Paul Dockery @aPowerManager

energy resource strategy & planning at Seattle City Light. host of public power underground. macro-energy-system practitioner. views are my own. publicpowerunderground.substack.com Kalama, WA Joined March 2019

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Paul Dockery @aPowerManager

2 years ago

@JohnSmillie42 A tradition in my house as well.

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2 years ago

Great episode. 10/10. One note to @James_McGinniss: Public Power Underground has been talking full strength spot prices with opportunity cost bidding and mandatory forward contracting for a while now thanks to @fnbillimoria, @ConleighByers, and @jacob_mays

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2 years ago

We just posted the full Power Markets panels from DERVOS with @James_McGinniss, @ericwg, @jacob_mays, @BPBartholomew, and Andy Reger. The most common question after the panel was "WTF is full strength energy pricing?!?" If you only have 5 minutes, here you go:

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2 years ago

A celebratory close to Public Power Underground with our community of electric utility enthusiasts. publicpowerunderground.substack.com/p/eleventy-fir…

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2 years ago

@joshreimer55 Absolutely. I’m in the 3-year, part-time track, so still doing public power in the Pacific Northwest.

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2 years ago

In personal news, I am on my way to England to start Oxford’s MSc in Energy Systems on Monday. The first session is on thermodynamics and I assume I’ll be learning about the magic of heat pumps from the ghost of J.R.R. Tolkien. Otherwise, I’m totally unprepared.

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2 years ago

@apoorv_bh89 Appreciate it!

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2 years ago

The discussion of energy justice, meaningful metrics, and the Holyoke Community Energy Project with Prof Erin Baker is wrapped with insight from @ConleighByers, @fnbillimoria, and Ahlmahz Negash. publicpowerunderground.substack.com/p/energy-justi…

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2 years ago

"The energy transition is going to create wealth. We can harness this [transition] so the wealth is created in communities that have been cut out in the past." - @ErinBakerEnergy

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2 years ago

What do Taylor Swift and the #electric sector have in common? 🎤⚡ Find out in the latest episode of the Public Power Underground podcast featuring Commissioner Ann Rendahl: bit.ly/4eEEryN @aPowerManager

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2 years ago

Important insight on the regulatory compact for electric utilities! youtube.com/clip/UgkxsdvRa…

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2 years ago

I greatly appreciate @WAUTC hosting the conversation. You can find more materials (including a spotify playlist for the eras of the electric sector) and links to where to find the recording on substack. publicpowerunderground.substack.com/p/commissioner…

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2 years ago

Sherry (@sherrynotsorry) made sure I had the right color scheme and contributed greatly to the quadrant graphs. I am hoping we can write it up as a journal article under @jacob_mays supervision and get the research published!

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2 years ago

I settled on referring to the current era as the Global Era for a whole host of reasons we end up talking about on the podcast. Commissioner Rendahl pushes back and we discuss "reshoring". Regardless, 🎶I knew you were trouble when you walked in and 🎶everything has changed

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2 years ago

The 2008 Shale Gas Revolution -> “Look what you made me do”. “End Game”, “Don’t Blame Me”, “This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things”, the Energy Independence Era and Reputation album are the same vibe.

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2 years ago

Commissioner Ann Rendahl from the @WAUTC and Gen-Z-Swiftie-Scholar, @sherrynotsorry, join Public Power Underground to consider whether the electric sector is evolving like the eras of Taylor Swift!

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2 years ago

The Power Crisis Era enters with Anti-Hero, otherwise known as the 2000-2001 Western Energy Crisis. “You’re on your own kid” -> the 2003 Northeast Blackout. Karma closing the era and NERC getting formed in 2006.

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2 years ago

I know that the industry didn’t Deregulate, it restructured, but the market fundamentalism vibe of the era is Deregulation. “I forgot that you existed”, followed by the optimism of new beginnings with “Daylight”, before the line “Devils roll the dice, Angels roll their eyes”.

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2 years ago

“The Last Great American Dynasty” and “cardigan” from Folklore transition from Fearless to Folklore just like the collapse of big infrastructure projects like WPPSS (Washington Public Power Supply System) transitioned us from the Electrification Era to the Efficiency Era.

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2 years ago

“You Belong with Me” is the anthem of the rural electrification act, which starts the Electrification Era.

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2 years ago

Insull Era (h/t Samuel Insull) spans from the War of the Currents in the late 1800s to The passage of the Public Utility Holding Act of 1935. And a hot take is that "Tim McGraw" is to "Taylor Swift (2006) as Thomas Edison was to Sam Insull.

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2 years ago

Under our schema Career::Structured, Romantic::Chaotic, Confident::Building, and Pensive::Optimizing. If you disagree, 🎶"it's me, hi, I'm the problem it's me".