Woody Hastings
Woody Hastings is an energy and environmental policy analyst, strategic planner, and community organizer with over thirty years of experience across the nonprofit, governmental, and private sectors. He specializes in community-based energy transition strategies and geothermal energy development.
Statewide Call Appearances
Plugging In: How Advanced Geothermal Can Open Doors for Communities, Workers, and Clean Firm DERs
- What are Advanced Geothermal Energy Systems (AGES)?
- Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) and Closed-Loop Geothermal
- California's geothermal resource potential (27.9 GW by 2050 per NREL)
- Principles of just and equitable geothermal development
- Opportunities for high-road employment and workforce transition
- Health, safety, and environmental considerations
- Industry players: Fervo, Eavor, Quaise, Ormat, and more
- 2026 California policy landscape including AB 2234, California FORGE, and CEC proceedings
- Levelized cost of energy trends and the path to $45/MWh by 2035
Reports from the Field on Advancing DERs in CCAs
This February, we turn to our members involved in their local Community Choice programs to inform the Alliance about advances in distributed energy resource (DER) deployment (or the lack thereof) from their respective CCAs. Given the failure of many Community...
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