Game changer: California Energy Commissioner Nancy Skinner

CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: We’re joined today by Commissioner Nancy Skinner. Skinner is serving her first term on the California Energy Commission after serving as a state senator from 2016 to 2024 and as a member of the California State Assembly from 2008 to 2014. If Skinner is a newbie to the CEC, she is no stranger to energy policy issues, having authored AB 2514 which created requirements for electrical corporations to implement energy storage systems. If you have noticed that the state now has fewer “rolling” blackouts, AB 2514 is a big part of the reason why. She spoke with us about the Trump Administration’s opposition to California’s climate goals, the challenges (and opportunities) presented by Data Centers, and her landmark Name Image and Likeness legislation, SB 206, which changed college sports across the country.

And, with the Primary behind us, we have a long list of candidates for Who Had the Worst Week in California Politics.

3:59 E bike bills

5:36 Nancy Skinner

7:38 Art Rosenfeld

10:01 California’s climate goals

11:09 “Texas is ahead of us”

13:52 Data Centers

16:27 The multi-state grid

18:43 The Federal position

24:13 Energy costs in the campaign for governor

28:36 Name Image and License legislation

36:51 Title IX

37:41 Energy storage bill

39:29 #WWCA