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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.
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.
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.
July 25, 2023	America’s Electric Power Transmission Crisis	Rob Gramlich	Long-distance electric transmission lines are critical to the energy transition, yet construction of new lines has come to a near standstill in the U.S. Rob Gramlich of Grid Strategies discusses recent market and regulatory action to resurrect transmission development.
April 25, 2023	Energy Transition Puts Grid Reliability to the Test	Abraham Silverman	PJM Interconnection is in a race to shore up electric grid reliability as the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy accelerates.
February 14, 2023	The Complex, Politically Fraught Path to Building Electrification	Judy Chang	Judy Chang, former Massachusetts undersecretary of Energy and Climate Solutions, discusses the need to educate consumers on the imperative to cut building emissions.
December 13, 2022	Overcoming Economic Barriers to Electrifying Everything	Meredith Fowlie	Berkeley economist Meredith Fowlie explains why the drive to electrify everything in American homes is at odds with electricity rate-setting practices, and explores pricing reforms to deliver rapid and equitable electrification.
May 24, 2022	Governing Net-Zero Emissions Targets	Thomas Hale	As net-zero carbon targets become commonplace, strong governance will be needed to ensure climate benefits. This is episode two in the Exploring Governance series.
October 5, 2021	What Stands Between Louisiana and a Resilient Electric Grid?	Robert Verchick	Hurricane Ida was the most recent storm to wreak havoc on Louisiana’s electric grid. A legal expert discusses the struggle to provide resilient power in the state as weather and climate risks grow.
September 21, 2021	Can Americans Afford to Fully Electrify Their Homes?	Lucas Davis	A leading energy economist explores the cost of electrifying home heating, the top source of energy demand and carbon emissions in American homes.
June 29, 2021	Why Is It So Hard to Build the Electric Grid of the Future?	Rob Gramlich	America’s electric grid is ill-equipped to enable the low carbon energy system of the future. A grid policy expert explores the policy and economic changes that will be needed to bring the grid up to date.
October 27, 2020	Grid Forward Debate: Has Electricity Deregulation Led to Better Community Outcomes?	Bruce Edelston, Mark Kolesar	Electricity market deregulation promised to bring more affordable and reliable electricity to consumers. A quarter of a century after deregulation began, has its promise delivered for all Americans?
October 13, 2020	U.S. Electricity Regulator Takes a Hard Look at Carbon Pricing	Mike Borgatti	In September the U.S. electricity regulator, the FERC, held its first conference to explore carbon pricing in the nation’s electricity markets. Is a carbon price finally on the way?
May 12, 2020	Developing the Electric Grid for Carbon-Free Energy	Judy Chang	More states are targeting 100% clean energy, but is the electric grid ready? An expert in energy policy and economics looks at the policy challenges to creating a robust, carbon-free electricity system.

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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 Producer

Andy 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.