
USEA's Power Sector Podcast
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.
The podcast is airing the voices of those building and implementing tomorrow’s energy system and of the policymakers who, in response to consumer demand, are setting the goals for a renewed power sector. It will also feature regular check-in
Latest episodes

Sep 10, 2024 • 19min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 75: CarbonQuest Senior Vice President for Strategy, Market Development, and Sustainability Anna Pavlova
In this episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on the carbon challenge, CarbonQuest Senior Vice President for Strategy, Market Development, and Sustainability Anna Pavlova answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about CarbonQuest’s unique
modular direct air capture system that removes carbon emissions from fossil fuel sources used to power buildings and works with partners to recycle that carbon in marketable products like concrete, jet fuel, and chemicals.

Sep 6, 2024 • 21min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 74: Carbon180 Director of Technology Policy Kajsa Hendrickson
In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Carbon180 Director of Technology Policy Kajsa Hendrickson answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about technologies for direct air capture of carbon dioxide, the progress in deploying those technologies, some of the challenges to their deployment, and the policies that can expand the capture of CO2 to impact scale.

Sep 4, 2024 • 23min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 73: DOE FECM Senior Advisor Noah Deich
In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Senior Advisor Noah Deich of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, or FECM answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about FECM’s just updated 10 principles aimed at encouraging carbon management developers and stakeholders to pursue the highest levels of safety, environmental stewardship, accountability, community engagement, and societal benefits.

Aug 29, 2024 • 21min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 72: Avnos CEO & Founder Will Kain
In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Avnos CEO and Founder Will Kain answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the need for direct air capture of carbon dioxide, its current status, and its future potential and challenges, and how the Avnos hybrid direct air capture technology offers an alternative that also captures water.

Aug 27, 2024 • 19min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 71: ClearPath Senior Program Director for Carbon Management & Science Hillary O’Brien
In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, ClearPath Senior Program Director for Carbon Management and Science Hillary O’Brien answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the need for direct air capture of carbon dioxide, its potential, its costs, and its future challenges.

Aug 22, 2024 • 18min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 70: IEEFA Director of Resource Planning Analysis David Schlissel
In this episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on carbon, veteran independent power sector consultant David Schlissel, the director of resource planning analysis with the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the potential and the limits of carbon capture, utilization, and storage.

Aug 20, 2024 • 21min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 69: Clean Air Task Force Technology and Markets Director John Thompson
In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Clean Air Task Force Technology and Markets Director John Thompson answered questions from journalist Herman K. Trabish about carbon capture, use, and storage, and the policies and technologies needed to scale it.

Aug 16, 2024 • 16min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 68: Carbon Capture Coalition Executive Director Jessie Stolark
In this opening episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on the challenge of carbon, Carbon Capture Coalition Executive Director Jessie Stolark answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the currently emerging direct air capture and power plant carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies and how to turn those technologies into market scale solutions for the carbon challenge.

Aug 8, 2024 • 17min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 67: Former FERC Chair Neil Chatterjee
In this final segment of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on wildfires, former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chair Neil Chatterjee answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the role of federal regulators in the growing national challenge to affordable reliable service and to the energy transition due to the costs and other impacts of wildfires and about how developing data on all the aspects of the challenge can drive solutions.

Aug 6, 2024 • 17min
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 66: Neara Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer Karamvir Singh
In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Karamvir Singh, co-founder and chief product officer of advanced computing provider Neara answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about machine learning and artificial intelligence are being used by Southern California Edison to predict, prevent, and mitigate wildfires.