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In this episode of Stakeholder Spotlight, host Courtney Blore sits down with Darren Hanway, a leader at Southern California Gas Company with over two decades of experience shaping California's energy efficiency landscape.

Darren's career started unexpectedly in 2001, opening rebate applications during California's energy crisis. That summer job turned into twenty years of learning from the people who built Edison's c...

What does a sister city program have to do with energy efficiency? Host Courtney Blore set out to answer that question after attending an event connecting the City of Fresno with its sister city, Münster, Germany. But when she sat down with Ann Kloose, Sustainability Division Manager for Fresno, the conversation took an unexpected turn.

Yes, they talk about Münster,but what really emerges is a behind-the-scenes look at how Fresno...

Thank you for joining us and Dave Bruder! Please find links and resources from this episode below:

- Cal Poly: https://www.calpoly.edu/

- Diablo Canyon Power Plant: https://www.pge.com/en/about/pge-systems/nuclear-power.html

- Parsons Corporation: https://www.parsons.com/

- SCE: https://www.sce.com/

- Lockheed Energy: https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/capabilities/directed-energy.html

- CCR REN: https://www.ccrren.org/

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Thank you for listening to our inaugural episode featuring Jenny Berg! Please find links and resources from this episode below.

• BayREN 10 Year Report: https://www.bayren.org/sites/default/files/2023-05/BayREN%20AR%2011x17.pdf
• California Energy Efficiency Coordinating Committee (CAEECC): https://www.caeecc.org/
• Local Government Sustainable Energy Coalition (LGSEC): https://www.lgsec.org/
• Toxic Tort Attorney: https://www.law.cornell....

We’re talking about heat pump hot water heaters! Why? Because everyone is talking about heat pump water heaters! (#heatpumpnation) So let’s stop nodding along, pretending we know what they’re talking about, and do a quick crash course on the humble water heater. Courtney sat down with Patrick Burgess from Willdan to talk about HPHWH’s, what they are, where they work, what they cost, and why they’re such a smart choice to make now! 

Real and perceived barriers to building electrification, renewable generation, and advanced energy storage paint the outline to the next hit novel chronicling a dystopian future.  Imagine a world not so far off, perhaps only a few generations, where we have electrified communities, resilient to the escalating climate crisis. Who are they and will conflict emerge between those who have reliable access to resources and those who do n...