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Energy Delivery is a business that requires a very high level of human performance made up of skill, experience, and operational qualification to be done safely, efficiently, and affordably. The men and women who work on energy lines do not always come home to their families after their work shift. Fatalities are an unfortunate reality in the energy business. One of the legacies of the Alexis Podesta “Net Zero” era of California energy was that, for some reason, the industry “dumbed down” the entry level assessment requirements to make it “easier” to obtain the position on multiple fronts. #WhoIsAlexisPodesta 🤔 When I was the San Francisco Peninsula Area Safety Chair, during the San Bruno years, I found out that 48% of the company’s seasoned first responders were already eligible for retirement in 2010. Fast forward fourteen years later and all that traditional experience has left the building and are enjoying their hard earned retirement. The problem is, PG&E did absolutely nothing to retain that vital knowledge base and, instead, made it much easier for hopeful candidates to acquire the safety critical position of “first responder” in the company. #This was a perfect storm of the loss of 48% of the traditional experience in the workforce and a “dumbed down” training curriculum and onboarding process that would put the safety of California energy workers and consumers at unnecessary risk for no apparent reason. But that’s none of my business anymore. PG&E made sure of that. 🐸☕️

“More and more communities are recognizing: clean energy is an opportunity to create long-term economic growth.”??? There is so much wrong in this statement that I hardly know where to start. “Clean energy is an opportunity to create long term economic growth” is a statement of pure fan fiction. A more accurate statement would read, “renewable energy sources are an important supplemental part of our energy supply even though they tend to come with limits compared to traditional primary energy sources and increase energy costs” No one should have a problem with Apex or renewables in general but everyone should have a problem with anyone perpetuating the lie that “renewable energy can drive long term economic growth”. Physics say otherwise.

Recent investments in clean energy under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act will give communities across the US the opportunity to create new jobs in clean energy. But will these new jobs be good jobs—and who will have access to them? Click the link below to explore how understanding the quality of clean energy jobs and their accessibility can help communities identify partners to drive solutions. https://ow.ly/GHTM50SACg9

Per Forbes: "The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a new $24 million funding opportunity to support #workforce training programs with a focus on training for clean energy jobs that do not require a four-year degree. Under the banner of the Biden Administration’s Investing in America agenda, community colleges, trade unions, and labor management partnerships can now apply for funding to establish Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs). The expansion was made possible due to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law builds on prior efforts by the DOE to help students and educational institutions understand career preparation pathways to clean energy jobs that do not require bachelor’s degrees." #workforcedevelopment #greenjobs #stemcareers

Extraordinary Careers: Branko Terzic FERC, Wisconsin PSC Fortnightly Magazine – May 2023 https://lnkd.in/eNcwQJCh Successful and storied careers are fascinating and the lives of the people who lived them are the ones we all want to know more about. Branko Terzic is known to most who are part of Public Utilities Fortnightly’s community. Listen in on what he said about his accomplishments and the future of this amazing industry. PUF’s Steve Mitnick: In your career, and as a Wisconsin Commissioner, look back. Branko Terzic: I was appointed to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission in 1981 after a raucous public hearing, since I had ten years of public utility consulting experience, one year of which I was an employee of a utility, Wisconsin Electric Power. The rest of the time, I was a consultant outside of Wisconsin. At the time of my appointment, I had my own firm and about a dozen Wisconsin municipal water and electric systems as clients, subject to state regulation. This full article is only accessible by current license holders. Don’t have a license yet? Click here to sign up for Public Utilities Fortnightly, and gain access to the entire Fortnightly article database online. #BrankoTerzic #energy #regulations #experience #research #future #opportunity #strategy #management #people #electricity #power #utilities #renewables #RenewableEnergy #energysector #powergeneration #energyindustry #sustainability #public #utility #history #scientific #technology

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Justice Policy and Analysis is offering an ORISE fellowship opportunity through the Science, Technology and Policy Program! Selected fellow(s) will support the implementation of Community Benefit Plans (CBPs). CBPs are a new requirement for many DOE funding opportunities that put the social needs of a project on level with the technical needs. Fellows will learn to describe how the project advances four core principles: investing in America's workforce; engaging communities and labor; advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility; and implementing Justice 40 in the CBP. ➡️ Learn more and apply: https://buff.ly/4c3XnXd Office of Energy Justice and Equity | National Science Policy Network #SciencePolicy #SciPol #policy #analysis #science #STEM

"In the end, achieving the nation’s infrastructure and clean energy goals requires a sufficient workforce. This will require more focused and strategic approaches to talent development than infrastructure and clean energy entities are accustomed to, and they will need to develop more transparent and accessible career opportunities for job seekers and talent in communities that historically have been marginalized from those industries and jobs." - The Brookings Institution The Wisconsin Broadband Workforce Coalition has done much of the heavy lifting: - building relationships across sectors - convening workforce boards, employers, training providers, community organizations, educators and policy makers to address shared problems - demonstrate our value in helping employers recruit, train, and retain the workers they need Visit us online to learn more about our coalition and how you can support our efforts. https://lnkd.in/gbkDpuFv Read more about why #workforcedevelopment is crucial to new #infrastructure and clean energy investments like #broadband expansion.

Discover the collaborative effort of the Clean Energy Center and the #Pennsylvania Weatherization Assistance Program, shaping an innovative project to bridge gaps in clean energy careers. Dive into the details of how Building Green Futures is tackling the workforce gap in weatherization in the latest journal article. 📍 Pennsylvania College of Technology 📍 Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development

🌱 In 2022, clean energy jobs grew in every state and, with a national 3.9% job growth, outpaced national employment growth, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. To prepare young people for the future of this emerging economy, states and local education agencies are turning to Career Technical Education (CTE) to develop both the technical and academic skills needed while providing specialized training to ensure learners are environmentally aware and can enter into environmentally-focused careers. Read our latest blog post by Advance CTE's Associate Director of State Policy Dan Hinderliter delving into recent state initiatives such as Massachusetts' Clean Energy Innovation Career Pathway that are actively preparing young learners with the specialized skills needed for the rapidly growing clean energy sector: https://lnkd.in/eR2vNntp