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Power down with a good book
Our team’s most energizing reads for the holidays.
Book recommendations
A Walk in the Woods
A funny, wildly entertaining memoir about hiking the Appalachian Trail. I laughed out loud the whole way through, and somehow still came out learning about ecology, conservation, history, and the simple power of looking for the good in people.
Robin Laine
CEO & Founder
California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and What It Means for America's Power Grid
A fascinating look at how a legacy utility’s aging infrastructure, regulatory pressures, and escalating climate risk collided with disastrous results. The author highlights real missteps while also showing the immense structural challenges utilities face today. A sharp reminder that grid reliability and wildfire resilience demand sustained investment.
Bo Kendall
Account Executive
The Overstory: A Novel
Beautifully told stories about the insane complexity and simplicity of the natural world (mainly trees), and how humanity impacts that world.
Gabe Wolpa
Director of Product
The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture
While primarily about agricultural practices, this book speaks deeply and convincingly about how we consider responsible land usage. It's a bit tangential to renewables development, but it changed the way I think about so many things.
Doug Brown
Director of Design
The Crazies: The Cattleman, the Wind Prospector, and a War Out West
The Crazies takes readers to Montana’s Crazy Mountains, where a fifth-generation rancher and a bold wind developer face off in a high-stakes fight over land, influence, and the future of their community. With the pace of a thriller, it follows ranchers, prospectors, billionaires, and local leaders as their competing ambitions reshape the West.
Nicole Yager
VP Marketing
American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
This book completely reshaped how I think about regional identity in the United States. It divides North America into eleven cultural “nations” and shows how each one’s ideals and values grew out of its unique settlement history. Once you understand the framework, you start seeing it everywhere in our politics, community behavior, and the different ways groups approach cooperation and conflict.
