United States Energy Association

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on offshore wind, Marine Ecologist Anthony W.J. Bicknell, a Senior Research Fellow at the UK’s University of Exeter, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the impact of offshore wind project development on ocean life habitats and habits.This episode is sponsored by Bracewell. For over 75 years, Bracewell has focused on delivering superb service and sophisticated insight. They excel where collaboration and deep sector knowledge provide the edge, particularly in energy, infrastructure, finance and technology. Their award-winning teams lead the market in transactions and litigation, regulatory matters and government relations. Learn more here: https://www.bracewell.com/

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on offshore wind, Francis Bradley, the President and CEO of Electricity Canada, the advocate for Canadian electricity providers and their suppliers, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the drivers and policy behind Canada’s newest initiatives to develop offshore wind along its Atlantic Coast.This episode is sponsored by Bracewell. For over 75 years, Bracewell has focused on delivering superb service and sophisticated insight. They excel where collaboration and deep sector knowledge provide the edge, particularly in energy, infrastructure, finance and technology. Their award-winning teams lead the market in transactions and litigation, regulatory matters and government relations. Learn more here: www.bracewell.com 

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on offshore wind, American Clean Power Pacific Offshore Wind Director Molly Croll answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the economic, environmental, and reliability values in building floating ocean wind projects off California’s coast.This episode is sponsored by Bracewell. For over 75 years, Bracewell has focused on delivering superb service and sophisticated insight. They excel where collaboration and deep sector knowledge provide the edge, particularly in energy, infrastructure, finance and technology. Their award-winning teams lead the market in transactions and litigation, regulatory matters and government relations. Learn more here: www.bracewell.com 

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on offshore wind, B.J. Martino answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the Group’s 2025 survey that found a significant majority of voters from both political parties favor U.S. offshore wind even as policymakers continue to create siting and permitting barriers for project development.This episode is sponsored by Bracewell. For over 75 years, Bracewell has focused on delivering superb service and sophisticated insight. They excel where collaboration and deep sector knowledge provide the edge, particularly in energy, infrastructure, finance and technology. Their award-winning teams lead the market in transactions and litigation, regulatory matters and government relations. Learn more here: https://www.bracewell.com/

In the opening episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on offshore wind, Turn Forward CEO Hillary Bright answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the economic, environmental, and reliability values in building wind far off U.S. coasts even as policymakers continue to create siting and permitting barriers for offshore wind projects.This episode is sponsored by Bracewell. For over 75 years, Bracewell has focused on delivering superb service and sophisticated insight. They excel where collaboration and deep sector knowledge provide the edge, particularly in energy, infrastructure, finance and technology. Their award-winning teams lead the market in transactions and litigation, regulatory matters and government relations. Learn more at https://www.bracewell.com/

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on evolving energy policy, former FERC Chair Neil Chatterjee, currently the Chief Government Affairs Officer for global software and distributed resources provider Palmetto, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about what to expect in the power sector under the new presidential administration and congress as changing resources, spiking electricity demand, and extreme weather events add unprecedented stress to the US power system.

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on changing energy policy priorities, American Council on Renewable Energy, or ACORE, President and CEO Ray Long answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about what to expect in the power sector under the new presidential administration and congress as changing resources, spiking electricity demand, and extreme weather events add unprecedented stress to the US power system.

In this final episode in the USEA Power Sector Podcast’s series on utility planning practices, Regulatory Assistance Project Senior Associate Mark LeBel answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the just-emerging understanding of the value in integrating electricity and natural gas resources in planning.

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast episode in a continuing series on utility planning, Energy and Environmental Economics Senior Partner Arne Olson answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about how variable and customer-owned energy resources, rising demand, and new policies are driving the need to move beyond siloed bulk and distribution system planning to the new concept of integrated system planning to optimize the use of all available resources.

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on changing priorities, National Electrical Manufacturers Association Government Relations Director Peter Ferrell answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the increasingly urgent need to deal with the electric transformer supply chain to protect reliability and resilience as new resources, spiking electricity demand, and extreme weather events add stress to the power sector.