In the latest episode of the Energy West podcast, Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about the largest hydropower dam removal in history getting underway, Shasta County’s dismissing criminal charges against Pacific Gas & Electric after reaching a settlement, truckers’ concerns that California’s zero-emission requirements for long-haul trucking are coming on too fast, battery storage becoming a regular part of utilities’ resource acquisitions, and more.

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