USEA's Power Sector Podcast
USEA's Power Sector Podcast
Podcast Description
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
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes surrounding energy system transformation, focusing on utility planning, performance-based regulation, and innovative technologies. Episodes discuss topics such as integration of clean energy resources, the impact of climate on energy demand, and regulatory changes affecting electricity pricing, with examples like the examination of Hawaii's advanced performance-based regulation and the implications of spiking electricity demand from expert interviews.
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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In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chair Jon Wellinghoff, currently the CEO of consultant GridPolicy, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the macrogrid initiative created to drive modernization of the nation’s electric network by interconnecting the system’s segmented regions to make electricity delivery more reliable and affordable.
This episode is sponsored by Americans for a Clean Energy Grid. ACEG is a non-profit broad-based public interest advocacy coalition focused on the need to expand, integrate, and modernize American’s high-capacity transmission grid. Learn more: https://cleanenergygrid.org/
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