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NewsData's "People in Power" is an exciting new biweekly podcast that explores issues in the energy industry, featuring expert guests from a wide range of backgrounds. Hosted by veteran energy journalists Jason Fordney and Abigail Sawyer of California Energy Markets and including appearances by writers from sister publication Clearing Up, People in Power will explore trends such as development of a Western wholesale electricity trading market, the transition to a more electrified world of new infrastructure and transportation, renewables integration and reliability, wildfire response and mitigation, and many other topics. "People in Power" draws from an unprecedented pool of expertise and insight in a way never seen before! It's available on all major podcast platforms as well as at www.newsdata.com.
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Signup to Generate a PitchNewsData's "People in Power" is an exciting new biweekly podcast that explores issues in the energy industry, featuring expert guests from a wide range of backgrounds.
People in Power – A NewsData Podcast is hosted by NewsData. The show has published 126 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "From Archaeology to Climbing Wind Turbines: Nicole Hughes, Executive Director of Renewable Northwest" (14 October 2026, 36 minutes), "Travis Kavulla of the Bonneville Power Administration on Market Choice, Transmission Expansion and the Future of BPA" (29 September 2026, 60 minutes), and "Ziad Alaywan on the Creation of the California Independent System Operator" (27 August 2026, 43 minutes).
People in Power – A NewsData Podcast publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 36 minutes across 126 episodes.
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Episode #127
Nicole Hughes talks about her path from archaeologist to energy advocate, and reflects on how renewable energy has changed over the past 20 years.
Episode #126
Travis Kavulla, the new CEO and administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, talks with Steve Ernst and Abigail Sawyer about regional market-choice considerations as he recently laid out in a letter to the...
Episode #125
In this episode of People in Power, California Energy Markets Managing Editor Jason Fordney interviews Ziad Alaywan, founder and CEO of ZGlobal Inc. Ziad details what his firm does and also provides a fascinating...
Episode #124
Crystal Ball tells all about her background at the Bonneville Power Administration, PNUCC’s Northwest Regional Forecast, gas-electric coordination, and how power is all about people.
Episode #121
Energy and Environmental Economics Partner talks with CEM Associate Editor Abigail Sawyer about the changing shape of resource adequacy in the Desert Southwest as utilities try to thread the needle on reliably meeting a...
Episode #120
<p>In this episode of People in Power, California Energy Markets Staff Writer Linda Dailey Paulson dives into Western energy prices, which due to a variety of factors have seen extreme volatility, including negative...
Episode #119
<p>In this episode of People in Power, Kelly Fukai talks about her new role as CEO of the Northwest Gas Association, the role of natural gas as a firm resource in an era of growing demand, and baseball!</p>
Episode #118
<p>Greg Mason, Associate Editor of Clearing Up, interviews Larry Bekkedahl, senior vice-president of advanced energy delivery at Portland General Electric, about his retirement from the energy industry after 40 years...
Episode #117
<p>In this episode of People in Power, Abigail Sawyer talks with Peter Ferrell, senior director of government relations for the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, about supply chain challenges and how they...
Episode #116
<p>Ayla Burnett and Abigail Sawyer chat with Sarah Edmonds and Rebecca Sexton of the Western Power Pool on their backgrounds and the paths that led them to be leaders in the Western energy world. They also discuss the...
Episode #115
<p>People in Power Episode 20: Abigail Sawyer talks with Carrie Simpson, vice president of markets for the Southwest Power Pool, about her experience in energy, which goes back to the early 2000s when she worked as an...
Episode #114
<p>Abigail Sawyer and Brian Turner of Advanced Energy United and the West Wide Governance Pathways Initiative launch committee discuss the renewed possibility of a seamless, westwide power market that would be governed...
Episode #113
<p>Abigail Sawyer and Quinn Nakayama, senior director of Grid Innovation and Development for Pacific Gas &Electric, discuss the role of innovation and partnerships in solving California problems that include...
Episode #112
<p>In this episode of People in Power, we hear from Mark Groves, vice-president of program development and innovations at the Northwest Lineman College. Mark, also a member of the International Lineman Hall of Fame...
Episode #111
<p>The latest episode of People in Power features a conversation with Arne Olson, a principal at Energy and Environmental Economics, or E3. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience on Aug. 22 at NewsData's...
Episode #110
<p>California Energy Markets Associate Editor Abigail Sawyer and Dan O'Brien, senior modeling analyst for Energy Innovation, discuss the implications of the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act and other federal...
Episode #109
<p>The latest episode of People in Power provides an up-to-the-minute update on the extended day-ahead market with Kathleen Staks, chair of the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative Launch Committee. Staks and...
Episode #108
<p>On this episode of People in Power, California Energy Markets Associate Editor Abigail Sawyer talks with Mark Toney, executive director of The Utility Reform Network, about California's unprecedented rate increases...
Episode #107
<p>New Mexico Public Regulation Commissioner Gabriel Aguilera discusses how his 15 years at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission prepared him for his role as a state utility regulator with California Energy Markets'...
Episode #106
<p>On this edition of People in Power California Energy Markets Associate Editor Abigail Sawyer discusses the role of community choice aggregation in California with Beth Vaughan, CEO of CalCCA. In their 15-year history...
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