Public Power Underground
Public Power Underground is Northwest Public Power's premiere info-tainment weekly news series written, edited, and published by the Power Department. On our weekly shows, we cover northwest public-power and public-power-adjacent news. The series originated as a pandemic diversion when physical distancing policies caused the Power Department to transition to remote work and zoom department meetings. It evolved to a platform to talk to peers across the region on topics affecting consumer-owned electric utilities in the Northwest.Podcasts
Office Hours w/ Professor Jacob Mays
Published: Nov. 15, 2023, 3:09 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 9 seconds
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Season Finale: Hot Takes on Transmission
Published: Nov. 6, 2023, 9:14 p.m.Duration: 55 minutes 21 seconds
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Electrification is Happening w/ Steve Pantano and Danielle Walker
Published: Oct. 6, 2023, 6:57 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 14 seconds
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*buzzed history* with Mark Ohrenschall, Shauna McReynolds and Crystal Ball
Published: Sept. 21, 2023, 4:52 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 35 seconds
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Lorenzo Kristov and Josh Keeling on Maximizing DER Deployment
Published: Sept. 8, 2023, 3:13 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 57 seconds
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Best Practices in Power Planning w/ Ric O'Connell and Anna Sommer
Published: Aug. 17, 2023, 8:09 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 38 seconds
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BONUS: 3Ps of transmission in the West
Published: Aug. 7, 2023, 9:23 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 13 seconds
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Utility Maximization, Community Input, and Solarpunk Stories with Prof. Dr. Destenie Nock
Published: July 20, 2023, 2 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 30 seconds
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Debra Smith hosts Randy Hardy, Bill Drummond and Steve Wright
Published: July 6, 2023, 9:46 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 45 seconds
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Risk perspectives; from strategy to execution with Kevin Nordt and Paul Dietz
Published: June 20, 2023, 6:33 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 33 seconds
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BONUS: Windowless Conference Room Edition
Published: June 1, 2023, 4:05 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 32 seconds
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Debriefing from a Markets+ Leadership Forum
Published: May 18, 2023, 3:34 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 24 seconds
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Market Design, Slinkies, and Synchronous Condensers with Farhad Billimoria and Conleigh Byers, PhD
Published: May 8, 2023, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 38 seconds
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A conversation about a just mid-transition w/ Dr. Emily Grubert and Dr. Frank Incropera
Published: April 27, 2023, 3:31 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 2 seconds
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BONUS EPISODE: Power Contracts in Transition
Published: April 14, 2023, 1:23 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 51 seconds
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A conversation about transmission w/ Rob Gramlich and Kathleen Staks
Published: April 4, 2023, 6:47 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 20 seconds
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Debriefing from a Regional Expansion Summit
Published: March 27, 2023, 8:45 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 16 seconds
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A Conversation About Representative Workforce w/ Jackie Flowers and Humaira Falkenberg
Published: March 20, 2023, 1:54 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 30 seconds
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Market Disruptors - LIVE from the Main Stage
Published: March 14, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 32 seconds
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Sarah Edmonds on Grid Integration Services
Published: Feb. 2, 2023, 2 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 12 seconds
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Prof. Jacob Mays on Electric Markets & Resource Adequacy
Published: Jan. 27, 2023, noonDuration: 1 hour 24 minutes 39 seconds
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Distribution Systems w/ Prof. Kyri Baker
Published: Jan. 12, 2023, 5:42 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 30 seconds
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LIVE from the Lounge!!
Published: Dec. 22, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 56 minutes 25 seconds
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Snowtel w/ Nicole Hughes
Published: Dec. 9, 2022, 4:29 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 21 seconds
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BONUS EPISODE: Original Cast, Nostalgia Pod
Published: Dec. 5, 2022, 5:42 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 21 seconds
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Programs and Markets w/ Lea Fisher
Published: Dec. 1, 2022, 3:57 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 57 seconds
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Politics and Policy w/ Travis Kavulla
Published: Nov. 21, 2022, 8:42 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 58 seconds
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Clean Dispatchable Resource Enthusiasm w/ Kieran Connolly
Published: Nov. 11, 2022, 4:14 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 22 seconds
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Electric Market Enthusiasm, pt. 5: an Expert Panel on where Sports! and Markets! combine.
Published: Aug. 18, 2022, noonDuration: 1 hour 25 minutes 27 seconds
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FERC Chair Richard Glick! featured in part 4 of our Electric Market Enthusiasm series
Published: Aug. 11, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 25 seconds
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Season 4 Finale: Listener Mailbag
Published: Aug. 5, 2022, 10:07 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 30 seconds
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Electric Utility Recruiting, pt. 8: Bear Prairie
Published: July 21, 2022, 3:01 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 16 seconds
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Electric Utility Recruiting, pt. 7: Crystal Ball
Published: July 19, 2022, 7:22 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 37 seconds
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Electric Utility Recruiting, pt. 6: Marc Farmer
Published: July 13, 2022, 1:52 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 38 seconds
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Electric Utility Recruiting, pt. 5: Sarah Edmonds
Published: July 6, 2022, 3:23 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 2 seconds
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Empathy and Nuance
Published: July 1, 2022, 4:29 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 54 seconds
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Electric Utility Recruiting pt. 4: Four Scotts of Public Power
Published: June 29, 2022, 5:56 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 32 seconds
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Electric Utility Recruiting pt. 3: Sarah Giomi
Published: June 21, 2022, 2:01 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 33 seconds
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Electric Market Enthusiasm, pt. 3: Professor Frank Wolak on Market Design and an Energy Market Game
Published: June 16, 2022, noonDuration: 58 minutes 1 second
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Electric Utility Recruiting pt. 2: Mark Johnson
Published: June 14, 2022, 2:08 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 16 seconds
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Electric Utility Recruiting pt. 1: John Hairston
Published: June 9, 2022, 1:54 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 19 seconds
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Electric Market Enthusiasm pt. 2: Elliot Mainzer on Governance, Transmission, and Price Formation
Published: June 2, 2022, 4:30 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 39 seconds
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AFTER DARK: Live from the Crown & Thistle
Published: May 24, 2022, 8:52 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 14 seconds
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Electric Market Enthusiasm, pt. 1: Professor Jacob Mays on Electric Market Design
Published: May 19, 2022, 1:05 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 37 seconds
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BONUS TRAINING: Professor Jacob Mays on Electric Market Design
Published: May 19, 2022, 1:05 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 37 seconds
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More Wealth, Better Living, and Greater Happiness
Published: May 12, 2022, 12:37 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 40 seconds
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Serenity in Service
Published: April 28, 2022, 1:28 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 56 seconds
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BONUS EPISODE: electric utility enthusiast trifecta with Debra Smith
Published: April 21, 2022, 3:18 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 16 seconds
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Innovation Space
Published: April 15, 2022, 3:27 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 53 seconds
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BONUS EPISODE: all the colors of h2
Published: April 7, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 40 seconds
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finding the opportunities
Published: March 31, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 10 seconds
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BONUS EPISODE: #EnergyTwitter: Jesse Jenkins Interview
Published: March 24, 2022, 1:16 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 35 seconds
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EMERGENCY POD: PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PASSES SENATE
Published: March 16, 2022, 1:03 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 8 seconds
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BONUS INTERVIEW: Mary Wiencke talks Markets
Published: March 3, 2022, 1 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 14 seconds
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Market Enthusiasts, like us!
Published: Feb. 24, 2022, 3:42 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 45 seconds
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doing business as!
Published: Feb. 10, 2022, 2:27 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 30 seconds
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BONUS EPISODE: The Full Hairston Conversation
Published: Feb. 3, 2022, 2 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 20 seconds
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Administrator's Discretion.
Published: Jan. 27, 2022, 1:50 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 42 seconds
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New Year! New Season!
Published: Jan. 13, 2022, 3:43 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 1 second
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Holiday Special!
Published: Dec. 22, 2021, 2:51 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 21 seconds
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BONUS EPISODE: Michelle Manary Interview
Published: Dec. 9, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 58 minutes 56 seconds
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Infrastructure Week!
Published: Dec. 2, 2021, 10:23 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 34 seconds
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BONUS EPISODE: The COE Interview
Published: Nov. 23, 2021, 6:05 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 10 seconds
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Leading Innovation Week!
Published: Nov. 18, 2021, 4:17 p.m.Duration: 45 minutes 21 seconds
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Distributed Demand Resource Response!
Published: Nov. 11, 2021, 4:32 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 45 seconds
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BONUS EPISODE: NewsData Collaboration
Published: Oct. 22, 2021, 4:27 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 49 seconds
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LIVE from the Benson!!
Published: Oct. 12, 2021, 4:38 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 16 seconds
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Fish Risk!
Published: Sept. 30, 2021, 7:22 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 37 seconds
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Into the Twitterverse!
Published: Sept. 23, 2021, 7:01 p.m.Duration: 59 minutes 29 seconds
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Into the Metaverse!
Published: Sept. 16, 2021, 11:30 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 4 seconds
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Energy Experts React! to NWPPA's Annual Conference
Published: Sept. 10, 2021, 6:17 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 34 seconds
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Roll On Enthusiasts - Season 3 Trailer
Published: Aug. 30, 2021, 6:49 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 16 seconds
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SEASON FINALE: Susan Ackerman Mailbag
Published: May 28, 2021, 12:18 a.m.Duration: 59 minutes 23 seconds
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Harquahala Hypothesis!
Published: May 21, 2021, 3:45 a.m.Duration: 54 minutes 29 seconds
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Catching Up on all-the-news!
Published: May 13, 2021, 11:22 p.m.Duration: 53 minutes 47 seconds
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Return Counts are Up!
Published: April 30, 2021, 12:17 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 26 seconds
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Resource Adequacy double-feature!
Published: April 21, 2021, 10:41 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 10 seconds
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Cluster of Symbiotic Markets!
Published: April 15, 2021, 8:01 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 43 seconds
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Be Curious! not judgmental
Published: April 2, 2021, 2:44 a.m.Duration: 56 minutes 32 seconds
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Bonus Episode: Public Power Crossover Pod
Published: March 31, 2021, 3:02 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 36 seconds
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Best and Brightest Week!
Published: March 25, 2021, 11:52 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 9 seconds
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Bonus Episode: SPP's Market+ Concept
Published: March 23, 2021, 6:17 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 15 seconds
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Friends and Neighbors Week
Published: March 12, 2021, 12:50 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 8 seconds
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Bonus Episode: The Scourge of Seasonal Time Change
Published: March 10, 2021, 2:12 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 59 seconds
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Use Your Illusions of Choice
Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 11:29 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 10 seconds
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Extreme Weather and Extreme Adventurer
Published: Feb. 19, 2021, 1:17 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 12 seconds
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EVs and Great Stories
Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 11:50 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 2 seconds
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It Takes a Process
Published: Feb. 5, 2021, 12:18 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 17 seconds
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Coalition of the Willing
Published: Jan. 29, 2021, 1:32 a.m.Duration: 48 minutes 28 seconds
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Breach-Ladder-Repower
Published: Jan. 22, 2021, 1:30 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 44 seconds
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Resource Adequacy week!
Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 30 seconds
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Happy New Year from the Underground
Published: Jan. 7, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 38 seconds
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