After two decades of energy analysis & punditry, I conclude that most readers & listeners are attracted to technology stories, because they feel like they understand them. So we have hype cycles around fracking, hydrogen, nukes, etc.

But the things that actually matter--where the real #energytransition happens--are not technology stories at all! They're process and regulation and legislative stories... that bore our tech-obsessed audiences.

It's a real conundrum.

@chrisnelder As an energy policy person and also a novelist, I agree, and I genuinely wish we could figure out how to tell engaging, narrative-oriented stories about regulation and process.

(If it was me - and I'm not a journalist even a bit - I'd aim toward the 'grand strategy + individual profiles of players' angle on PUC processes, but I am also a nerd for intrigue.)

@ArkadyMartine The personal profile approach is certainly tried and true. But also very difficult to pull off if one is hewing firmly to a non-commercial focus, as we do at @TransitionShow