California's Cap-and-Trade Win

Energy Gang

Wood Mackenzie

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🗓️ 21 July 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

After numerous attempts, a desperate plea from the governor, and some pot sweeteners to industry, legislators in California finally passed an extension of cap-and-trade to 2030. It’s a big deal. California is the world’s seventh-largest economy. With Governor Brown vowing to fill in the climate diplomacy vacuum left by Donald Trump, it would have been a huge setback to let cap-and-trade languish. We'll look at the significance. Then, can geothermal heating and cooling follow the path of solar? Dandelion, a new startup spun off from Google X, thinks so. We'll end with a look at the wave of executive departures from SolarCity's team in the aftermath of the Tesla acquisition. This podcast is sponsored by Mission Solar Energy, a solar module manufacturer based in San Antonio, Texas. Visit Mission Solar at the upcoming Solar Power International conference at Booth 3975. You can find out more about Mission’s American-made, high-power modules at missionsolar.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	The Energy Gang is brought to you by Mission Solar Energy, a solar module manufacturer based in San Antonio, Texas.
0:07.0	Mission Solar operates a 260 megawatt facility right here in the U.S.
0:12.0	Through state-of-the-art engineering and
0:13.8	outstanding quality, Mission Solar's modules, every one of which is made in their
0:18.3	Texas facility, offer world-class performance, and guaranteed long-term reliability.
0:24.0	Visit Mission Solar at the upcoming Solar Power International Conference at Booth 3975.
0:29.6	That is Booth 3975, and go say hello to their friendly staff and check out all their modules.
0:36.5	You can find out more about Mission's high power modules at MissionSolar.com. Solar. and the environment. I'm Stephen Lacy. Welcome.
0:59.0	Here's what's on the docket this week. California extends cap and trade.
1:01.0	A Google X spin-off looks to reinvent geothermal heating and cooling,
1:05.1	and top Solar City executives depart Tesla.
1:08.0	With me to talk about those stories and more are Catherine Hamilton and Jigger Shaw, my regular
1:11.8	co-hosts, both in Washington, D.C.
1:15.0	Catherine's a partner with 38 North Solutions.
1:17.5	Howdy.
1:18.5	Hi, I just got back.
1:19.5	I think Jigger and I both just got back last night from California.
1:22.6	Yes.
1:23.6	You were at a NARUC meeting, right?
1:25.1	I can't keep track of how many NARUC meetings there are.
1:27.6	Yes, it was the summer meeting, and then I also got to hop up to San Francisco and speak in front of the young professionals in energy, which was great.
1:35.8	What a good group of young people.
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