Nicole Hughes, Karen Heim, Ahlmahz Negash, PhD, and Paul Dockery address topical energy issues and share stories in the latest episode of Public Power Underground.06:43 - debrief from The NY Times article on the opportunities awaiting electric utilities
How utilities can maximize IIJA and IRA benefits
a new way to reference the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (aka the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
24:34 - another run at transmission siting reform
SEEC releases Policy Brief on Permitting Reform for the Clean Energy Future
REPEAT project report on Electricity Transmission
Michael Cembalest’s 12th annual energy report
We recorded on Monday December 5th. Permitting reform legislation has gained some momentum in the days since. If we recorded again today, we’d probably have more to say!
39:34 - Southwest Power Pool Markets+ detailed design proposal 
Coverage in Utility Dive by Robert Walton
Coverage in Clearing Up by Dan Catchpole
57:11 - Short to Ground; where we TL;DR our way through the rest of the news
BPA Proposes New Transmission Line Near Tri-Cities by Stever Ernst in Clearing Up
NuScale SMR Project Still on Track, While Costs Rising by Steve Ernst in Clearing Up
Southern California Natural Gas Supplies Good, Barring Extreme Cold by Linda Dailey Paulson in California Energy Markets
CPUC Allows PG&E to Exit Enhanced Oversight Process by Anne Ernst in California Energy Markets
Clark Public Utilities Acquires Output From Box Canyon Dam by Steve Ernst in Clearing Up
Hydropower Uneconomical in Willamette Project, DEIS Says by KC Mehaffey in Clearing Up
NuScale, Shell, others to develop hydrogen production concept with heat from small modular reactor by Stephen Singer in Utility Dive
Spot Market Power
La Nina
NOAA Climate Forecasts
WY2023 Water Supply Forecast
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