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List of works by Katherine Blunt

Alliance of Bondholders and Fire Victims Unsettles PG&E Bankruptcy ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (September 23, 2019)

America Leans on Aging Power Plants to Fend Off Electricity Shortages ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (May 16, 2022)

America’s Infrastructure Struggles With New Weather Forecast ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (November 15, 2021)

America’s New Energy Crisis ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (August 1, 2022)

America’s Power Grid Is Increasingly Unreliable ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 18, 2022)

Amid Blackouts, Texas Scrapped Its Power Market and Raised Prices. It Didn’t Work. ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 25, 2021)

An Army of Utility Workers Heads to Louisiana to Restore Power After Ida ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (September 2, 2021)

As PG&E Fire Victims Weigh Settlement, Lawyer’s Role Attracts Scrutiny ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (May 11, 2020)

As Texas Went Dark, the State Paid Natural-Gas Companies to Go Offline ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (May 7, 2021)

As Western Wildfires Spread, Utilities Outside California Face Lawsuit Risks ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (April 10, 2022)

Battery Storage Soars on U.S. Electric Grid ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (December 21, 2021)

Battle Brews Over Banning Natural Gas to Homes ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (May 31, 2021)

Before Lahaina Burned, Hawaiian Electric Was Slow to Replace Poles That Posed Fire Risk ⬇️

The Wall Street Journal article (September 24, 2023)

Berkshire Hathaway Offers to Spend $8.3 Billion on Emergency Power Plants in Texas ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (March 25, 2021)

Biden Aims to Cut Approval Times for New Power Lines ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (December 30, 2021)

Biden’s Big Infrastructure Plan Would Further Boost Renewable Energy ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (April 1, 2021)

Bill to Help PG&E Pay Wildfire Claims Shelved in California ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (September 6, 2019)

Bribery Probe Into a Nuclear Plant Bailout Examines Facilities’ Owner ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (October 14, 2020)

Businesses Charge Up Batteries to Corral Power Costs ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (August 9, 2020)

CEO of PG&E Steps Down Amid California Wildfire Crisis ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (January 13, 2019)

California Blackouts a Warning for States Ramping Up Green Power ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (August 17, 2020)

California Braces for More Blackouts as Heat Wave Scorches West ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (August 16, 2020)

California Burning

book by Katherine Blunt

California Faces New Risk of Blackouts This Week ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (September 7, 2020)

California Finds PG&E Responsible for Dixie Fire ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (January 5, 2022)

California Finds PG&E Responsible for Wine Country Fire ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (July 16, 2020)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom Races to Keep State’s Nuclear Plant Running ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (August 23, 2022)

California Governor Proposes Fixes to State’s Wildfire Crisis ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (April 12, 2019)

California Governor Pushes to Limit PG&E’s Bankruptcy Extension ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (May 15, 2019)

California Governor Threatens State Takeover of PG&E ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (November 1, 2019)

California Governor Threatens to Block PG&E Bankruptcy Exit ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (December 13, 2019)

California Heat Wave Forces Power Outages ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (August 15, 2020)

California Home Solar-Subsidy Revisions Boost Industry Stocks ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (November 10, 2022)

California Legislature Approves Multibillion-Dollar Wildfire Fund ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (July 11, 2019)

California Scrambles to Find Electricity This Summer as Blackout Risks Grow ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (July 7, 2021)

California Scrambles to Find Electricity to Offset Plant Closures ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (October 16, 2021)

California’s Natural-Gas Bans Push Largest Gas Utility to Find a New Strategy ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (November 2, 2022)

Climate Bill’s Success Hinges on Timely Renewable-Projects Build-Out ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (August 13, 2022)

Coal Shows Its Staying Power as Economies Bounce Back ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (July 7, 2021)

Companies Cancel Atlantic Coast Pipeline After Years of Delays ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (July 5, 2020)

ConEd Agrees to Sell Clean Energy Business for $6.8 Billion to RWE ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (October 1, 2022)

Cost of Going Green Surges as Companies Seek Renewable-Energy Shift ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (July 5, 2022)

Electric Bills Soar Across the Country as Winter Looms ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (September 18, 2022)

Electricity Shortage Warnings Grow Across U.S. ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (May 8, 2022)

Entergy Says 2,000 Miles of High-Voltage Lines Knocked Out by Hurricane Ida ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (August 30, 2021)

Ex-Enron CEO Skilling Plans Second Act ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (March 22, 2019)

Federal Judge Slams PG&E Efforts to Trim Trees Near Power Lines to Prevent Wildfires ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 19, 2020)

Federal Monitor Finds Problems With PG&E Tree-Trimming Program ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (August 14, 2019)

Federal Regulator Calls for Tougher Power Plant Standards Following Texas Freeze ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (September 23, 2021)

Fires in Oregon, California Grow as Heat Wave Continues in Parts of West ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (July 19, 2021)

FirstEnergy to Pay $230 Million to Resolve Charges in Ohio Bribery Scandal ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (July 22, 2021)

Florida’s Strengthened Electric Grid Mostly Withstood Hurricane Ian ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (October 3, 2022)

GM and PG&E to Test Program for Electric Vehicles to Boost Power Grid ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (March 8, 2022)

Gavin Newsom Proposes Wildfire Fund to Bolster PG&E, Other California Utilities ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (June 21, 2019)

Global Drought Saps Hydropower, Complicating Clean-Energy Push ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (September 10, 2022)

Green Hydrogen Plant in Saudi Desert Aims to Amp Up Clean Power ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 8, 2021)

Hawaiian Electric Denies Causing Lahaina Fire ⬇️

The Wall Street Journal article (August 28, 2023)

Hawaiian Electric Knew Wildfires in Maui Were a Growing Risk, But Waited Years to Act ⬇️

The Wall Street Journal article (August 16, 2023)

Home-Solar Companies Merge as Coronavirus Dims Growth ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (July 7, 2020)

How a Utility’s Counterintuitive Strategy Might Fuel a Greener Future ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 8, 2020)

How an Energy Startup’s Plan to Disrupt the Power Grid Got Disrupted ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (December 8, 2020)

How to Cut Your Home’s Carbon Footprint and Make It More Climate-Friendly ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (November 13, 2021)

In Texas, Winter Storm Forces Rolling Power Outages as Millions Are Without Electricity ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 16, 2021)

Inside the Investigation That Secured a Guilty Plea for 84 Wildfire Deaths ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (August 25, 2022)

Judge Moves to Curtail PG&E’s Dividends Until it Reduces Wildfire Risks ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (April 2, 2019)

Judge Orders PG&E to Respond to Journal Article ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (July 10, 2019)

Larry Householder, Ohio’s House Speaker, Arrested on Racketeering Charges ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (July 21, 2020)

NRG Energy to Acquire Direct Energy for $3.6 Billion ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (July 24, 2020)

Natural Gas, America’s No. 1 Power Source, Already Has a New Challenger: Batteries ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (May 16, 2021)

Natural-Gas Exports Lift Prices for U.S. Utilities Ahead of Winter ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (November 7, 2021)

New Blackouts Darken California ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (September 8, 2020)

New England Risks Winter Blackouts as Gas Supplies Tighten ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (October 17, 2022)

New Winter Storm Threatens Fragile Power Grids in Texas, Other Parts of U.S. ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 17, 2021)

NextEra, Renewable-Energy Giant, Seeks Greater Scale With a Duke Takeover ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (September 30, 2020)

Nikola’s Business Model Relies on Big Leaps in Technology, Large Declines in Costs ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (September 28, 2020)

Offshore Wind Farms, Big in Europe, Could Boom in U.S. Under Biden ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 6, 2021)

Oil Price Rout to Hit U.S. Regional Economies ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (April 21, 2020)

Old Missouri Coal Plant Neared Retirement; Now It’s Needed to Avert Blackouts ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (June 10, 2022)

One of America’s Toughest CEO Jobs: Fixing PG&E ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (November 5, 2021)

Oregon Fires Show Power Lines Pose Threat Beyond California ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (September 17, 2020)

PG&E Bondholders Ally With Wildfire Victims to Propose New Bankruptcy Exit Plan ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (September 19, 2019)

PG&E Braces for Power Cuts; Tesla, Others See an Opening ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (July 15, 2019)

PG&E CEO Says It Could Impose Blackouts in California for a Decade ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (October 18, 2019)

PG&E CEO to Step Down After Tumultuous Year ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (April 22, 2020)

PG&E CFO Leaving for Another Utility ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (September 17, 2020)

PG&E Can Pull Out of Green-Power Contracts ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (June 9, 2019)

PG&E Caused Fire That Killed 85, California Concludes ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (May 15, 2019)

PG&E Charges to Swell to $25 Billion After Wildfire Settlement ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (December 9, 2019)

PG&E Close to Naming New CEO, New Board ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (March 16, 2019)

PG&E Delayed Safety Work on Power Line That Is Prime Suspect in California Wildfire ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 27, 2019)

PG&E Equipment Might Have Ignited Northern California Wildfire ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (October 9, 2020)

PG&E Faces SEC Investigation Related to Wildfire Accounting ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (May 2, 2019)

PG&E Files for Bankruptcy Following California Wildfires ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (January 29, 2019)

PG&E Fire Victims Agitate Against Deal to Exit Bankruptcy ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (April 1, 2020)

PG&E Fire Victims Seek Changes to Settlement After Coronavirus Selloff ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (April 2, 2020)

PG&E Had Systemic Problems With Power Line Maintenance, California Probe Finds ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (December 3, 2019)

PG&E Isn’t Alone in Facing Liability Risk Over California Fires ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (October 30, 2019)

PG&E Knew for Years Its Lines Could Spark Wildfires, and Didn’t Fix Them ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (July 10, 2019)

PG&E Makes Thousands of Repairs After Inspections ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (July 15, 2019)

PG&E Needs to Find Billions of Dollars for Wildfire Prevention ⬇️

The Wall Street Journal article (December 12, 2022)

PG&E Ordered by Judge to Overhaul Tree Trimming, Line Inspections ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (April 29, 2020)

PG&E Outlines Board Shake-Up as It Posts Quarterly Profit ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (May 1, 2020)

PG&E Plan Offers Nearly $18 Billion to Wildfire Victims and Public Entities ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (September 9, 2019)

PG&E Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Fires as It Nears Bankruptcy Exit ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (June 16, 2020)

PG&E Posts Steep Quarterly Loss Tied to Bankruptcy Costs ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (July 30, 2020)

PG&E Power Lines Remain Risky to California, Even During Blackouts ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (October 25, 2019)

PG&E Prepares for Bankruptcy Amid Wildfire Fallout ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (January 14, 2019)

PG&E Promises Board Shake-Up as It Pursues California’s Approval on Bankruptcy Exit ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 1, 2020)

PG&E Reaches $1 Billion Settlement With Paradise, California Governments ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (June 18, 2019)

PG&E Reaches Deal With California Governor on Bankruptcy Exit ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (March 22, 2020)

PG&E Reports $1.6 Billion Loss as Fires, Blackouts Raise Costs ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (November 7, 2019)

PG&E Reports $3.6 Billion Quarterly Loss as Wildfire Costs Mount ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 18, 2020)

PG&E Retires Power Line That Sparked California’s Deadliest Wildfire ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (June 19, 2019)

PG&E Says Its Equipment Was Probable ‘Ignition Point’ of Camp Fire, Takes $11.5 Billion in Charges ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 28, 2019)

PG&E Shares Tumble After Judge Allows Trial on Whether It Caused Wildfire ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (August 19, 2019)

PG&E Shuffles Board to End Investor Challenge ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (April 22, 2019)

PG&E Sparked at Least 1,500 California Fires. Now the Utility Faces Collapse. ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (January 13, 2019)

PG&E Starts to Cut Power for Nearly 800,000 California Customers on Wildfire Risk ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (October 9, 2019)

PG&E Taps Michigan Utility Leader to Become Next CEO ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (November 18, 2020)

PG&E Warns of More Blackouts During California’s Wildfire Season ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (June 11, 2021)

PG&E Wildfire Victims Still Unpaid as New California Fires Weigh on Company’s Stock ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (August 11, 2021)

PG&E to Exit Bankruptcy After Wildfires, Still Saddled With Debt ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (June 16, 2020)

PG&E to Face Manslaughter Charges Over 2020 Wildfire ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (September 24, 2021)

PG&E to Plead Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter Charges in Deadly California Wildfire ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (March 23, 2020)

PG&E, California Agree to $1.68 Billion Settlement for Wildfires ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (December 17, 2019)

PG&E, in Reversal, to Bury Power Lines in Fire-Prone Areas ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (July 21, 2021)

PG&E: Wired to Fail ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (December 28, 2019)

PG&E’s Bankruptcy Filing Triggers Complex Reorganization Case ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (January 29, 2019)

PG&E’s Big Blackout Is Only the Beginning ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (October 12, 2019)

PG&E’s Fire Victims Are Set to Become Its Biggest Shareholders ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 13, 2020)

PG&E’s Radical Plan to Prevent Wildfires: Shut Down the Power Grid ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (April 27, 2019)

PG&E’s Settlement With California Fire Victims Is Fraying ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (April 6, 2020)

Petrochemical Fire Near Houston Continues to Spread Monday ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (March 18, 2019)

Petrochemical Fire Near Houston Is Expected to Burn for Days ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (March 18, 2019)

Power Companies Enter Peak Hurricane Season Lacking Enough Transformers ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (August 1, 2022)

Power Company NextEra Plans to Cut Carbon Emissions to Close to Nothing by 2045 ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (June 14, 2022)

Puerto Rico’s Power Failures Worsen After Private Takeover ⬇️

The Wall Street Journal article (November 27, 2022)

Renewables Are Fast Replacing Coal, Except in Rural America ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (August 8, 2021)

San Francisco Offers to Buy PG&E Wires in City ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (September 8, 2019)

Should You Replace Your Gas Furnace With a Heat Pump? ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (May 13, 2021)

Solar Power Booms in Texas ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (November 28, 2020)

Tariff Probe Casts Shadow on U.S. Solar Build-Out ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (April 30, 2022)

Tesla Battery Catches Fire at Utility Storage Project in Australia ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (July 30, 2021)

Texas Governor, State Senate Call for Reversal of $16 Billion Power Overcharges ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (March 10, 2021)

Texas Grapples With Crushing Power Bills After Freeze ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 23, 2021)

Texas Lawmakers Tackle Costs of Winter Freeze, Say More Action Needed ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (June 6, 2021)

Texas Power Grid Board Members Resign Following Freeze ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 23, 2021)

Texas Power Grid Was Minutes From Collapse During Freeze, Operator Says ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 24, 2021)

Texas Power Outages to Drag Into Third Day as Deep Freeze Persists ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 16, 2021)

Texas Storm Is Windfall for Some Wall Street Firms ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (April 6, 2021)

Texas Utility Commission Chief Resigns After Blackouts ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (March 1, 2021)

The $16 Billion in Texas Power Overcharges? Monitor Says Only $3.2 Billion Can Be Undone ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (March 11, 2021)

The Most-Hated Solar Company in America ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (May 5, 2022)

The New Green Energy Giants Challenging Exxon and BP ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (December 11, 2020)

The Texas Freeze: Why the Power Grid Failed ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 19, 2021)

This New Company Is Betting Big on Nuclear Power in America ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 2, 2022)

This Old Metal Hook Could Determine Whether PG&E Committed a Crime ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (March 8, 2020)

To Reduce Wildfires, PG&E to Pull Plug on Customers ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (February 6, 2019)

Top PG&E Power Executive to Leave Amid California Wildfire Crisis ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (January 8, 2019)

Towns Trying to Ban Natural Gas Face Resistance in Their Push for All-Electric Homes ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (July 31, 2021)

U.S. Consumed More Renewables Than Coal for First Time in 134 Years ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (May 28, 2020)

U.S. Solar Shipments Are Hit by Import Ban on China’s Xinjiang Region ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (August 9, 2022)

Ukraine War Drives Up Cost of Wind, Solar Power ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (March 27, 2022)

Utilities Cash In on Green Energy Subsidy for Bigger Wind Farms ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (August 16, 2020)

Utilities Look to Green Hydrogen to Cut Carbon Emissions ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (September 5, 2020)

Utilities Plan Huge Electric Grid Upgrades, Adding to Power Bills ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (April 17, 2022)

Utilities Speed Up Closure of Coal-Fired Power Plants ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (January 9, 2019)

West Risks Blackouts as Drought Reduces Hydroelectric Power ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (June 18, 2021)

White House Picks D.C. Regulator for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (September 9, 2021)

Why California Keeps Having Blackouts ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (August 23, 2020)

Why Your Electric Bill Is Soaring—and Likely to Go Higher ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (March 14, 2022)

Wildfire Season: PG&E Blacks Out Some Customers to Reduce California Risks ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (August 17, 2021)

Wind-Driven Blackouts Become New Reality in California ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (September 8, 2020)

Wind-Turbine Makers Struggle to Profit From Renewable-Energy Boom ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (August 23, 2021)

‘A Failure of Texas-Size Proportions’—State Debates How to Overhaul Its Power Market ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (April 16, 2021)

‘Safety Is Not a Glamorous Thing’: How PG&E Regulators Failed to Stop Wildfire Crisis ⬇️

Wall Street Journal article (December 8, 2019)

California Burning

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