US Climate & Energy Update #2: Texas Blackouts & Biden’s first days in office - with Angelina Galiteva

Angelina Galiteva, chair of California ISO and DWR eco CEO David
Wortmann continue their dialogue on the current state of the US
Climate & Energy agenda. This is their first check-in since Joe
Biden was sworn into office, but the conversation starts with the
recent Texas blackouts. The state’s power and water systems failed
due to being ill-prepared for the extreme cold weather conditions.
Yet, almost as quickly as the cold-front enveloped the state,
fingers started pointing at renewables. Angelina explains, why they
can’t be the culprit and what other states in the US can now learn
from Texas. Finally, Angelina also updates us on the Biden
administration’s first steps towards more progressive clean energy
and climate policies and what we can expect next from the new
President. You will learn: - why Texas ended up in a catastrophic
mess & what are the main lessons to learn - what role grid and
storage systems will play in the US energy transition in the years
to come - how the new Biden administration is progressing against
their own clean energy and climate agenda