January 28th, 2025

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on changing priorities, USEA Power Sector Podcast, Attorney and energy policy authority Keith Martin, a Partner and Co-Head of Projects for global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about his expectations for the power sector under the incoming presidential administration and congress as new resources, spiking electricity demand, and extreme weather events add unprecedented stress to the US power system.

January 24th, 2025

In today’s opening episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on changing priorities, former Biden administration official Tanuj Deora, who currently advises multiple clean energy companies, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish on the many uncertainties about how energy sector policy might evolve under the incoming presidential administration and congress as new resources, spiking electricity demand, and extreme weather events add unprecedented stress to the U.S. power system.

January 22nd, 2025

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, EPRI Energy Systems and Climate Analysis Program Manager Nidhi Santen answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about how variable and customer-owned energy resources, rising demand, and new policy are driving innovations in utilities’ longstanding use of integrated resource planning, or IRP, to optimize affordable reliable electricity delivery.

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January 16th, 2025

In today’s opening episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on utility planning, Berkeley Lab Manager, Senior Policy Researcher, and Senior Strategic Advisor Lisa Schwartz answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the evolving utility planning paradigm, from integrated resource planning and integrated distribution system planning to integrated system planning to meet the power sector needs of today and tomorrow.

January 14th, 2025

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Claire Coleman, head of Connecticut’s Office of Consumer Counsel, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about Connecticut’s process for moving its utilities to performance-based regulation, a new business model which rewards the utilities for achieving public policy goals instead of for investing in infrastructure.

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January 9th, 2025

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Ted Novicki, Director of Regulatory Affairs for Connecticut with investor-owned utility United Illuminating, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish from the utility perspective about Connecticut’s process for moving its utilities to performance-based regulation, a new business model which rewards the utilities for achieving public policy goals instead of for investing in infrastructure.

January 7th, 2025

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Eric DeBellis, General Counsel for the Citizen’s Utility Board of Illinois, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the consumer advocate’s perspective on the emergence of and continued development of performance-based regulation in Illinois.

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January 2nd, 2025

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Dave Kolata, VP of Policy for energy efficiency provider Sealed and formerly the executive director of Illinois consumer advocate the Citizens Utility Board, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the private sector’s perspective on the emergence of and continued development of performance-based regulations for utilities in Illinois.

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 of Hawaii’s clean energy-focused Ulupono Initiative an advocacy and impact-investment firm 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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