Season 4 Finale: Listener Mailbag

Public Power Underground

Paul Dockery, Jason Fordney, Abigail Sawyer, and Dan Catchpole field listener submitted questions from all types of energy enthusiasts. Plus, we have a Bluey Inspired intermission game with the Honorable Katie Mapes, Matt Schroettnig, and Jon Hart.

03:12 - Dan Campbell wonders about the DER value proposition for Public Power

13:24 - Dr. Kyri Baker pitches an airline idea for electric utilities

27:13 - Travis Kavulla has a contracting question

34:46 - Mary Wienke wants to know how we think about new technology development

• Ben Serrurier’s work on A Fair Green Deal for the Last Coal Plant in Mississippi
• Family Guy’s recurring bit with the Kool Aid Man

44:51 - Robert Cromwell asks a bunch of questions about transmission

• MISO board approves $10.3B transmission plan to support 53 GW of renewables, coverage by Utility Dive

57:04 - Intermission Game - energy industry Bluey Scholars on character parallels

1:20:40 - TL;DR segment called “Just a Text”

• Mike Bloomberg from Groundwork Data
• Bryce Johanneck of Quanta Technology
• Therese Hampton proposes a conundrum
• Bill Drummond poses a question
• Simon Mahan wants to talk about squirrels
• Mary Wienke with a testimonial

1:31:04 - New Merch: “Objectively Enthusiastic”

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