Podcast appearances and mentions of tom tanton

This week the team highlights a recent article from David Kreutzer that examines the actual impacts of the Obama-Biden stimulus and previews the latest episode of the Plugged In podcast. Links • ARTICLE Politics 101: How Lobbyists & Special Interests, Not the Poor, Will Benefit in Biden’s Climate Justice Plan: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/uncategorized/politics-101-how-lobbyists-special-interests-not-the-poor-will-benefit-in-bidens-climate-justice-plan/ • PODCAST Plugged In Podcast #61: Tom Tanton on the Cost of Total Electrification: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/the-grid/plugged-in-podcast-61-tom-tanton-on-the-cost-of-total-electrification/

Tom Tanton, Director of Science and Technology Assessment for The Energy & Environment Legal Institute, joins the show to discuss his recent report which analyzes the costs associated with total electrification of the economy. Links: • Read the full report, Cost of Electrification: https://eelegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/LCOE2-for-posting-9.17.2020.pdf • Highlights of the report from E&E Legal Foundation: https://eelegal.org/press-release-ee-legal-releases-tom-tanton-state-by-state-electrification-costs-report/ • More about California's electrification efforts: https://eelegal.org/gov-newsom-orders-phase-out-of-gas-powered-vehicles/ • Listen to Tom's last appearance on the Plugged In Podcast: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/the-grid/plugged-in-podcast-59-tom-tanton-on-californias-energy-woes/ • More from The Energy & Environment Legal Institute: https://eelegal.org/ • Follow Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TantonTalkback

This week the team highlights recent episodes of the Plugged In Podcast focusing on what is causing California's rolling blackouts. Links • PODCAST Plugged In Podcast #59: Tom Tanton on California’s Energy Woes: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/the-grid/plugged-in-podcast-59-tom-tanton-on-californias-energy-woes/ • PODCAST Plugged In Podcast #58: Travis Fisher on California’s Rolling Blackouts: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/the-grid/plugged-in-podcast-58-travis-fisher-on-californias-rolling-blackouts/ • BLOG IER's latest analysis of COVID-19's impacts on world energy: www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/tag/covid-19/

Tom Tanton, Director of Science and Technology Assessment for The Energy & Environment Legal Institute, joins the show to discuss California's recent rolling blackouts and what went wrong with the state's energy policies to get here. Links: • More about the problems facing California: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/renewable/renewable-mandates-are-leading-to-electricity-shortages-and-price-spikes-in-california/ • An in-depth explanation of the solar duck curve phenomenon: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/solar-energys-duck-curve/ • More about California's electrification efforts: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/the-grid/californias-natural-gas-to-electric-future/ • More from The Energy & Environment Legal Institute: https://eelegal.org/ • Follow Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TantonTalkback

Guests this hour include - Tom Tanton and Victoria Taft. The Mark Larson Show 6-9am mornings on AM 1170 "The Answer'. Tom Del Beccaro sitting in today! He's running for senate...

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Proposition 23: Yes or No? Bob Epstein, Founder, Environmental Entrepreneurs Nancy Floyd, Manging Director, Nth Power Jack Stewart, President, California Manufacturers Tom Tanton, President, T2 & Associates Greg Dalton, Climate One - Moderator The night before an election that would decide the fate of California’s landmark climate change law, a panel of energy experts convened by Climate One debates whether AB 32 would catalyze or cripple the state’s economy. The measure before voters, Proposition 23, would suspend AB 32 until California achieves four consecutive quarters of unemployment below 5.5%. Jack Stewart, President, California Manufacturers and Technology Association, and Tom Tanton, President, T2 & Associates, argue that with California suffering 12.4% unemployment, now is not the time to burden business with additional regulation. “There’s a lot of pain and very little gain,” in pushing ahead with the law, Tanton says. Stewart agrees: “Do we want to go forward and have a growing economy and hold off on AB 32,” he asks, “or do we hobble the California economy and make it more difficult to employ the 2.3 million Californians who are out of work?” Nancy Floyd, Founder and Managing Director, Nth Power, and Bob Epstein, Founder, Environmental Entrepreneurs, counter that cleantech is the fastest growing job sector in California and critical to maintaining the state’s competitive edge globally. Floyd says that 500,000 green jobs have already been created in California, and that her venture firm alone had invested $200 million in 35 companies in the state. Epstein takes issue with claims by Stewart and Tanton that California’s climate change rules would subject the state’s businesses to onerous regulations and uncertainty. “This legislation lays out a 10-year plan. For an oil company, they tell you every place you need to be for 10 years.” Win or lose on Nov. 2, Epstein says the fight over Prop 23 has succeeded in mobilizing interests – environmentalists, venture capitalists, utilities, and tech firms – with a stake in the green economy. “What you have done, by bringing Prop 23 to the table, is you united a community that really needed to be united,” he says. This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on November 1, 2010

July 14, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with Thomas Tanton, president of T2 and Associates, about the results of a study he conducted, commissioned by API, on greenhouse gas emission reduction and technologies.