Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR.

Today we bring to you the first of two interviews with Jeff Spies, executive producer of the documentary film “Solar Roots: The Pioneers of PV,” which will be given it’s world debut right here in Grass Valley later this month.

In today’s interview, Jeff and I talk about his background and what led him to create the Solar Roots project, as well as the meat and potatoes of what went into making the film, and the details around the grand premier showing and the industry veterans’ weekend event scheduled for the end of the month.

In our next show, the third Tuesday of the month, we will have a free for all interview featuring Jeff as well as some of the local characters and solar pioneers starring in the film, so be sure to tune in for that.

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Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR.

Today we talk about another reason to use AI as little as possible, and then do a deep dive into PG&E, ending with the latest on what’s called balcony solar. (Actually...we talk about Buzz, KVMR's engineer, a lot.)

For questions, comments, or links to news we read, please email ppp@kvmr.org.

Feel free to visit our social media page for daily news headlines in between shows.

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR.

Today we talk about two upcoming local events, Nevada City Zero Waste Summit (9/12) and SYRCL's annual River Clean Up Day (9/19), and we discuss the landmark changes in CA law that are helping make electric customers with home batteries, EVs, smart thermostats, and heat pumps become a source of electricity and grid reliability who can make money in the spring, summer, and fall by helping the grid, instead of just consumers buying power and paying high rates.

But first, we start the show with a page out of the book Go Outside: 365 days of Personal Climate Action Inspiration.

For questions, comments, or links to news we read, please email ppp@kvmr.org.

Feel free to visit our social media page for daily news headlines in between shows.