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Competitive Power Summit 2023: Calpine’s Thad Hill on the Need for Reliable Power
Competitive Power Summit 2023: Calpine’s Thad Hill on the Need for Reliable Power
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
May 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
How is a major natural gas power provider preparing for a decarbonized future while working to protect against reliability challenges like those faced during Winter Storms Uri and Elliott? This month, we’re rolling out audio from EPSA’s 2023 Competitive Power Summit in a special series. In this episode, hear a fireside chat with Calpine President and CEO Thad Hill and EPSA President and CEO Todd Snitchler. Calpine owns and operates the nation’s largest natural gas power generation fleet, in addition to the world’s largest geothermal power facility, while also building and planning battery storage and carbon capture and sequestration technology. Hill shares lessons from recent extreme weather events, the role for natural gas generation going forward, and needed energy market changes to enhance reliability.
Released:
May 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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