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The Energy Markets Podcast

Bryan Lee

Conversations with energy and environmental policy experts exploring the best state and federal policies to effectuate the urgently needed transition to a clean-energy economy at least cost to consumers. Lot's of wonky FERC stuff. State-level utility regulation and politics. Economists. Lawyers. Engineers. Politicians. Government regulators. Advocates. And acronyms. Lots of acronyms. Topical discussions about energy market developments with a focus on regulatory policies that disincentivize the innovation necessary to advance environmental and climate change objectives at least cost to consumers and the economy. Hosted by Bryan Lee, an energy and environmental policy consultant with decades of Washington, D.C.-based experience as a journalist, government official and energy company executive. Lee and invited guests discuss the latest developments at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other federal agencies, Capitol Hill, as well as happenings at state-level regulatory commissions and legislatures.
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EMP S3E19: The Energy Democracy Initiative's John Farrell speaks to how, in his view, electric utility monopolies 'fuel climate disasters and public corruption'September 25, 2023
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EMP S3E18: Special Initiative on Offshore Wind’s Kris Ohleth speaks to the strong headwinds facing offshore windSeptember 10, 2023
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EMP S3E17: EPSA's Todd Snitchler discusses EPA's new power plant rules in the context of ongoing reliability concerns stemming from the transition to a clean-energy power gridAugust 30, 2023
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EMP S3E16: FERC Commissioner Mark Christie calls for reevaluation of competitive wholesale power markets after 25 yearsAugust 20, 2023
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S3E15: Former Massachusetts regulator Paul Hibbard of the Analysis Group talks about his study of retail electricity competition that aims to inform the policy debate over ending retail choice for residential customersJuly 27, 2023
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S3E14: The Nuclear Energy Institute's Matt Crozat discusses new nuclear and SMRs as part of nuclear power's role in the clean-energy transitionJuly 13, 2023
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S3E13: Brattle Group consultants discuss their report for the South Carolina legislature on the benefits of adopting an organized regional wholesale power market in the SoutheastJuly 01, 2023
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EMP S3E12: Rob Gramlich, Frank Lacey and Doug Kantor discuss the obstacles posed by utility monopoly regulation for private-sector EV charging infrastructure developmentJune 16, 2023
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S3E11: R Street Institute's Josiah Neeley unpacks how the recently adjourned legislative session in Austin will impact Texas electricity consumersJune 08, 2023
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EMP S3E10: ITC's Nathan Benedict defends monopoly transmission development and the incumbent's right of first refusalMay 28, 2023
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EMP S3E9: Willett Kempton, a pioneer in vehicle-to-grid technology, talks about the state of play for V2G, which promises to become a critically important resource for power grid operatorsMay 14, 2023
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EMP S3E8: Former FERC Commissioner Rich Glick discusses transmission and ROFR, state-federal jurisdiction and reform of the 1935 Federal Power Act, and the need to reform regional electricity markets to reflect changing resources and climate.May 04, 2023
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S3E7: William Hogan of Harvard's Kennedy School defends the LMP-based market used in regional wholesale power markets as the best and only way to facilitate the transition to a clean-energy gridApril 09, 2023
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S3E6: Economist Tim Schittekatte discusses his working paper on the benefits of time-of-use and critical peak pricing in retail electricity ratesMarch 15, 2023
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EMP S3E5: Clean Virginia's Brennan Gilmore discusses recently passed legislation ending Dominion Virginia Power's decade-long reign as an unregulated monopolyMarch 04, 2023
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EMP S3E4: Maryland PSC Chairman Jason Stanek discusses the 'maximum enforcement' campaign he's ordered to crack down on what he called 'fly-by-night' energy suppliersFebruary 26, 2023
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EMP S3E3: Davante Lewis, newly elected to the Louisiana PSC, talks about his mission to ensure the clean-energy transition is a just transitionFebruary 04, 2023
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S3E2: Chris Carmody of Carolinas Clean Energy Business Association speaks to the economic disadvantage states face with monopoly barriers to entry for low-cost clean energy January 16, 2023
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S3E1: R Street's Josiah Neeley talks about the debate in Texas on the future of the ERCOT power marketJanuary 09, 2023
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S2E23: With a study finding an enhanced market structure in the West will save billions, California ISO's Mark Rothleder details the incremental approach to moving the region into a more organized market, and maybe one day an RTO.December 14, 2022
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EMP S2E22: the California Solar and Storage Association's Bernadette Del Chiaro discusses the CPUC's pending decision on net metering and her view that the utility-sought proposal threatens vital growth in solar-plus-storage adoption.December 08, 2022
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EMP S2E21: Rep. Sean Casten "nerds out" on electricity regulation, FERC, permitting reform, subsidies, emissions trading, energy productivity, COP27 and climate changeNovember 25, 2022
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EMP S2E20: USC academics Matthew Kahn and Bhaskar Krishnamachari discuss the potential for smart grids and dynamic pricing to address climate emissions and reduce energy demand.November 17, 2022
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EMP S2E19: The American Antitrust Institute's Diana Moss explains her view that FERC is "deprioritizing" pro-competition policies in its electricity transmission and natural gas pipeline certification proceedings.October 18, 2022
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EMP S2E18: Everything you always wanted to know about ROFR - but were afraid to ask. We talked with LS Power's Sharon SegnerOctober 11, 2022
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