John Quigley, former head of the Pennsylvania DEP and Kleinman Center Senior Fellow, noted that he was pleasantly surprised at the sweeping nature of the decision.
The best case for nuclear after the president's exit from the climate treaty, said Christina Simeone, director of policy at the Kleiman Center, is that "backing out of Paris will embolden state actions to reduce carbon, which may help some nuclear plants."
Most spent fuel pools weren’t designed to hold more than one or two fuel assemblies at a time, so operators have had to make several modifications to safely contain more, said Christina Simeone, the director of policy and external affairs at the University of Pennsylvania’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy.
Christina Simeone, of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, said the mid-Atlantic grid operator, PJM, and the U.S. Department of Energy have taken first steps toward policies or recommendations that could help nuclear power plants.
"The low price of natural gas, and these hypercompetitive gas resources have been a real win for consumers," said Christina Simeone, director of policy and external affairs at the University of Pennsylvania's Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. "There are no reliability concerns now.
In light of ongoing public interest in the pipeline, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and the Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania recently hosted a joint workshop reviewing the key legal and policy issues raised by the project.
John Quigley, Pennsylvania’s former environment secretary and now a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, called the Moody’s report a trusted analysis that confirms existing trends.
Christina Simeone, Director of Policy at Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, remarks on the significant influence governors can have over the energy markets in their states.
During a fieldwork trip to Cuba, Shana Starobin and undergraduate Alexandra Johnson, backed by funding from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, visited a farm and several markets to better understand the country’s agricultural system.
The Kleinman Center's Christina Simeone says the city has its work cut out for them with low-income housing and small business energy efficiency reforms.
Kleinman Center Faculty Director Mark Hughes participates in a documentary film on Philadelphia's Energy Hub. More information about the Kleinman Center's involvement in the Energy Hub discussion can be found here.
Kleinman Center report on electricity competition was referenced as a part of testimony on behalf Gladys Brown, Chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
