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| April 23, 2024 | Can Competitive Electricity Markets Deliver Reliable Power? | Kelli Joseph | An expert in electricity markets explains why market price signals alone will struggle to incentivize adequate investment in the flexible electricity resources needed for future grid reliability. |
| April 2, 2024 | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the Rising Prospects for a U.S. Carbon Border Fee | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse discusses the prospects for bipartisan U.S. carbon border fee legislation, and the need to protect the Biden administration’s clean energy and climate achievements. |
| March 19, 2024 | Will Hydrogen Energy Be Clean Energy? | Danny Cullenward | The U.S. Department of the Treasury is finalizing rules that will determine which new clean hydrogen projects will receive the IRA’s generous 45V tax incentives, and whether those projects will deliver promised climate benefits. |
| March 5, 2024 | Europe Confronts the Reality of Energy System Sabotage | Benjamin Schmitt | Physical attacks on critical European energy infrastructure have risen since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, threatening energy security and the pace of the low-carbon transition. |
| February 20, 2024 | Accelerating the Energy Transition with Repurposed Energy | Alexandra Klass | Local opposition to clean energy projects slows the transition to a low carbon energy system. A legal expert explores how a national policy of “repurposed energy” could speed things up. |
| February 13, 2024 | Special Episode: Corporate Disclosure Law | Benjamin Chen | The winner of our student blog competition presents his submission: Corporate Disclosure Law on Energy Policy. |
| February 6, 2024 | The CO2 Transportation Challenge | Peter Psarras, Hélène Pilorgé | A national network of CO2 and biomass transportation infrastructure, spanning pipelines to rail routes, will be needed to support the permanent removal of atmospheric CO2. Can the network be economically built? |
| January 23, 2024 | AI’s Big Future in Energy and Climate Regulation | Cary Coglianese | Cary Coglianese, director of the Penn Program on Regulation, explores AI’s potential to help regulators keep pace with energy sector growth and climate-tech innovation. |
| January 9, 2024 | FERC Transmission Reform: A New Year’s Resolution? | Ari Peskoe | Ari Peskoe, director of Harvard Law School’s Electricity Law Initiative, discusses FERC’s pending reforms to the electric transmission development process in the U.S., and the legal challenges they'll likely face. |
| December 5, 2023 | Why the IRA’s Carbon Capture Tax Credit Could Increase Greenhouse Emissions | Emily Grubert | New research raises doubt around the climate benefits of the 45Q tax credit for carbon capture and storage for fossil fuel powerplants. |
| November 21, 2023 | Aligning Clean Energy Policy with Grid Reliability | Kelli Joseph | Recent electric grid emergencies highlight the need for better communication, and coordination, between energy policymakers and grid operators. |
| November 7, 2023 | What’s a “Fair Share” of Emissions Reductions Under the Paris Climate Process? | Roberto Schaeffer | Brazilian economist and IPCC lead author Roberto Schaeffer examines what constitutes a “fair share” of emissions reductions under the Paris climate process, and how fairness is defined. |
| October 24, 2023 | The U.S.’s Critical Mineral Supply Challenge | Brian Menell | A metals industry executive explores the race to develop alternative supplies of critical minerals essential to the energy transition. |
| October 10, 2023 | How Uruguay Went (Almost Completely) Fossil Fuel Free | Ramón Méndez Galain, Noah Gallagher Shannon | Ramón Méndez Galain, this year’s recipient of the Carnot Prize, reflects on leading Uruguay away from fossil fuels and toward a diverse electricity mix, approaching 100% renewables. And what the rest of the world might take from his country’s experience. |
| September 26, 2023 | Michael Mann on the Lessons of Climate Change Past | Michael Mann | Climatologist Michael Mann discusses his new book on Earth’s climate past, with insights into our climate future. |
Podcast Producer & Host
Since the first season of our podcast series, Andy Stone has directed each episode of Energy Policy Now—defining topics, inviting guests, and leading informative conversations.
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Andy Stone
Energy Policy Now Host and ProducerAndy Stone is producer and host of Energy Policy Now, the Kleinman Center’s podcast series. He previously worked in business planning with PJM Interconnection and was a senior energy reporter at Forbes Magazine.