Emily Pontecorvo

Founding Staff Writer, Heatmap News · 1 appearance on the record.

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She covers clean energy deployment, building electrification, industrial decarbonization, and federal climate policy. A graduate of MIT’s Graduate Program in Science Writing and former reporter at Grist, she was awarded a SEAL Environmental Journalism Award in 2023.

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The record, in short

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Berkeley became the first US city to ban natural gas in 2019

“Berkeley, California, was the first city in the country to ban gas in new buildings, and that was back in 2019.”

Emily Pontecorvo Mar 9, 2023 ▶ 3:19 The Carbon Copy: The great electrician shortage

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What they said5 Episodes1

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Assertion Not checkable as stated

Pontecorvo: Union electricians do little residential work due to non-union wage competition

“Right now, union electricians, they don't really do that much work on houses because they're undercut by non-union electricians who can pay their workers less.”

Emily Pontecorvo Mar 9, 2023 ▶ 24:49 The Carbon Copy: The great electrician shortage

Assertion Supported

Berkeley became the first US city to ban natural gas in 2019

“Berkeley, California, was the first city in the country to ban gas in new buildings, and that was back in 2019.”

Emily Pontecorvo Mar 9, 2023 ▶ 3:19 The Carbon Copy: The great electrician shortage

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Rewiring America estimates 60% to 70% of US homes need electrical panel upgrades

“There's this nonprofit, Rewiring America, and they estimate that something like 60 to 70% of homes in the U.S. Are gonna need to upgrade their electrical panels in order to accommodate solar or new electric appliances.”

Emily Pontecorvo Mar 9, 2023 ▶ 4:45 The Carbon Copy: The great electrician shortage

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Pontecorvo: Median Bay Area electrician salary is roughly $90,000

“The median salary for an electrician in the Bay Area is about 90,000 dollars, and a lot of people make six figures.”

Emily Pontecorvo Mar 9, 2023 ▶ 15:45 The Carbon Copy: The great electrician shortage

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Pontecorvo: Laney College's Electrical Program Almost Collapsed After a Teacher Retired

“In the Bay Area, this birthplace of Electrify Everything, the place to take electrical training classes is a school called Laney College, and the program there almost collapsed when one of the teachers retired this year.”

Emily Pontecorvo Mar 9, 2023 ▶ 16:55 The Carbon Copy: The great electrician shortage

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
The Carbon Copy: The great electrician shortage	Mar 9, 2023	8m

Emily Pontecorvo

The record, in short

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