S5E7: John Farrell, director of ILSR's Energy Democracy Initiative, eyes municipal ownership as an answer to monopoly utility abuses
John Farrell, director of ILSR's Energy Democracy Initiative, sees municipal ownership of utilities as an answer to the abuses consumers suffer at the hands of investor-owned monopoly utility companie...
7 Sep 45min
S5E6: The Nuclear Innovation Alliance is riding the crest of a tsunami of new nuclear technology
The U.S. nuclear industry is enjoying a robust turnaround, largely driven by interest in emerging new nuclear technologies, such as small modular reactors. Judi Greenwald, president and CEO of the Nuc...
19 Aug 1h
S5E5: Long-time observer Paul Bledsoe opines on the state of the U.S. and global action on climate disruption
Despite increasingly catastrophic weather events occurring across the globe, climate change expert Paul Bledsoe is optimistic there is still time to ward off the worst of climate disruption caused by ...
13 Aug 34min
S5E4: Data Center Coalition's Aaron Tinjum discusses the energy and siting challenges the data industry faces in the age of AI
The data industry is in a land rush to develop new data centers to meet projected demand due to artificial intelligence. Rapidly bringing many new, large data centers online translates into a sharp in...
24 Jul 43min
S5E3: Former DOE official William S. Becker discusses the fossil fuel industry 'cartel' that has frustrated climate action
William S. Becker, the executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project and a former Department of Energy official, discusses the fossil fuel industry "cartel" that has aligned itself wit...
13 Jul 31min
S5E2: Think climate change is a hoax? Ask the insurance industry
The Insurance Information Institute's Chief Economist, Michel Leonard, discusses how the insurance industry is contending with increasingly intense and more frequent extreme weather events that are dr...
2 Jul 29min
S5E1: The EMP epilogue season – Electricity Restructuring 101
Energy Markets Podcast host Bryan Lee explains why he has returned to publishing regular episodes of the podcast after a two-year sabbatical. "I feel compelled to return," Lee says, citing "the loomin...
14 Jun 30min
