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| October 22, 2024 | How Virtual Power Plants Could Strengthen the Electrical Grid | Ryan Hledik | Virtual power plants can help electric grid operators address supply shortages and reliability concerns, but policy support is needed. |
| October 8, 2024 | How Identity Politics Shape U.S. Energy Policy | David B. Spence | David Spence explores the rise of identity politics in the U.S. and how it has fueled bitter partisanship over the transition to clean energy. |
| September 24, 2024 | Why AI Consumes So Much Energy and What Might Be Done About It | Dion Harris, Benjamin Lee | Nvidia’s director of accelerated computing, and a Penn expert in AI and datacenters, explain why AI uses so much energy, and how its energy appetite might be curbed. |
| September 10, 2024 | Exploring Electricity Pricing: Are Alternatives to Flat-Rate Plans Worth It? | Arthur van Benthem | Time-of-use electricity rates can save consumers money and optimize renewable power. But they can backfire if not carefully designed. |
| July 30, 2024 | Navigating the Geopolitical Risks of Solar Geoengineering | Scott Moore, Craig Martin | Two experts discuss the geopolitical risks of solar geoengineering and the need for global governance frameworks to prevent conflict. |
| July 16, 2024 | The Crisis of Confidence in Voluntary Carbon Offsets | Danny Cullenward | Kleinman Center senior fellow Danny Cullenward examines the integrity, effectiveness, and climate impact of voluntary carbon markets. |
| July 2, 2024 | Why New Tech is Key for EPA Methane Rule Compliance | Arvind Ravikumar, John Quigley | The EPA's methane rules for the oil and gas industry will depend on new technologies to monitor and verify climate impacts. |
| June 18, 2024 | Can the Global LNG Market Support U.S. Export Ambitions? | Anne-Sophie Corbeau | Natural gas market expert Anne-Sophie Corbeau explores the global outlook for LNG demand, and the potential for this demand to support the rapid expansion of U.S. LNG export capacity. |
| June 4, 2024 | Power Struggle: The Electric Grid’s Natural Gas Challenge | Seth Blumsack | As the nation’s reliance on natural gas as a fuel for electricity generation has grown, so have reliability challenges. |
| May 21, 2024 | Will Latest Solar Trade Dispute Impact U.S. Solar Growth? | Eric Wesoff | Canary Media senior editor Eric Wesoff explains the latest in a history of solar PV trade disputes involving the U.S. and China, and what it could mean for the growth of solar power and domestic solar manufacturing. |
| May 7, 2024 | California’s Solar Equity Challenge | Severin Borenstein | Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar Severin Borenstein discusses California’s struggle to balance residential solar growth with electricity rate equity. |
| 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. |
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.