United States Energy Association

In episode 6 of the USEA Power Sector Podcast, Brattle Group Principal Ryan Hledik faced questions from journalist Herman K. Trabish about new approaches to address the growing use of electricity in buildings. He described research in a new Department of Energy paper that shows integrating flexible distributed energy resources and energy efficiency into power system operations can affordably protect reliability without using fossil fuels.

In episode 5 of the USEA Power Sector Podcast, Department of Energy Loan Programs Office Senior Advisor Jen Downing, the lead author on DOE’s just-released Virtual Power Plant, or VPP, “Liftoff Paper”, faces questions from journalist Herman K. Trabish on how VPPs composed of aggregated customer-owned distributed energy resources can replace natural gas peaker plants in protecting power system reliability during growing late afternoon and evening demand spikes and reward electricity customers for participating.

In episode 4 of the USEA Power Sector Podcast, Rocky Mountain Institute Co-founder and Chair Emeritus Amory Lovins, often called the Einstein of energy efficiency and one of the power sector’s most distinguished voices, now a member of the Stanford University faculty, faces questions from journalist Herman K. Trabish on how distributed energy resources and energy efficiency can reliably replace natural gas in the U.S. power mix.

In Episode 3 of the USEA Power Sector Podcast, Alliance for Transportation Electrification Executive Director Phil Jones faces questions from journalist Herman K. Trabish. He explains how fast rising electric vehicle penetrations are driving a too-slowly growing deployment of well-maintained charging facilities and why the opportunity to install chargers must be opened to more providers, including the nation’s electric utilities, and more viable business models.