#59: Tom Tanton on California's energy woes (9-2-20)
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English - September 02, 2020 15:48 - 27 minutes - 37.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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