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Out West Student Blog
Welcome to the Bill Lane Center's "Out West" student blog. Here you'll find posts from student interns and researchers. Our students work hard on projects and at organizations across the West, and here they share their reflections on these unique experiences.

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Kyle Chen shares how a summer as a Shultz Fellow at the California Department of Water Resources gave him a unique perspective on renewable energy storage planning within the public sector.
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Claire Petersen reflects on her data analysis work at the California Energy Commission, its impact on her PhD pursuits, and other adventures in the Sacramento area.
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Varun Shirhatti reflects on the differences between data analysis and conservation fieldwork through his internship at the Deschutes Land Trust.
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Shultz Fellow Shambhavi Rathore delves into the challenges of decarbonization and equity in California’s energy sector at the CPUC.
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During his summer at CAISO, Elijah Schacter is rethinking how demand response resources contribute to the California electricity grid.