Energy Demand Surges on finance.yahoo.com. By Elizabeth H. Volk. 6. Title: Best Renewable Energy Stocks To Watch Now on marketbeat.com. By MarketBeat. 7. Title: Top 5 Greentech Stocks to Watch as Sustainable Investments Gain Momentum on and by Investing.com. 8. Title: URA, NLR, HYDR Stocks: Top Clean Energy ETFs for 2026 on marketbeat.com. By Nathan Reiff. 9. Title: 3 Alternative Energy ETFs That Are Crushing the Market This Year on investing.com. By MarketBeat.com. 10. Title: Investing in India's Green Future: Top ESG Stocks to Watch in 2026 on isfm.co.in. By Mr. Sushil Alewa. 11. Title: Clean Energy's Rally Is Outpacing AI's in 2025. Here Are 3 Renewable Energy Stocks to Buy Now on finance.yahoo.com. By William Dahl. 12. Title: 3 Alternative Energy Stocks to Watch Amid Near-Term Challenges on nasdaq.com. By Tanvi Sarawagi. ------------------------------------------------------------- Ending Comment These are my top news stories with their stock and fund tips for this podcast, "November 2025 Sustainable Stock and ETF Picks." Please click the like and subscribe buttons wherever you download or listen to this podcast. That helps bring these podcasts to others like you. And please click the share buttons to share this podcast with your friends and family. Let's promote ethical and sustainable investing as a force for hope and prosperity in these tumultuous and troubled times! Contact me if you have any questions. Thank you for listening. My next podcast will be on December 19th. See you then. Bye for now.   © 2025 Ron Robins, Investing for the Soul

Trey Lauderdale is the CEO and Founder of Atomic Canyon, a company bringing artificial intelligence into the nuclear energy sector. Atomic Canyon recently deployed the first commercial on-site generative AI system at a U.S. nuclear facility. While AI's growth is creating massive demand for reliable, clean baseload power, Atomic Canyon explores the reverse question: does nuclear need AI just as much to solve workforce shortages and accelerate new reactor deployment? Trey's path to nuclear is unconventional. After building and selling a healthcare communications platform, he moved to San Luis Obispo and discovered he lived 10 miles from California's last nuclear plant. That proximity led to applying lessons from one highly regulated industry to another. In just two years, Trey has built partnerships with PG&E and Diablo Canyon, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Idaho National Laboratory, the kind of institutional relationships that typically take years to establish in the nuclear industry. Perhaps that speed says something about both the urgency of the problem and the credibility of the solution.Episode recorded on Aug 12, 2025 (Published on Nov 19, 2025)In this episode, we cover: [2:49] An overview of Atomic Canyon[04:45] Trey's  path from healthcare to nuclear [08:50] The myths vs reality of nuclear power plants[10:41] Understanding nuclear's administrative bottlenecks [12:14] How Trey started Atomic Canyon with no nuclear experience [17:59] Learning from Diablo leadership and facility[20:24] Deploying the first on-premise nuclear AI system[23:39] Security measures for data sets[29:23] Building NuclearBench with Idaho National Lab[32:02] Scaling from one plant to fleet-wide adoption[38:53] Where Atomic Canyon needs help [40:09] The company's funding to date Enjoyed this episode? Please leave us a review! Share feedback or suggest future topics and guests at info@mcj.vc.Connect with MCJ:Cody Simms on LinkedInVisit mcj.vcSubscribe to the MCJ Newsletter*Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant

W Radiu Wnet, w Klubie Przyjaciół Metali Ziem Rzadkich, spotkali się trzej doświadczeni menedżerowie: Tomasz Zdzikot (były prezes KGHM i Poczty Polskiej), Krzysztof Domarecki (założyciel i główny akcjonariusz Grupy Selena) oraz Szczepan Ruman (były prezes Świętokrzyskiej Grupy Przemysłowej Industria). Dyskusję prowadził Krzysztof Skowroński, który skierował rozmowę zarówno ku polskim inwestycjom, jak i globalnej przyszłości przemysłu.KGHM i „drill baby drill” premieraRozmowa rozpoczęła się od ostatniej wizyty Donalda Tuska na budowie nowego szybu górniczego KGHM w Retkowie i hasła premiera: „Wiercimy, nie gadamy”. Zdzikot oceniał te zapowiedzi ostrożnie, przypominając, że inwestycje górnicze są procesem wieloletnim.KGHM to nasze srebra rodowe (...) W tym przypadku mówimy o inwestycjach w trzy nowe szyby: GG2, Redków i Gaworzyce. To wszystko inwestycje wspierające wydobycie miedzi. Miedzi, która jest surowcem krytycznym według wszystkich nomenklatur. Oczywiście to są inwestycje kosztowne. Łącznie te trzy szyby mają kosztować mniej więcej około 9 miliardów złotych, a inwestycja potrwa kilkanaście lat– mówił. Zwrócił też uwagę, że przez lata ani rząd PO-PSL, ani PiS nie poradziły sobie z problemem podatku miedziowego.Polski wymiar podatku miedziowego jest po prostu horrendalny. (…) Hamuje możliwości inwestycyjne firmy– zaznaczał.Energetyczna spirala, która wymknęła się spod kontroliPunktem zwrotnym rozmowy był moment, w którym Skowroński zapytał o wpływ kosztów energii na inwestycje KGHM, w tym na koszty drążenia szybów. Wtedy głos zabrał Szczepan Ruman, przedstawiając obraz, który mógłby być case study europejskiego upadku energetycznego.Cena energii stanowi chyba 23 proc. w ogóle kosztów górnictwa. W związku z czym to jest troszeczkę takie perpetuum mobile. Jak nasze firmy energetyczne podnoszą ceny energii, to rośnie cena węgla. Jak rośnie cena węgla, to rośnie cena energii– wskazywał.Ruman opisał, jak w 2022 r., podczas kryzysu gazowego wywołanego przez Putina, PGE podniosła ceny energii dla przemysłu z ok. 400 zł do prawie 2,5 tys. zł za MWh, mimo że elektrownie węglowe nie poniosły porównywalnych kosztów. To – jak powiedział – dowód na to, że krajowe koncerny energetyczne również nie zdały egzaminu.Domarecki: Europa przegrała walkę o cenę energiiNajbardziej poruszające fragmenty padły jednak z ust Krzysztofa Domareckiego – przedsiębiorcy prowadzącego fabryki na kilku kontynentach. Jego analiza była brutalnie precyzyjna.Po pierwsze – różnice w cenach energii:W Polsce średnia cena to 750 zł za megawatogodzinę. W Stanach płacimy trochę poniżej 300 zł. W Chinach duże firmy mają między 200 a 250. W Brazylii 90–130 zł. W Kazachstanie 220 zł– wyliczał.Po drugie – wnioski:Elity europejskie zapomniały, że rozgrywka o cenę energii jest najbardziej podstawową rozgrywką, jeśli chcesz mieć konkurencyjny przemysł– dodał. Domarecki przytoczył rozmowy z liderami biznesu z Niemiec i Holandii. Ich konkluzje są dla Europy druzgocące.Politycy niemieccy przez ostatnie 15 lat zapomnieli, co jest źródłem bogactwa. Przyzwyczaili się, że pieniądz jest i można go wydawać bez konsekwencji– wskazał.Najmocniejsze było jednak porównanie, które padło później:Gdyby Polska była, tak jak Niemcy, światowym gigantem przemysłowym, żyjącym z eksportu i z nadwyżki eksportowej, która wytworzyła to bogactwo, to elity polskie nie doprowadziłyby do zamknięcia 23 reaktorów atomowych, które napędzały niemiecką energię przez lata. Tymczasem wyobraźmy sobie, że elity niemieckie to zrobiły– wskazał.

In this week's episode of Energy Transition Today, we talk about a first-of-its-kind financing for battery storage in Estonia, a clear sign of lenders' confidence in storage-only revenues.In the UK, Ørsted's 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 project gets a $6.5 billion boost from Apollo Infrastructure Funds, one of the largest equity investments ever made in renewable energy, reviving optimism in offshore wind.Poland's PGE prepares its 896 MW Baltica 1 project for the country's upcoming offshore wind auction, while in the Netherlands, the government faces a setback after its latest auction closed without bids.Finally, we discuss NextWind's €1.8 billion debt financing to repower German onshore wind farms, highlighting how capital is now driving large-scale repowering and hybrid renewable models across mature markets.Reach out to us at: podcasts@inspiratia.comFind all of our latest news and analysis by subscribing to inspiratiaListen to all our episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other providers. Music credit: NDA/Show You instrumental/Tribe of Noise©2025 inspiratia. All rights reserved.This content is protected by copyright. Please respect the author's rights and do not copy or reproduce it without permission.

La Administración Federal de Aviación de EEUU ordena una reducción del 4% en los vuelos previstos para hoy. El presidente de EEUU, Donald Trump, acuerda con Eli Lilly y Novo Nordisk bajar el precio de medicamentos para perder peso. El bloqueo de Junts a la legislatura paralizará, además de los PGE, nueve leyes en materia económica

Interview with Gan-Ochir Zunduisuren, Managing Director of Asian Battery Metals PLCRecording date: 15th October 2025Asian Battery Metals (ASX:AZ9) is emerging as a focused critical minerals developer in Mongolia, strategically positioned at the doorstep of Asian consumption markets. Led by Managing Director Gan-Ochir Zunduisuren, a mining engineer with 22 years of experience including a board position at Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi copper operation, the company is advancing a portfolio of copper, nickel, and gold projects in southwestern Mongolia's prospective Central Asian orogenic belt.The company's flagship Oval copper-nickel project has delivered significant validation through selection for BHP's prestigious Xplor accelerator program in 2023. As one of only seven companies chosen globally from 250 applicants - and the sole Asian representative - Asian Battery Metals received $500,000 USD to prove the concept of a magmatic mafic intrusion-related copper-nickel sulfide system. This third-party technical endorsement has been reinforced by encouraging metallurgical results, with initial test work achieving 89-95% copper recovery and concentrate grades of 18.5-24%, meeting industry benchmarks for economic viability.With approximately A$30 million in market capitalization and A$7-8 million deployed across exploration programs, the company has established 800 meters of continuous mineralization at Oval, with widths ranging from 50 to 80 meters. Recent drilling has extended mineralization to 290 meters depth, suggesting potential for deeper extensions along feeder conduit structures. The company is also advancing regional targets including MS1, located six kilometers south of Oval with geophysical signatures potentially larger than the main discovery, supporting a hub-and-spoke development model where multiple deposits could share centralized processing infrastructure.Complementing the copper-nickel focus, Asian Battery Metals is completing due diligence on the Maikhan Uul VMS copper-gold system, located just eight kilometers from Oval. Recent drilling confirmed more than 20 meters of massive sulphide mineralization with historic grades of approximately 1.7% copper and 1 gram per tonne gold, plus a high-grade shallow gold zone grading over 15 g/t. The company expects to complete this acquisition within four months, adding diversification and supporting the multi-deposit cluster strategy that Managing Director Gan-Ochir described as essential to achieving the company's goal of "more than 20 million tons of economic resources or potentially producing 50,000 tons of metals."Mongolia's maturation as a mining jurisdiction provides crucial support for development pathways. Over the past 15 years, the country has opened 20-30 new mines, improved infrastructure substantially, and developed multiple financing options including international financial institutions, domestic banks, and Chinese offtake arrangements. This evolution, combined with proximity to Asian markets and an established contractor mining sector, positions Asian Battery Metals to advance its projects efficiently in a jurisdiction that has demonstrated it can support world-class operations like Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi copper mine.View Asian Battery Metals' company profile: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/companies/asian-battery-metalsSign up for Crux Investor: https://cruxinvestor.com

Federico comenta cómo Sánchez intenta sacar nuevas cortinas de humo con planes sanitarios pese a no tener los PGE aprobados.

On this episode of Building the Premier Accounting Firm, Heidi Ryder, owner of Keepful, sits down with Roger Knecht to share strategies for marketing and managing a growing bookkeeping firm. Learn how to market services, build a strong brand, and use tools like AI and CRMs to attract and keep ideal clients. Discover methods to grow your bookkeeping or tax business effectively. In This Episode: 00:00 Welcome & Heidi's Journey 03:09 Marketing, Sales, and Branding 06:12 The Client Experience & Communication 09:09 Client Perspective & Marketing Advice 13:33 AI for Marketing Content 18:20 Website Value & Call to Action 25:15 Funnels, Lead Magnets, and Workflows 33:53 CRM for Accounting Professionals 36:46 Gratitude and Entrepreneurial Journey 41:34 Recap and Final Thoughts Key Takeaways: Define your ideal client through targeted marketing. Build your brand around the client experience, emphasizing clear communication. Use AI to create marketing content, then personalize it. Establish an online presence (website, custom email) to build trust. Maintain automated workflows and CRMs to nurture leads and consistent follow-up. Behind the Story: Ryder started her journey from a desire to work from home with her first child. Her love for numbers and business management quickly turned into a successful bookkeeping firm. Now, she helps other accounting professionals with Keepful, showing them how to automate marketing and attract ideal clients. This episode looks at her insights on client relationships, digital tools, and the importance of finding your “why” in business. Conclusion: Thank you for joining us for another episode of Building the Premier Accounting Firm with Roger Knecht. For more information on how you can establish your own accounting firm and take control of your time and income, call 435-344-2060 or schedule an appointment to connect with Roger's team here. 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Beginning with the end in mind helps you work ON your business to build a company you can leave so that it can continue to exist in your absence or build wealth as you retire and enjoy the time, freedom, and life you want and deserve. Follow the Turnkey Business plan for accounting professionals.  This is the proven process to start and build the premier accounting firm in your area.  After more than 40 years we've identified the best practices of successful accountants and this is a presentation we are happy to share.     Also learn the best practices to automate and nurture your lead generation process allowing you to get the bookkeeping, accounting and tax clients you deserve.  GO HERE to see this presentation and learn what you can do today to identify and engage with your ideal clients.   Check it out and see what you can do to be in business for yourself but not by yourself with Universal Accounting Center.   It's here you can become a:   Professional Bookkeeper, PB Professional Tax Preparer, PTP Profit & Growth Expert, PGE   Next, join a group of like-minded professionals within the accounting community.  Register to attend GrowCon and Stay up-to-date on current topics and trends and see what you can do to also give back, participating in relevant conversations as they relate to offering quality accounting services and building your bookkeeping, accounting & tax business.   The Accounting & Bookkeeping Tips Facebook Group The Universal Accounting Fanpage Topical Newsletters: Universal Accounting Success The Universal Newsletter   Lastly, get your Business Score to see what you can do to work ON your business and have the Premier Accounting Firm. 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Data centers are creating a grid crunch, so what if they paid to solve it by upgrading our homes? I chat with Rewiring America's Ari Matusiak and PG&E's Carla Peterman about a new report proposing that hyperscalers fund household electrification to free up the grid capacity they desperately need. We explore how this reframes households as crucial energy infrastructure and creates a win-win-win for tech companies, utilities, and everyday people. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribe

Un brote combinado de COVID y gripe afecta a una residencia sevillana, con cuatro fallecidos y más de veinte afectados, lo que impulsa la campaña de vacunación. El pluriempleo es una necesidad para uno de cada diez españoles. El gobierno de Pedro Sánchez no ha presentado los PGE. En deportes, se juega la Champions y se analiza la figura de Marc Márquez. Se discute la operación de las siamesas Ervina y Prefina, su complejidad médica y el impacto en sus vidas. Se debate el plan de paz de Trump para Gaza, su viabilidad y la postura política española. La arqueología desvela orígenes de civilizaciones en Anatolia (Goebeklitepe, Mendiktepe), con estructuras complejas y posible escritura antigua. Un estudio revela que el hemisferio norte de la Tierra se desequilibra y oscurece, lo que genera incertidumbre climática. Desde COPE, se proponen análisis de películas sobre ciencia y cine.

Juan Pablo Polvorinos repasa la actualidad centrada en cómo Sánchez por tercer año consecutivo incumple el plazo constitucional para presentar PGE.

This episode is my third interview on democracy. In this episode my guest and I will be discussing the Movement Action Plan or MAP model for organizing social movements that enable a group of citizens to create change in our culture and in our country through changes in our national, state, and local governments. This model is outlined in the book, Doing Democracy: The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements by Bill Moyer, JoAnn McAllister, Mary Lou Finley, and Steven Soifer. Bill Moyer is not to be confused by the famous journalist and television personality, Bill Moyers with an 's' on the end of his last name. Bill Moyer, the originator and developer of the MAP model for social movement organizing, was for over forty years a social change activist, community organizer, and educator. Alas, Bill passed away in 2002, but the co-authors of the book are still very much alive, and Dr. JoAnn McAllister has graciously agreed to be my guest for this conversation. Dr. McAllister is an interdisciplinary social science educator and researcher. Her work is grounded in a systems perspective and focuses on the role of culture in shaping individual and social beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. Her focus is on understanding how these shape our perceptions and actions, and applying these concepts can help us to understand contemporary social problems.  She believes that in knowing our own story and learning to listen to the stories of others we can collaborate more effectively to promote positive social change. She has worked with many non-profits, community organizations, and government agencies in the development of education programs related to criminal justice, at-risk youth, and the environment. She is the co-author of Doing Democracy: The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements written by Bill Moyer (2001) and has been engaged in numerous activities to create positive social change over the years, including Anti-War, Sanctuary, Food Security, and Environmental groups. She is working on a new project and book, Still Doing Democracy: Finding Common Ground and Acting for the Common Good. Her current focus is on training engaged citizens, community advocates, and social change activities to develop more effective collaborative skills to further positive social change. The intro and outro music for this episode is from a clip of a song called 'Father Let Your Kingdom Come' which is found on The Porter's Gate Worship Project Work Songs album and is used by permission by The Porter's Gate Worship Project.

In Part 2, we pick up where we left off in Part 1. Although it made all kinds of sense for Shrey to move halfway around the world to go to art school, he says it was "an uphill battle” convincing his parents of the plan. Still, his mom was and is a champion of her son and his art. It was 2018 and Shrey was 20. We talk about his experience of arriving in San Francisco, a city that was “such a beacon of hope” for him. He dedicated himself to his studies at CCA. He also paid serious attention to the news, and even attempted political art. When that didn't pan out financially, a professor at CCA strongly encouraged Shrey to stay with painting, that it was his lane. This was just before the pandemic. When he got his first stimulus check, Shrey bought an easel and began going out and painting en plein air. He did this so much and promoted his art so well that, by the time he graduated, he had started getting commissions. He was able to become a full-time artist—a dream of his. Shrey is such an artist, through and through, that he even has an art job. Like, a job-job. Four days a week, Shrey works for ArtSpan—a local arts nonprofit possibly best-known for Open Studios. Shrey shares the history of ArtSpan and OpenStudios. What began in 1975 in South of Market as a way for artists shunned by galleries to show their art and sell it today sees around 600 artists opening their studio doors all over The City. Shrey manages the Arts and Neighborhoods program for ArtSpan. That group helps organize exhibitions during Open Studios at non-studio locations. Mission Bowling Club is one such location. In fact, Shrey got his first art show after graduation through help from ArtSpan. It's a beautiful full-circle story. That first show led to other shows. And Shrey credits his entrepreneurial brain for recognizing an opportunity in all of this—if a cafe has suitable walls, you can talk with the owner about hanging art by local artists, promote an opening, and make things happen. And so that's what he did. Partly because putting on one art show, not to mention doing multiple shows at the same, is what the kids refer to as a lot, Shrey focussed his efforts at one location. Ballast Coffee on West Portal became the home of Ingleside Gallery. The first art show at his gallery brought in more than $10,000 in sales. I have to insert some editorial here, so thanks for indulging me. Shrey and I recorded this podcast before our Every Kinda People show. I won't pretend that my own art curation is anywhere close to the level that he (and my friend Anita of KnownSF and countless others around SF, The Bay, and the world) operates on. But Shrey does speak to the nature of both the volume and the intensity of the work that goes into putting on an art show. In my own way, I relate. Back to my and Shrey's conversation, I ask him to talk about how our lives intersected. It was earlier this year after I recorded with Ellen Lo of Ask Me SF. I needed to drop off a Storied: SF hoodie for Ellen, so she asked me to meet her one Saturday morning on Ocean Avenue. She and some friends and community members would be out there painting a mural over a dilapidated street wall in front of a PG&E substation. Sign me up! After politely declining to add my own (attempted) artistic touch to their creation that day, Ellen introduced me to a friend of hers. Right away, I got a sense of that exuberance Shrey embodies, a trait I am now very familiar with. We end the episode with thoughts about the Every Kinda People show, up at Mini Bar through October 19. Follow Shrey on Instagram @shreypurohit and @inglesidegallery.

Santa Cruz County's Commission for the Environment hosted its third and final meeting about battery energy storage systems, and PG&E announces a June 2026 restart date for the Elkhorn battery facility in Moss Landing.

Dive deep into a mega-magmatic mineral system — the Bushveld Complex with host Maxwell Porter. Max is joined by Professor Wolfgang Maier and Dr. Erin Thompson who share their insights on the geological setting, economic significance, and evolving scientific understanding of this world-class mineral province.Wolfgang Maier discusses the Bushveld Complex's geological framework, its importance in today's resource landscape, and the controversies surrounding models for its genesis — and how these models have shifted over time. Wolfgang Maier completed his PhD on the Bushveld at Rhodes University, South Africa in 1992. He taught igneous petrology and economic geology at the Universities of Port Elizabeth, Pretoria (South Africa), Chicoutimi (Canada), UWA (Perth, Australia) and Oulu (Finland). He is now Professor for Ore Geology at Cardiff University, UK. Wolf's research deals with petrological and geochemical processes in mafic-ultramafic igneous systems that contribute to our understanding of continental magmatism, mantle evolution, plate tectonics and the formation of magmatic ore deposits including PGE, Ni-Cu, Cr, and V-Ti-Fe deposits. Erin Thompson shares what drew her to study the northern limb, why it holds both geological and economic importance, and how magmatic architecture and mineralisation controls shape exploration strategies. She explains the once-overlooked yet powerful tool of Niggli numbers, and how geochemistry and isotope studies inform exploration and the future of the Northern Limb. Dr Erin Thompson has recently completed her PhD at the University of Leicester, which focused on constraining the magmatic controls on Ni-Cu-PGE mineralisation in the world-class Platreef deposit, northern limb of the Bushveld Complex. Her research was funded by Anglo American as part of the Northern Limb in 4D (NL4D) research consortium, which included researchers from across the UK at the University of Leicester, Cardiff University and Camborne School of Mines. She is now applying her background in magmatic processes and geochemistry in her new role as an exploration geologist.Theme music is Confluence by Eastwindseastwindsmusic.com 

Jason Jessup, CEO and Director of Magna Mining (TSX.V: NICU) (OTCQX: MGMNF), joins me for a comprehensive exploration and operations update at their producing McCreedy West copper mine in Sudbury, Canada.  We also review the ongoing exploration and development work at the Levack Mine, working towards and updated resource estimate in Q3 and mine restart plan by year-end for potential production in 2026.   We start off discussing the recent exploration results returning high-grade copper, nickel and precious metal intersections from an area located in the footwall, up-dip within the main 700 Cu-PGE Footwall Zone and within 150 metres of surface. The reported holes were drilled in support of production planning and potential production expansion into areas where narrow vein mining methods could be applied. Mineralization in this area contains high PGE grades hosted in copper and nickel rich veins. Intersections include 17.9% Cu, 0.6% Ni, 28.1 g/t Pt + Pd + Au over 1.8 metres in drillhole MMW-25-119 and 10.5% Cu, 8.3% Ni, 42.6 g/t Pt + Pd + Au over 0.3 metres in drillhole MMW-25-133. The underground diamond drilling program at the McCreedy West mine is supported by two drills and is currently focused on definition and expansion drilling in the 700 Zone.   Next we transitioned over to all the ongoing exploration focus at the past-producing Levack Mine, and we reviewed the initial assays from the near surface portion of the No.1 nickel-copper ("Ni-Cu") zone, supporting the Levack Mine restart study.   Highlights from the new assay results include:   MLV-25-21 - 2.3% Ni, 0.7% Cu, 0.3 g/t Pt + Pd + Au over 28.0 metres, including 6.6% Ni, 0.7% Cu, 0.6 g/t Pt + Pd + Au over 2.4 metres, and 3.3% Ni, 1.0% Cu, 0.5 g/t Pt + Pd + Au over 12.4 metres MLV-25-22 - 2.4% Ni, 0.8% Cu, 0.3 g/t Pt + Pd + Au over 15.5 metres, and 3.2% Ni, 2.2% Cu, 1.4 g/t Pt + Pd + Au over 1.9 metres   Jason outlined that in addition to the Keel Copper-PGE zone, initial mining from this zone could be accessed via a new ramp from surface which is being studied. The intersections reported are shallow at approximately 135-155 metres from surface and confirm Magna's belief that there are significant areas of wide, high grade nickel mineralization at shallow depths remaining at the Levack Mine. There are currently two surface diamond drills operating at the Levack Mine, one completing near surface infill and metallurgical drillholes on the No. 1 and No. 2 and Main zones, and a second drill exploring the footwall environment between the No. 3 Ni-Cu Zone and the Morrison Cu-PGE deposit.   In addition to the surface diamond drills, an underground diamond drill will begin drilling at the Levack Mine within the current quarter, and a second underground diamond drill is expected to begin drilling in Q4. These drills will be focused on testing the area further downdip and on strike of the area below the No. 3 zone, as well as following up on the east side of the Fecunis fault, where historical hole FNX21200 intersected 33.4% Cu, 0.9% Ni & 23.9 g/t Pt + Pd + Au over 0.2 metres. This area is interpreted as potentially having a vertical vein system, subparallel to the Fecunis fault.     If you have questions for Jason regarding Magna Mining, then please email me at Shad@kereport.com.   In full disclosure, Shad is a shareholder of Magna Mining at the time of this recording, and may choose to buy or sell shares at any time.   Click here to follow along with the news at Magna Mining

In this episode of Building the Premier Accounting Firm, Roger Knecht interviews David Podell about defined benefit plans and tax strategies for business owners. They explore how accounting professionals can better advise clients on tax planning beyo†nd basic preparation, focusing on strategies to maximize tax benefits through retirement plans. In This Episode: 00:00 Welcome to Building the Premier Accounting Firm 00:54 Introducing David Pudel 02:05 The Journey into Tax Strategies 04:02 Tax Preparation vs. Tax Planning 05:42 Strategies for Business Owners 07:05 Maximizing Deductions with Defined Benefit Plans 09:06 The Accountant's Role in Tax Planning 11:10 Balancing Profitability and Tax Mitigation 12:37 Effective Personal Tax Strategies for Business Owners 15:40 Compensation Strategies Beyond W2 17:23 Understanding Defined Benefit Plans 20:20 Flexibility in Funding Defined Benefit Plans 23:01 Employee Benefits and Vesting 26:05 Identifying Candidates for Defined Benefit Plans 30:14 Understanding Tax Mitigation Strategies 32:36 401(k) vs. Defined Benefit Plans 34:18 Key Differences with Key Man Insurance 36:41 Income Qualifications for Pension Plans 39:12 Identifying Suitable Clients for Tax Strategies 41:25 The Role of Accountants in Tax Planning Key Takeaways:

Residents and business owners in historic Capitola Village have sued PG&E over an explosion that destroyed an apartment building, and, they say, exposed ongoing risks.

In this episode of “Building the Premier Accounting Firm,” host Roger Knecht interviews Leeroy Beeby, co-founder of Level, about his journey from accounting professional to tech entrepreneur. They explore the importance of niching down, leveraging technology, and prioritizing client relationships in building a  Key Takeaways: Niche Down: Specialize in a specific industry to offer tailored services and gain a competitive edge.

Fifteen years ago, Scott Engstrom thought utilities were boring, bureaucratic organizations where people went for job security. But after co-founding GridX in 2010 during the smart meter era, he discovered an industry full of dedicated people tackling complex challenges.GridX went the next five years without a paying customer. Then, in 2015, California mandated time-of-use rates, and the start-up found its footing. Today, Scott helps utilities nationwide design and implement sophisticated rates for a variety of programs, from electric vehicle charging to demand response programs and virtual power plants. Because as load growth from AI data centers and industrial customers strains the grid, sophisticated rate design has become more critical than ever.This week on With Great Power, Scott outlines how rate design helps utilities manage unprecedented load growth from data centers and why "growth pays for growth" protects existing customers from new infrastructure costs.TRANSCRIPT:Brad Langley: 15 years ago, Scott Engstrom had an underwhelming impression of the utility industry.Scott Engstrom: My perception was similar to the general perception of what utilities and the people who work there were like, which was these are maybe not your most motivated crew, like a semi-government job. So you go there for job security and maybe not the most adventurous or smart or energetic or hard charging.Brad Langley: But despite his perception, he still wanted to get in on some of the new action really shaking up things in the power sector.Scott Engstrom: It started in the mid to late nineties. There was a time when the U.S. utility industry was going through deregulation. Almost all 50 states were considering some of this idea of deregulating their utility and allowing for competition for the supply of energy. And it was a really interesting time because this industry that hadn't changed for 90 or a hundred years was now looking at a wholesale financial business model change.Brad Langley: Over the next decade, as Scott dove into the world of utility investing and stock trading, he learned his original perception of the industry was way off.Scott Engstrom: These people worked really hard, and they really cared both about the company – they're very loyal to the companies they worked with – and actually really cared about customers and treating customers well. And so for the most part, all of those stereotypes that I was led to believe turned out to be wrong.Brad Langley: By the late 2000s, a new wave of disruption was taking over the power sector. Smart meters had hit the scene and that gave Scott, who is now deeply entrenched and inspired by this industry, an idea.Scott Engstrom: We really built a set of software that was meant to support what it meant to install smart meters at a utility. And what changes that meant for lots of things in the organization, but particularly for us, was around the fact that smart meters were going to enable a new set of or new type of rates and programs that utilities could offer their customers. And we were going to conquer the world with our new software.Brad Langley: Unfortunately, Scott and his fellow co-founder Jian Zhang were a little bit ahead of their time. And their new company called GridX – yes, the same GridX where I currently work – went five years before finding a paying utility customer.Scott Engstrom: So we spent those five years really going to all those utilities that did invest in smart meters and showing them what we could do with our product, which was essentially a really agile, complex rate engine that could support all the new rates of the future. And they all sort of gave us very nice pats on the shoulders and said, ‘Well, we're really proud of you. Good job. Someday we're going to need this software, but it's just not today.'Brad Langley: But that all changed on July 3rd, 2015 when the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a monumental decision for Scott and his scrappy startup.Scott Engstrom: The California Public Utility Commission had an open docket focused on what they called regulatory rate reform and, in particular, time of use rates and even more specifically about making time of use rates as the default rate for residential customers in California. We had been investing in our software to support that. And so once the commission gavel went down and the order came out and they actually approved this, we were obviously really excited at GridX, not just because of what it might mean for our business, but because we really believed that these rates and new programs will have real impacts for climate change and the clean energy transition.Brad Langley: And ever since then, as rate design has continued to evolve over the past decade, Scott and his team have been working with utilities to deliver different kinds of rates to customers and educate those customers on how the rates actually work. This is With Great Power, a show about the people building the future grid, today. I'm Brad Langley. Some people say utilities are slow to change, that they don't innovate fast enough. And while it might not always seem like the most cutting edge industry, there are lots of really smart people working really hard to make the grid cleaner, more reliable, and customer centric. This week I'm talking to Scott Engstrom, co-founder and chief customer officer at GridX.Scott Engstrom: We believe that end customers have to know more about the cost of energy and that how they use energy impacts utility's ability to change the energy they supply to their customers. And so our mission is to help our clients like utilities and their customers understand the exact value of their clean energy choices.Brad Langley: Today, Scott works with utilities all across the country to implement rates for various programs from electric vehicle charging to the more classic time of use rates mandated by the CPUC now over 20 years ago. And as the economy has grown to be more reliant on electricity, so has the complexity of rate and program design. So I asked Scott about how some of these new electricity users are impacting rates. But first I asked him how he actually ended up securing his first paying customer after CPUC's 2015 mandate. So it obviously had an impact on the California IOUs like PG&E, Southern California Edison, SDG&E. How did you start to approach utilities like that knowing that PG&E is a customer of ours? What was that process to approach PG&E and start helping them comply with this new requirement?Scott Engstrom: Utilities in general have been always a little bit shy about working with startups and new companies. They always feel better when you have another customer. So even in this case where there were requirements from the public utility commission to do rate education and outreach and marketing about how these rates would affect customers and their bills and how they might be able to do better on those rates, there was obviously still some, maybe not obviously, but there still was some reticence about working with a startup like ours. We had been engaged with those utilities. This didn't come completely out of the blue. We had been planting seeds with the utilities that these were capabilities we had. Of course, they wanted to wait to see the final order and to see what the commission was going to require them to do. And once that happened it became clear that the utilities were going to have to send regular bill inserts or letters to customers – I think it was on a quarterly basis or it might've been twice a year – letting them know what time of use rates meant for them.That's no trivial exercise. I doubt many people have thought about this, but say both PG&E and Southern California Edison have around five million residential customers to do this kind of analysis. For five million customers, you've got to calculate 12 bills for each of those customers. That represents one year's worth of data on the current rates that the utility offers. And then you have to do that on the alternate rates, the time of use rates that the utilities were considering. So if there were two or three options they were considering that could be 180 or 240 million bills. So this is way beyond a spreadsheet exercise and something we had been investing in to really differentiate ourselves as the solution provider that could help both PG&E and Edison and the other utilities in California.Brad Langley: So supporting rate education was part of GridX's original product offering, but the company has expanded significantly since then. Spend a minute or two walking us through how GridX's offerings have evolved.Scott Engstrom: We thought initially GridX was going to be a great solution for billing and for back office, and that was a little hard sell. As a very small company handling millions or billions of dollars of revenue for the utilities, that was a hard pill for them to swallow. But then when this idea of rate comparisons came up, the stakes were not quite as high. If you get a rate comparison wrong, it doesn't affect the utilities financially. It may affect their reputation to a certain extent, but also in analysis, you do have a little bit of room to be not penny level accurate. If you're off by a couple of pennies, you can live with that. But we started thinking that there's a lot of systems out there that manage the meter to cash business process for utilities that probably most of your listeners are familiar with, which is really solved by a system called a customer information system and meter data management systems that help the utility really bill customers and care for them.And that's a really important business process. But the emergence of things like time of use rates and the problems they were trying to solve, we saw the emergence and the opportunity really to help utilities with a different cycle, which we call the utility product or rate lifecycle. Kind of taking a different approach to utilities and having them think of themselves more like consumer product companies – that they have their rates, and their programs should be thought of more like consumer products. Think companies. Think of their products and services that they sell. And so in the utility industry, we did really want to get the utilities to change their mindset and think about themselves as more of a product company because more products and services were going to be needed to meet the kind of decarbonization and electrification goals that they were trying to achieve. And they were going to have to figure out which products and services their customers responded to.How do they create the kind of demand flexibility they need and how do they become good? This is a muscle that the utilities didn't typically need to have before the clean energy transition. They just didn't need this. So we really started thinking about what is the utility product lifecycle? And that includes everything from designing new rates and creating the data and testimony that utilities need to bring it to their regulators and validate why those rates or products are needed or how they will impact customers or the utilities' revenue and provide the utilities with tools to create different structures and ideate on the way programs might be able to work and have them have a real data and analytics based approach to understanding those. And that lifecycle continues then from once the rate's approved to now someone is a traditional product manager. More and more we're seeing with rate design that the rates are meant to potentially change customer's behavior. We have a set of solutions that help those product and program owners be successful at driving enrollment and participation in the rate and ultimately success. And then of course, the last piece of that lifecycle then is operationalizing that rate, making it available to your customers. And that's where we've come back to our roots a little bit. And some of our utilities actually get these operationalized and make them available for billing for customers.Brad Langley: What other trends are you seeing now that makes this revolutionary idea of a rate and program lifecycle so necessary?Scott Engstrom: Yeah, for a long time when we met with customers, we would show them a graph of the duck curve here in California and talk about how that certainly has happened in California, may happen in their state as well, at least directionally. And then on top of that, we were seeing, we continue to see lots of investment in renewable energy, which is much more intermittent replacing fossil fuel coal plants. And so we were painting a picture about how those two trends were going to create mismatches in supply and demand and the way that they could solve for that was through rates and programs that created price signals for things like battery storage and electric vehicle charging and things like that to help manage those times of day when you had excess supply or excess demand. And I think that's really true, but certainly have to recognize the politics of the day.And the current administration is I think providing some headwinds to the decarbonization movement. What we do see not as a replacement, but in addition to that is this large load growth being a real force for utilities, having to again look at rate design and think about rate design for a few reasons. One of them is the demands from customers are exceeding the supply and the capacity that the utilities have. So they're scrambling. We work with a lot of our utilities, we work closely with the key account managers who manage the largest customers and are dealing with the large load growth as well. And they are looking across their system to find capacity for this load growth. It's not all AI data centers. Those are the really big chunky ones, but there's a lot of other large industrial customers that are just growing their businesses and need more power from their utilities. And so we talk to them about the ability to use demand side resources, which is calling on your customers to respond to price signals and rates and programs and use less energy at times where the economics make sense for them through the rate and program. And so we are seeing a real need from the large load growth to reconsider rate structures and innovative new programs to support that. Not to mention the tariffs for the large data centers themselves.Brad Langley: When a utility gets a request for a massive data center, or in some cases maybe two or three, what are the key rate design considerations they should be thinking through?Scott Engstrom: In the case of large data centers, the amount of infrastructure investment required to support those can be really high. And the way utility rates work is that oftentimes that investment is spread across all customers. So in this case, it's more of almost tariff design than rate design in the way that we talk about it colloquially. And those tariffs are really important to get the risks and rewards between the customer classes at a utility. I think there's been a common phrase that I've heard a lot at conferences: growth pays for growth, which means if I'm a large new customer and the utility is going to have to buy a new substation and build new transmission for me and a lot of investment in infrastructure just to hook up my data center, and that's going to cost whatever, 10 million, a hundred million dollars, that customer's on the hook for that amount.And then we've seen the other structure where the utilities have more of a take or pay type of arrangement. So the big worry is they're a customer crying wolf. They say, I need you to set up all this infrastructure for me because I'm going to set up a data center. So if the utility goes and spends that money and gets it all set up, but the data center never comes, who's on the hook for paying for that? And so we've seen in the tariff design and the dockets that we've seen around the country that the customer again is on the hook for a minimum payment on an annual basis or something that really covers that cost of infrastructure to set up. And then if they actually use the energy associated with that, great, but they certainly can't harm other customers. And I think that's a consistent theme we see is how do we create these tariffs and rate structures in a way that the system can benefit from bringing in the new load and the new customers, but the customers who otherwise shouldn't be subject to any punishment for a customer that never shows up are protected in that rate structure.Brad Langley: I gather you take this as a real concern. This has to be a focus of utilities and the large data center operators to ensure that customers that aren't using that energy aren't disadvantaged. And are utilities recognizing this and do they see that as a real concern?Scott Engstrom: Definitely. I think that we want the U.S. to be a leader in AI, so we want to create an attractive business environment for the data centers to get set up. We want them to do it quickly. There's a real challenge with supply chain and just getting the infrastructure in place to get the generation, the supply of energy in place to support them, even if you could agree on what the tariff structure is just getting all the facilities in place. And so there's this sort of, I think, interest in what's best for the country and how we want to grow that industry and support it. And it's really exciting to be in an industry like utilities, which is one of those often taken for granted industries to now see it in the center of something so important and in the public eye. And so that's really exciting.I think for our industry it's both a real great opportunity as well as potentially really big risk if this turns out as some are worried about that the demand will never materialize or it's being way overstated and we put in a lot of infrastructure and cost to support this demand and it never shows up. So I think those are really important factors that the industry is grappling with. And I'm really excited about where this goes. Of course, I would love the U.S. to remain at the forefront and for our utilities to grow and prosper by supporting the AI growth.Brad Langley: Spend a little time talking about demand flexibility more generally. Demand flex is becoming critical with supply chain constraints limiting new generation. How can rates and programs help flatten load shapes and manage peak demand more effectively?Scott Engstrom: Certainly what we've seen really consistently at a probably smaller scale are the time of use rates at utilities we've worked with, really in some cases create pretty sensational results. One of the best results we have is one of our customers in Southern California calculated that during one of the heat storms here in California in 2022 on one of the peak days, customers responding to that price signal in the time of use rates to reduce load by 75 megawatts, which at the time was equivalent to about their third largest demand response program. And you probably know, Brad, demand response programs can be pretty clunky, expensive to administer. Time of use rates can be a much more simple, elegant solution to that. So in any case, I think that demand flexibility, as I mentioned before, that as our industry has changed, as more and more customers have put distributed energy resources behind the meter, it just creates a lot more variability on the system.I think sometimes this gets framed as an inconvenience to customers, and I might put it opposite. I might say that this gives an opportunity for customers to manage their bills. There are a lot of customers who have flexibility in the way they use energy, and if the utility was to offer me an incentive to use less electricity at a time when I didn't need to, if I was a business or a residential customer with an electric vehicle, I'd be happy to take advantage of that opportunity and reduce my utility bill. So it's often positioned as an imposition on customers, but actually demand flexibility and programs and rates that are structured in the right way can deliver a lot of benefits both to the customer and to the utility and the grid. So one other example that we hear a lot of these days that certainly the FERC and others have been a lot of papers released about what VPPs or virtual power plants can do to demand or the peak periods help create demand flexibility.And that's definitely true. We see those companies that are out there that are aggregating loads through things like thermostats and electric vehicles and batteries and other resources have a real potential to do that. And we're really excited about that. And in fact, in particular at GridX, I think we're doing a couple things to really accelerate how VPPs can be successful. One is you have to get those devices out there, so you have to have customers with the thermostats, with solar on their roof, with batteries in their houses. And certainly there are early adopters who are very interested and know well the benefits of these, but for a lot of customers, they're just sort of curious, interested. And we have invested heavily in helping them understand the economics of these behind the meter resources so that utilities with incentives and rebates and really have a great value for their customers just in owning them on their own, not to mention participating in a virtual power plant program.So that's a product we call GridX Explorer, and we think it's really important to help customers as they look at more and more of these options and they become more and more economical. And then of course, you have to have the right tariff, the right rate, essentially for customers to be on who then are willing to give over control of those devices to a third party who in that control can be flexible. So helping the utilities design the right rate that create the incentives for customers to recognize the savings they're expecting and the economics they're expecting from acquiring those behind the meter resources.Brad Langley: Scott, we've worked together now for about three and a half years, very happily for me at least. I know you're a fan of the show. So this question should be on your radar here. What superpower do you bring into the energy transition?Scott Engstrom: Well, if I say humility, I think that's too much of a contradiction, right? I like to think of myself as humble and not taking myself too seriously, but I think the superpower that I really truly like to think I have, I hope I have, is the ability to see both the big picture and in detail, particularly at least when it comes to the issues that GridX is focused on. I think my background we talked about in finance and thinking about things at a very high level across lots of utilities, across lots of states, helps me see the big picture in that role. I was talking to CEOs and CFOs, so having a perspective into what's important to the C-Suite helps me think about how GridX should be helpful for those big pictures and solve big strategic problems for utilities. But then having been at a small company for so long where you had to do everything, including working with the customers on implementation, it helped me really understand the details of how do you make this all happen? What has to happen at the detail level, at the individual customer level with the systems, with the integration? So being able to bridge that high level strategic thinking with low level understanding of details, I think provides me with some superpower.Brad Langley: Agreed. Well, Scott, thank you so much for coming on the show. I loved our conversation.Scott Engstrom: Thanks, Brad. Thanks for having me on With Great Power, my favorite podcast of all.Brad Langley: Scott Engstrom is the co-founder and chief customer officer at GridX. With Great Power is produced by GridX in partnership with Latitude Studios. Delivering on the clean energy future is complex. GridX exists to simplify the journey. GridX is the enterprise rate platform that modern utilities rely on to usher in our clean energy future. We design and implement emerging rate structures and we increase consumer investment in clean energy all while managing the complex billing needs of a distributed grid. Erin Hardick is our producer. Anne Bailey is our senior editor. Stephen Lacey is our executive editor, Sean Marquand composed the original theme song and mixed the show. The GridX production team includes Jenni Barber, Samantha McCabe, and me, Brad Langley. If this show is providing value for you and we really hope it is, we'd love it if you could help us spread the word. You can rate or review us at Apple and Spotify, or you can share a link with a friend, colleague, or the energy nerd in your life. As always, thanks so much for listening. I'm Brad Langley.

  In this episode of “Building the Premier Accounting Firm,” Jen Hamilton sits down with Roger Knecht to discuss how accounting professionals can boost efficiency and productivity through effective operational strategies. Jen shares insights on motivating employees, identifying bottlenecks, and developing emerging leaders to drive profitability in accounting firms.

This episode is my third interview with Dr. Laura Lengnick about her book, Resilient Agriculture. In my blogspot for the second interview, at the request of Dr. Lengnick, I clarified that the discussion in the second interview was recorded in June of 2024 before the impact of Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina toward the end of September, 2024, and was not a response to that event. However, Dr. Lengnick agreed that at a time which allowed for recovery and healing, some reflection about Resilient Agriculture in light of the event of Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina was important and appropriate. Particularly important for that reflection includes Dr. Lengnick's understanding of the concept of "bouncing forward" rather than "bouncing back" or "building back better." That time, nearly one year after the Hurricane Helene event, has come. So I welcome back Dr. Laura Lengnick. Dr. Lengnick is the author of Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Foods Systems for a Changing Climate. This book will be the basis for these interviews. Laura is the founder and principal of Cultivating Resilience which works with organizations of all kinds to integrate resilience thinking into assessment, operations and strategic planning. Trained as a soil scientist, Laura has 30 years of experience as a researcher, policymaker, educator, activist, and farmer. She has broad federal policy expertise gained through work as a U.S. Senate staffer, a USDA-ARS researcher, and a lobbyist advocating for sustainable agriculture in the U.S. Congress and was a lead author of the 2013 United States Department of Agriculture's report, Climate Change and Agriculture in the United States: Effects and Adaptation. You can learn more about Cultivating Resilience and Laura here: cultivatingresilience.com In this interview a reference was made to effort called Regenerative Agriculture. Dr. Lengnick sees that effort as providing tools for Resilient Agriculture, but believes that that the work she and others are doing with Resilient Agriculture goes beyond Regenerative Agriculture. You can learn more about Regenerative Agriculture here: commonground.org kissthegroundmovie.com The intro and outro music for this episode is from a clip of a song called ‘Father Let Your Kingdom Come' which is found on The Porter's Gate Worship Project Work Songs album and is used by permission by The Porter's Gate Worship Project.

In this episode of Building the Premier Accounting Firm, host Roger Knecht interviews David Neagle, a mindset expert, on how accounting professionals can adopt a successful mindset to grow their businesses. Nagel shares his personal journey, emphasizing the importance of sales, delegation, and focusing on strengths to achieve financial freedom and build a thriving company. Key Takeaways:

Rafael Rubio, doctor en derecho constitucional y profesor en la Universidad Complutense, ha pasado este lunes por los micrófonos de Más de uno para abordar la situación de los grupos de presión empresariales, en el centro del debate en España después del estallido del 'caso Montoro'.  Novedades de la investigación del caso Montoro: puestos en el Ministerio, citas en Hacienda y miles de millones a las renovablesMontoro incluyó una propuesta de su lobby que beneficiaban a las gasísticas en los PGE de 2018

PG&E, California's notoriously troubled utility, is trying to prove it can innovate, so I invited Quinn Nakayama, head of its new GRiD program, to explain how. We discuss its strategy of publicly outlining its problems to attract partners and its shift toward faster, more flexible interconnection for new loads like EVs and data centers. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribe

The Moneywise Radio Show and Podcast Monday, June 30th BE MONEYWISE. Moneywise Wealth Management I "The Moneywise Guys" podcast call: 661-847-1000 text in anytime: 661-396-1000 website: www.MoneywiseGuys.com facebook: Moneywise_Wealth_Management Guest: David Castro, Next Phase Electric website: https://nextphaseelect.com/  

In this episode, we continue our exploration of how utilities are working to mitigate the threat of wildfires with a look at how PG&E is transforming its grid to reduce ignition risk throughout its 70,000-square-mile service area. Host Dave Whitehead is joined by James Tuccillo, manager of distribution and asset planning, to discuss PG&E's multi-pronged strategy, which includes an ambitious plan to underground 10,000 miles of power lines. James also shares insights into how advanced, staged-fault testing and high-impedance fault detection technology are reshaping how utilities detect and respond to downed conductors—before they spark a fire.

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In "Fools Gold," investigative journalists Susan Crabtree and Jedd McFatter peel back the curtain on Governor Gavin Newsom's controversial ties to PG&E, Communist China, and policies they argue have shattered the California Dream. Get the facts first on Morning Wire.