Panel: Scaling Up Solar Power in California

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🗓️ 21 January 2010

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Sun Up: Scaling Solar Power in California Bob Epstein, Founder, Environmental Entrepreneurs Mike Peevey, Chair, California Public Utilities Commission Mike Splinter, CEO, Applied Materials Nancy McFadden, Senior Vice President, PG&E Solar power is surging in popularity as a renewable energy source, yet still remains a small part of California’s overall energy supply. How will this situation change, in light of a state plan calling for a massive scaling up of renewable sources by 2030? What factors are driving the ongoing decrease in the price of photovoltaic systems, and what technology, project financing and policy will enhance the availability and affordability of residential, commercial and utility scale solar power? This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on January 12, 2010. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.6	Welcome to this podcast of Climate One at the Commonwealth Club. I'm Greg Dalton, founder of Climate One.
0:38.2	Climate One brings together thought leaders from around the world
0:41.1	to advance solutions to global warming.
0:44.0	The Commonwealth Club is a non-profit,
0:46.0	non-partisan forum open to the public.
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0:56.0	Welcome to Climate One at the Commonwealth Club.
0:58.1	I'm Greg Dalton, founder of Climate One, a leadership dialogue on energy, the economy,
1:02.5	and environment.
1:03.8	Solar power is surging in California, yet it still accounts for a small slice of the state's
1:08.8	electricity.
1:09.9	Can sun energy live up to its potential?
1:12.3	What policies, technologies, and financing are needed to fuel solar and other clean energy
1:17.2	in the Golden State?
1:18.7	Here to discuss these questions and much more, we welcome Mike Peavy, chair of the California
1:23.3	Public Utilities Commission, Nancy McFadden, Senior Vice President of PG&E,
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