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| December 3, 2024 | Why Electrical Grid Governance Needs Reforming | Shelley Welton, Joshua Macey | Byzantine governance structures and vested interests are slowing the greening of the U.S. electrical grid. Two grid policy experts discuss paths forward. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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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 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.