In a LIVE! recording at GridLiance’s 2024 Transmission Symposium, Crystal Ball hosts a competition between Mark Nelson and Emeka Anyanwu to determine the most creative prognosticator of energy headlines for 2025.

The episode is un-edited and available on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. A video recording is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ABUXJsdjbBc

It’s a special “afterparty” edition, since it was recorded after the party of special significance commemorating the season and series finale. Thanks for staying subscribed. There may be more afterparties in the future. Stay connected at publicpowerunderground.substack.com

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[recorded August 28, 2024] Tony Reames and Salma Elmallah discuss their work and research on energy justice in a special episode recorded after the season and series finale.

In a much anticipated episode recorded on August 28, 2024, Dr. Tony Reames and Dr. Salma Elmallah join Paul Dockery and Dr. Ahlmahz Negash to discuss their paper on frontlining energy justice.

Elmallah, S., Reames, T.G. and Spurlock, C.A., 2022. Frontlining energy justice: Visioning principles for energy transitions from community-based organizations in the United States. Energy Research & Social Science, 94, p.102855.

The episode is audio-only and un-edited available on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s a special “afterparty” edition, since it was recorded after the party of special significance commemorating the season and series finale. Thanks for staying subscribed. There’s at least one more of the after-party episodes.

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A party of special significance to celebrate the eleventy-first and final episode with an energy system analogy world cup championship tournament, celebrity guests, and stump speeches

Friends-of-the-Underground participated in a special, in-person recording of the eleventy-first and final episode of Public Power Underground celebrating our community of electric utility enthusiasts. The episode includes a live performance of Roll On, Enthusiasts with special musical guest Daryl Wayne Dasher joining Arin Guillory and Ian Bledsoe. It also closes the Season 6 Energy System Analogy World Cup with celebrity judges Debra Smith and Daniel Kirschen picking winners in an 8-analogy, single elimination Championship Tournament. And, just like Bilbo Baggins ended his eleventy-first birthday celebration giving a speech on a stump, the season ends with open-mic stump speeches from electric utility enthusiasts.

07:11 - Short-to-Ground, Analogy Edition

• Top 8 seeds for Energy System Analogy World Cup Championship Tournament
• All 20 Grand Analogies of the Energy System from Season 6

15:51 - Energy System Analogy World Cup Championship Tournament

37:01 - Kurt Miller Stump Speech

40:05 - Crystal Ball Stump Speech

42:42 - Debra Smith Stump Speech

44:02 - Pamela Sporborg Stump Speech

45:50 - Robb Davis Stump Speech

48:54 - Sarah Edmonds Stump Speech

50:34 - Megan Capper Stump Speech

52:16 - Scott Corwin Stump Speech

54:01 - Farhad Billimoria Stump Speech

55:48 - Eric Hiaasen Stump Speech

59:07 - Matt Schroettnig Stump Speech

1:01:44 - Kieran Connelly Stump Speech

1:03:21 - Mary Wiencke Stump Speech

1:05:42 - Doug Marker Stump Speech

1:09:08 - Nicole Hughes Stump Speech

1:10:29 - Conleigh Byers Stump Speech

1:12:00 - Chris Roden Stump Speech

1:15:02 - Ryan Neale Stump Speech

1:16:47 - Humaira Falkenberg Stump Speech

1:20:20 - Closing thoughts from Ian Bledsoe, Arin Guillory, and Ahlmahz Negash

1:24:00 - Closing thoughts from Paul Dockery

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