December 11th, 2024

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, John D. Wilson, Vice President with policy and energy consultant GridStrategies answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about findings in his just-released paper, now the talk of the energy world, on the magnitude and drivers of the surging U.S. demand for electricity. This episode closes out our 2024, but we’ll be back to thrive in 2025. We are very grateful to our listeners for taking the time to check out the USEA Power Sector Podcast.

December 5th, 2024

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Murray Clay, President and Managing Partner of Hawaii’s clean energy-focused Ulupono Initiative investment fund answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about Hawaii’s performance-based regulation, probably the most advanced and far-reaching change in the regulation of a US electric utility in a century.

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December 3rd, 2024

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Jennifer Potter, a former commissioner with the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission and now a Faculty Energy Specialist with the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about Hawaii’s performance-based regulation, probably the most advanced and far-reaching change in a US electric utility’s regulation and business model in a century.

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November 26th, 2024

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Rabago Energy Principal Karl Rabago, who has served as a DOE Deputy Assistant Secretary and as a Commissioner with the Public Utilities Commission of Texas, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the emerging national momentum toward performance-based regulation and why PBR is an important step in reforming the utility business model to meet 21st century clean energy and climate policy goals.

November 21st, 2024

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Regulatory Assistance Project Senior Associate Mark LeBel answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the emerging national momentum toward Performance-Based Regulation and why PBR is important as a means to reform the utility business model to meet 21st century clean energy and climate policy goals.

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November 19th, 2024

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Autumn Proudlove, Associate Director for Policy and Markets with the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center at North Carolina State University kicked off a new USEA series on performance-based regulation, or PBR, by answering questions from journalist Herman K. Trabish about the emerging national momentum toward PBR, which can change the fundamental business model of investor-owned utilities by moving their rewards for capital investments to rewards for their performance on achieving  goals set by policymakers. 

November 14th, 2024

In today’s final episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on data, Amperon CEO and Co-founder Sean Kelly answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the uses of machine learning and accelerated computing-based algorithms to design, operate and optimize data to improve the economics of clean energy for power providers and their customers.

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November 12th, 2024

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Ascend Analytics Founder, CEO, and President Dr. Gary Dorris answered questions from journalist Herman K. Trabish about how data from accelerated computing is becoming critical to accurate modeling for energy portfolios, risk management, asset valuation, and long term resource planning.

November 8th, 2024

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Michael Murray, President of the Mission:data Coalition, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the new accelerated computing capabilities that will allow consumers and third parties access to historical and real time smart meter and utility-archived consumption and pricing data to guide their ability to manage their energy use.

November 6th, 2024
In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Strategic Energy Analysis Center Market and Policy Group Manager Jeff Cook answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about how massively accelerated computing capabilities to assimilate data are emerging alongside a new complexity on the distribution system to optimize new clean energy resources and technologies and drive decarbonization.

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