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July 2, 2024

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March 20, 2018	Lessons from a Decade of Cap & Trade	Arthur van Benthem	Carbon cap and trade is gaining momentum, most recently with China’s plan to build the largest carbon market. What can new markets learn from cap and trade’s past mistakes?
February 27, 2018	The Promise and Peril of Self-Driving Trucks	Steve Viscelli	Self-driving technology promises to revitalize the trucking industry. But increased energy demand and air pollution are possible downsides.
February 13, 2018	The Future of Nuclear Host Communities	Saqib Rahim, Jennifer Stromsten	Nuclear power plants pump millions of dollars into local economies. As the rate of nuclear retirements accelerates, will surrounding communities find a way forward?
January 31, 2018	Envisioning a Low Carbon, Lowest Cost Grid	Jesse Jenkins	Today’s electric grid will need to be reimagined to deliver carbon-free power. MIT’s Jesse Jenkins talks about what a deeply decarbonized electricity system might look like, and how to build it at lowest cost.
January 16, 2018	The Local View of Fracking	Daniel Raimi	The view of Americans on the environmental and economic implications of fracking continues to be sharply divided a decade after the shale revolution began. But the author of a new book, The Fracking Debate, finds more nuanced perspectives in wellhead communities.
January 3, 2018	Corporations Deepen Clean Energy Commitments	Ken Kulak	U.S. corporations increasingly look to manage their carbon footprints, and energy costs, by entering into clean energy power purchase agreements (PPAs). The contracts offer a tailwind to renewable energy developers, but can challenge traditional utility-customer relationships.
December 12, 2017	Grid Operator PJM Talks Details of Energy Price Formation	Stu Bresler, Christina Simeone	The Energy Department’s proposal to shore up coal and nuclear power plants could undermine the very foundations of competitive electricity markets. PJM Interconnection’s Stu Bresler, SVP for Operations and Markets, weighs in on DOE’s proposal, and offers PJM’s alternative.
November 28, 2017	India’s Now or Never Climate Opportunity	Radhika Khosla	Mass migration to India’s cities will triple the size of its built environment by 2030, driving up energy use and carbon emissions. An expert on India’s energy sector looks at the country’s efforts to balance development and climate impact.
November 14, 2017	Distributed Energy’s Wholesale Opportunity	Ari Peskoe	Owners of rooftop solar could soon begin selling power into wholesale electricity markets, the traditional domain of big coal, gas and nuclear generators. The catch: electricity markets need to get fully behind the switch.
October 31, 2017	A City Blazes Its Clean Energy Trail	Adam Agalloco	A growing number of U.S. cities have set aggressive clean energy and efficiency targets, but the complexity and cost of energy transition can be daunting. Philadelphia’s Energy Manager offers insights into his city’s new plan to go 100% renewable and cut energy use.
October 17, 2017	Building Resilient Coastlines	Billy Fleming, Ellen Neises	The U.S. government has spent hundreds of billions of dollars over the past decade to rebuild U.S. cities following hurricanes, yet coastlines remain vulnerable to repeat disaster. Two Penn urban policy experts discuss coastal resiliency and the process by which government allocates recovery funds.
October 5, 2017	The Future of the EPA and Clean Power	Gina McCarthy	Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy weighs in on the fate of the Clean Power Plan, and the EPA itself, under current Administrator Scott Pruitt.
September 19, 2017	Where Coal Mining Brings Environmental Benefits	Greg Driscoll, John Stefanko	Can tightly regulated coal mining help undo decades worth of environmental damage caused by the coal industry? A Pennsylvania DEP official, and a mining executive, discuss efforts to remediate water and land in the state’s Anthracite coal region.
September 5, 2017	The Road Forward for Electric Vehicles	John Paul MacDuffie	The electric vehicle market seems poised to take off, with high demand for Tesla’s Model 3 and growing attention from big automakers. Yet challenges that stalled EV growth in the past, namely sparse charging infrastructure and high costs, persist. A Wharton School expert looks at the role policymakers can take to support, or sink, the EV renaissance.
July 10, 2017	Balancing the Benefits and Costs of Environmental Regulation	Cary Coglianese , Alan Krupnick	The Trump Administration has framed regulation as a drag on the economy and jobs. Yet how much do we really understand about the true benefits and costs of protecting the environment? Two legal and regulatory experts weigh in.

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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.