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KQED newscast for Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM

Picture a home with appliances all wired up to the internet - and they all talk to each other to figure out when it’s best to pull power from the grid.  Now envision thousands of homes running this way. That's a “virtual power plant." KQED climate reporter Laura Klivans takes us to North Richmond to check it out. 

Picture a home with appliances all wired up to the internet - and they all talk to each other to figure out when it&rsquo;s best to pull power from the grid.&nbsp; Now envision thousands of homes running this way. That's a &ldquo;virtual power plant." KQED climate reporter Laura Klivans takes us to North Richmond to check it out.&nbsp;

New Virtual Power Plants Hold Promising Future in Green Energy 

Silicon Valley is playing an outsize role in national politics - but the tech money is helping shape local politics, too ... deepening fractures among Democratic Party leaders, especially in San Francisco. Here to explain is KQED’s Sydney Johnson.

Silicon Valley is playing an outsize role in national politics - but the tech money is helping shape local politics, too ... deepening fractures among Democratic Party leaders, especially in San Francisco. Here to explain is KQED&rsquo;s Sydney Johnson.

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