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| 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. |
| June 27, 2017 | Can Nuclear Bailouts and Electricity Markets Coexist? | David Cherney, Christina Simeone | Recent financial bailouts of nuclear reactors in New York and Illinois highlight the conflict between states’ environmental goals and the integrity of electricity markets. As more states weigh subsidies, debate over their market impact and legality expand. |
| June 13, 2017 | Climate Change and the Future of Risk | Howard Kunreuther | The risk models that policymakers, insurers and communities rely on to predict the nature and frequency of weather-related disasters are becoming less reliable as climate change advances. A Wharton School climate risk expert examines how we might adequately, and equitably, prepare for future disasters. |
| May 30, 2017 | The Economics of Climate Change | Per Krusell | How much should countries spend today to avoid climate change impacts that may be far into the future? A renown economist discusses the emerging discipline of climate economics and explores means of efficiently putting mitigation funds to work. |
| May 16, 2017 | Carbon Capture’s Clean Coal Ambition | John Quigley | Carbon capture and storage has the potential to dramatically reduce the carbon emissions from the burning of coal. Yet the technology’s boosters need to overcome high costs, and major infrastructure challenges, if they’re to make a dent in emissions. |
| May 1, 2017 | Fossil Fuel Subsidies: Should they Stay or Should they Go? | Gilbert Metcalf | Fossil fuel tax breaks cost the U.S. $4 billion per year. A former Treasury Department Environment and Energy official looks at whether that’s money well spent. |
| April 18, 2017 | Without the U.S., Does Paris Climate Deal Collapse? | Andrew Light | A senior member of the U.S. State Department’s Paris negotiating team explores the implications of a Trump administration pullback from global climate deal. |
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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.