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March 9, 2021	What’s Driving Corporate America’s Big Bets on Clean Energy?	Miranda Ballentine, Bryn Baker	Corporate renewable energy deals were equal to a quarter of total U.S. electric power additions in 2020. The Renewable Energy Buyer’s Alliance talks policies to accelerate clean energy purchasing.
December 15, 2020	Energy Storage’s Seasonal Challenge	Oscar Serpell	Electricity storage technologies have proven their worth in balancing daily fluctuations in wind and solar output. But can storage address the challenges presented by the decarbonized grid of the future?
November 10, 2020	Offshore Wind Presents Big Challenge for the Electric Grid	Brandon Burke	Large scale offshore wind development will require a rethink of how America’s electric grid is designed, and paid for.
September 29, 2020	Zoning Rules Stifle Urban Clean Energy. Can The Rules Be Rewritten?	Sara Bronin	Outmoded and often discriminatory zoning laws block clean energy development in low-income urban neighborhoods. An effort is underway to update rules, and enable clean energy equity.
June 9, 2020	How a Green New Deal Could Redraw America’s Map	Billy Fleming, Alexandra Lillehei	Climate change, and the policies to address it, will change where we live and work and how we produce energy and food. Two environmental designers discuss an atlas of our country’s future.
April 15, 2020	As Residential Solar’s Capabilities Expand, Does New Growth Await?	Anne Hoskins	The residential solar power industry faces the expiration of a key tax break and resistance to net-metering. But with solar’s emerging role in grid services—coupled with additional battery storage—solar is becoming a valuable tool for grid resiliency.
March 17, 2020	Will the Clean Energy Transition Bring Energy Equality?	Daniel Kammen	Nobel Laureate Daniel Kammen, head of U.C. Berkeley’s Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, discusses the development of clean energy solutions that meet the social and developmental needs of the communities they serve.
July 24, 2018	U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Arrives	Jim Bennett, Brandon Burke	After a decade of false starts, the U.S. offshore wind industry is poised for real growth. The chief of the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s renewables office takes a look at the future of offshore wind.
May 31, 2018	Are 100% Renewable Energy Targets Realistic?	Karl Hausker	A number of states are pushing legislation that would require 100% renewable energy supply. But challenges ranging from high costs to the duck curve could make such targets hard to reach.
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.
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 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.
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.
March 28, 2017	Distributed Energy: Utilities’ Existential Challenge?	Sonny Popowsky	Distributed energy technologies like rooftop solar are eating away at electric utilities’ business. Can utilities adapt, and at what cost to consumers?

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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.