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Independent journalism is a rare resource these days. Most of what readers find online are blogs from people with an attitude.
Often, their work is neither backed by thorough research nor free of bias. At their worst, blogs enhance human understanding as much
as junk food does nutrition. Also disguised as news are corporate press releases, which strive to cover up the facts.
We here at Energy Circuit and Energy Meets Climate Challenge
are old-school journalists with decades of experience. We dig up the facts and connect the dots. We present complex
issues in understandable terms. We are not sponsored by advertisers, nor do we receive subsidies from governments or other
entities. Thus, we are unable to provide our analysis for free; instead we encourage new and
returning subscribers.
Circuit's award-winning staff keep their ears to the ground on emerging policy, get the skinny behind new laws, and tune in to
the twists and turns of regulatory developments. We track the latest phase of the energy market—including the state's
response to the threat of global warming, unprecedented electricity demand, and a growing push for more energy efficiency and
renewable development. We covered the Golden State's power industry throughout deregulation and the energy crisis.
"Juice," our editorial column, brings you journalists' insights into developing news.
Dr. Rich Ferguson's column offers an insider's view to the natural gas market and regulatory proceedings. Our guest columns
provide contrasting perspectives on important current energy events. Our gossip columnist, Dr. Snarky Sparks—and her
office mate, Dr. Shrinky—provide humorous, biting, insider revelations.
For the price of a subscription, you can virtually attend meetings and hearings, whether at the state Capitol, California Public Utilities
Commission, or the California Energy Commission. We also cover news outside the state that affects California's energy industry,
be it coal development, federal policies on liquefied natural gas, or renewable subsidies. And we translate into plain English new
lingo that is unique to the power market.
We hope you enjoy reading our articles as much as we enjoy writing them.
California Energy Circuit Staff
J.A. Savage, coeditor, is an award-winning journalist with honors from the National Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists,
the Computer Press Association, and the Electronic Publishers Foundation. She has worked as an investigative reporter and editor for over two
decades, co-authored two books on energy deregulation, and was a columnist for the San Francisco Examiner. Her articles appear in major
metropolitan newspapers and news services, including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times, and Dow Jones,
as well as in magazines including the California Journal and national syndication.
Elizabeth McCarthy, coeditor, has written extensively on energy, as well as water, heath care, and business for various organizations and publications, including the World Health Organization, Harvard University's Nieman Reports, U.C. Press, Agence France Presse wire service, New Scientist , the Sacramento Business Journal and Alternet. She has specialized in energy issues since the late 1990s. She was the Bureau of National Affairs' Irish correspondent, covering myriad issues—from wave action
to European Union directives. McCarthy is an attorney
and switched to journalism after discovering that reporting on energy issues was more dynamic and enjoyable than briefing them. She focuses
on making her coverage of complex policy and legal issues digestible, accurate, and entertaining whenever possible.
William J. Kelly is Circuit's staff correspondent. He has written on environmental and energy issues for more than 20 years
and was the winner of the Rose Foundation's 2006 Meade Clean Air Prize for his articles on air pollution in LA Weekly in 2006.
Kelly is author, with Chip Jacobs, of the forthcoming book "Smogtown," from Overlook Press in New York. His freelance articles have been
published in the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, California Journal, LA Weekly, Orange County Weekly,
Scientific American, Alternet, and for Environment News Service.
Earlier in his career, Kelly covered national environmental issues in Washington, D.C., for the employee-owned publishing company BNA, Inc.
He also has written and edited books on the environment, including "Home Safe Home" (National Press, Inc., 1989; republished by Avon Books, 1991)
and several volumes published by BNA. After leaving Washington, he spent more than 13 years as press spokesperson and communications
manager for the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the smog control agency for greater Los Angeles. There he won the International
Association of Business Communicators awards for best media communications program in 1997 and best annual report in 1995. He holds a
master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.
Mark Edward Nero is Energy Circuit's South Coast correspondent. Nero, based in Long Beach, Calif., has been writing for
Circuit since 2005 and has been a professional journalist since 1995. He has worked for a series of Southern California daily newspapers,
including the San Diego Union-Tribune and Long Beach Press-Telegram. His writing also has appeared in the Boston Globe,
the Los Angeles Daily News, and other publications both in the U.S. and abroad. In addition to reporting for Circuit, Nero writes
about the music industry and the maritime shipping industry.
Christine Keyser is an environmental and energy reporter who has written for such diverse publications as the Asian Wall Street Journal,
Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, and Sierra Magazine. She covered deregulation of California's electric power
industry and the state's ensuing energy crisis for McGraw Hill/Platts energy publications. She has been a reporter for AP-Dow Jones in Tokyo,
the Bureau of National Affairs, San Francisco Examiner, and UPI. She has master's degrees in environmental law from Vermont Law
School and journalism from the University of California at Berkeley. She aspires to live off the grid on a sustainable farm powered by
renewable energy generated without harm to wildlife or the environment.
Jason Mihos is an accomplished energy writer who now acts as Circuit's sometimes Webmaster.
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