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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?
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.
September 15, 2020	As Climate-Related Disasters Intensify, Retreat Emerges as Adaptation Strategy	Mark Nevitt	An environmental lawyer examines the legal and social challenges that could complicate managed retreat from areas at risk to climate-related disaster.
August 4, 2020	The Human History of Climate Change	Jesús Fernández-Villaverde	Much attention has been paid to the ways we humans are changing our climate. Yet, how has an ever-evolving climate changed us?
July 21, 2020	Questioning the Promise of Carbon Tax Border Adjustments	Samuel Kortum, David Weisbach	Most carbon tax proposals include a border adjustment to protect American industry from foreign competition. Yet research suggests that benefits won’t extend to consumers.
July 6, 2020	Will Trump’s Regulatory Rollbacks Survive?	Bethany Davis Noll, Richard Revesz	President Trump has gone to great lengths to undo the regulatory accomplishments of his predecessor. But the president’s methods could come back to haunt him, dooming his deregulatory energy and environmental agenda.
June 23, 2020	Understanding the Social Cost of Carbon	Gilbert Metcalf	The social cost of carbon provides an estimate of the economic damage caused by carbon emissions. A climate economist tells how it’s calculated.
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.
May 26, 2020	Why Americans Want a Carbon Tax, But Won’t Support One at the Polls	Ioana Marinescu	An economist looks at how economic worries, and political ideology, have made carbon taxes a tough sell.
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.
April 28, 2020	How Interest Groups Shape U.S. Clean Energy Policy	Leah Stokes	Political scientist Leah Stokes examines interest groups’ power to shape, and resist progressive energy policy.
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.
April 3, 2020	The Struggle for Local Control over Energy Development	Hannah Wiseman	Energy projects bring economic opportunity, but host communities often suffer disproportionate health and environmental impacts. An expert in environmental regulation looks at community efforts to exert control over energy development.
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.

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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.