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*buzzed history* with Mark Ohrenschall, Shauna McReynolds and Crystal Ball

*buzzed history* with Mark Ohrenschall, Shauna McReynolds and Crystal Ball

FromPublic Power Underground


*buzzed history* with Mark Ohrenschall, Shauna McReynolds and Crystal Ball

FromPublic Power Underground

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Length:
85 minutes
Released:
Sep 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

three energy historians join public power underground for an infotaining and slightly irreverent discussion of the major milestones for the electric industry in the northwest--------------------Mark Ohrenschall, Shauna McReynolds and Crystal Ball join and Paul Dockery to discuss the history of the electric industry in the Northwest from acronyms to statutes and a myriad of institutions along the way. There were three primary texts used for the conversation.
NewsData’s list of Western Energy Acronyms

Public Power Council’s excellent guide to Public Power in the Pacific Northwest, the Public Power Chronicle

Public Generating Pool’s famous Organized Market Retrospective. 
The recording ends with Mark Ohrenschall’s closing thoughts on his final day as Executive Editor of NewsData.You can find the podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Share with friends that are electric utility enthusiasts, like us!03:27 - Acronym Anagrams13:06 - Historian’s ranking of major milestones38:13 - Preference48:03 - Whoops56:25 - Energy Policy Acts58:42 - The Energy Crisis1:06:57 - Market Evolution1:21:10 - Mark Ohrenschall’s Closing ThoughtsPublic Power Underground, for electric utility enthusiasts! Public Power Underground, it’s work to watch!
Released:
Sep 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Public Power Underground is Northwest Public Power's premiere info-tainment weekly news series written, edited, and published by the Power Department. On our weekly shows, we cover northwest public-power and public-power-adjacent news. The series originated as a pandemic diversion when physical distancing policies caused the Power Department to transition to remote work and zoom department meetings. It evolved to a platform to talk to peers across the region on topics affecting consumer-owned electric utilities in the Northwest.