United States Energy Association
United States Energy Association
The USEA Power Sector Podcast is bringing new voices and new ideas to key energy system conversations in 15-minute interviews targeting urgently needed solutions. Topics will range from when, where, and how generation and transmission should be expanded to what resources and technologies are needed to ensure distribution systems remain reliable.
USEA's Global Briefing series promotes international voices and ideas in the Energy Sector.
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Jul 23, 2024 • 14min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 62: University of Texas at Austin Professor Joshua D. Rhodes
In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on wildfires, University of Texas at Austin Professor Joshua D. Rhodes answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about about Texas wildfires, including the February 2024 Panhandle fire, the biggest ever in Texas, and how state policymakers can support wildfire prediction, prevention, and mitigation to protect electricity providers and their customers.
Jul 18, 2024 • 17min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 61: GD Strategic Founder & Principal Gitane De Silva
In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Gitane De Silva, former CEO of the Canada Energy Regulator and founder and principal of public policy consultancy GD Strategic, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about Canada’s approach to the fast-growing costs and impacts of wildfires, and how those approaches might inform or compliment U.S. decisions.
Jul 16, 2024 • 18min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 60: Pacific Power President Ryan Flynn and VP of T&D Operations Allen Berreth
In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast series on wildfires, President Ryan Flynn and Vice President of Transmission and Distribution Operations Allen Berreth of Pacific Power answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the impacts and costs of wildfires in the Pacific Northwest, what those costs and impacts mean for electric utilities, and how electric utilities can take steps to protect their customers.
Jul 11, 2024 • 17min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 59: Oregon PUC Commissioner Letha Tawney
In this episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on wildfires, Commissioner Letha Tawney of the Oregon Public Utilities Commission answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about how policymakers and the power sector can address the impacts and costs of wildfires and protect electricity customers from the devastation and liability of the widening challenge of wildfires.
Jul 9, 2024 • 19min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 58: Strategen Group Director of Regulatory Innovation Jennifer Potter
In this episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on wildfires, Strategen Group Director of Regulatory Innovation Jennifer Potter, who spent 2018 to 2022 as a Commissioner with the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the impacts and costs of Hawaii’s devastating Lahaina wildfire, how those impacts and costs have affected Hawaiian Electric customers and the Lahaina community, who in Hawaii should be responsible for them and how the question of responsibility for wildfires might be addressed nationally.
Jul 2, 2024 • 18min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 57: EEI EVP, Clean Energy, and General Counsel Emily Sanford Fisher
In this episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on wildfires, Edison Electric Institute Executive Vice President, Clean Energy, and General Counsel Emily Sanford Fisher answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the growing impacts and costs of wildfires on electric utilities and their customers and about how and why to distribute those costs more equitably.
Jun 28, 2024 • 22min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Sector Podcast 56: UC Berkeley Economist Severin Borenstein
In this episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on wildfires, University of California, Berkeley, Economist Severin Borenstein answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about how policymakers and the power sector can address the impacts of wildfires and protect electricity customers from the burden of wildfire costs.
Jun 26, 2024 • 18min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 55: Stanford University Senior Research Scholar Michael Wara
In this opening episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on wildfires, Stanford University’s Michael Wara answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about how policymakers and the power sector can equitably address impacts and costs of wildfires and protect electricity customers from the burden of wildfire costs.
Jun 21, 2024 • 17min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 54: Renew Home CEO Ben Brown
In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Ben Brown, CEO of Renew Home, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the nuts and bolts of his Google and OhmConnect backed company’s giant step toward bringing virtual power plants to market.
Jun 18, 2024 • 20min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 53: Energy Vault Board Chair & CEO Rob Piconi
In this final episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on energy storage, Rob Piconi, CEO and Board Chair of Energy Vault, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about his company’s unique multiple technology business model based on battery energy storage systems, gravity energy storage, and green hydrogen and about his perspective on the future of the energy storage sector and these technologies.
