CRA Sessions
CRA Sessions
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Charles River Associates’ podcast, CRA Sessions Podcast, covers issues relating to antitrust and competition, intellectual property, ESG and sustainability, management consulting, and more across a wide array of industries. CRA is a leading global consulting firm that offers economic, financial, and strategic expertise to major law firms, corporations, accounting firms, and governments around the world.
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The podcast covers a variety of topics including antitrust and competition, intellectual property, ESG and sustainability, labor and employment issues, and innovative technologies in different sectors. Episodes include discussions on the reliability of the Western US electric system, the ethical considerations of AI in life sciences, and practical applications of AI in human resources.
CRA Sessions is the official podcast of Charles River Associates, a leading global consulting firm. Each episode features experts from across our multidisciplinary practices discussing current trends, emerging topics, casework insights, and industry news. With deep expertise in economic, financial, and strategic consulting, CRA brings rigorous analysis and proven experience to help clients navigate their most complex challenges. Tune in for thought-provoking conversations that blend cutting-edge research with practical perspectives.
In the CRA Sessions podcast series Always on: Reliability in focus, CRA Principal and host Matt Moore interviews Jim Robb, President and CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), to discuss the emerging risks and challenges facing the reliability of the North American electric grid. Topics include resource adequacy, grid transformation, extreme weather, AI data center characteristics and large loads, and security.
As the head of NERC, Robb emphasizes the importance of grid security exercises, including NERC’s biannual GridEx exercises, and describes load growth due to AI data centers as “the issue of our time.”
The conversation highlights risks to the grid, a recent Department of Energy Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) on large load interconnections, and improvements to NERC’s Reliability Standards Development Plan. With respect to the NOPR and large load characteristics specific to AI uses, there is a comparison to the standards and reliability oversight processes of inverter-based resources and the balance of establishing standards and practices that foster reliability without forcing significant changes on legacy equipment.
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