What Josh Clark has said about California electricity crisis

2 quotes · 1 episode · Jun 27, 2026

Josh Clark, Co-host of Stuff You Should Know, has been quoted on California electricity crisis 2 times in 1 episode of Stuff You Should Know, most recently on June 27, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Clark says California's electricity shortage was an entirely fabricated scarcity created by Enron.
“this was an entirely fabricated scarcity of electricity. There was plenty of it”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: How Enron Fooled the World (Jun 27, 2026) · Listen from 17:28
Clark says three traders pleaded guilty and that the manipulation cost California $40 to $45 billion.
“costing the state between $40 and $45 billion in retrospect of unnecessary electrical prices and costs”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: How Enron Fooled the World (Jun 27, 2026) · Listen from 22:28

Selects: How Enron Fooled the World
Stuff You Should Know · Jun 27, 2026 · 1 h
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant recount the rise and collapse of Enron, from deregulation and the California energy crisis to accounting fraud, bankruptcy and its aftermath.