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 suppliers
Jason Stanek, the lame duck chairman of the Maryland Public Service Commission, is riding out the remainder of his term in office with a "maximum enforcement" campaign to crack down on retail supplier...
26 Feb 202328min
EMP S3E3: Davante Lewis, newly elected to the Louisiana PSC, talks about his mission to ensure the clean-energy transition is a just transition
Davante Lewis credits grassroots community organizing and coalition building for helping him defeat a long-time incumbent to garner a seat on the five-member Louisiana Public Service Commission. Lewis...
4 Feb 202346min
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
Chris Carmody, executive director at Carolinas Clean Energy Business Association, says energy-intensive electricity customers will leave or not relocate to the Carolinas because of the difficulties th...
17 Jan 202337min
S3E1: R Street's Josiah Neeley talks about the debate in Texas on the future of the ERCOT power market
Josiah Neeley, the Austin-based research fellow and Texas director with the libertarian-leaning R Street Institute, discusses a recent letter that the think tank and some 30 other interest groups sent...
10 Jan 202338min
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.
California ISO's Chief Operating Officer, Mark Rothleder, details a new study finding that an enhanced day-ahead market, or EDAM, encompassing all 38 balancing authorities in the West, would provide b...
15 Des 202238min
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.
The California Solar and Stage Association's Bernadette Del Chiaro discusses the California Public Utilities Commission's pending decision on net metering and her view that granting utilities' request...
8 Des 202236min
EMP S2E21: Rep. Sean Casten "nerds out" on electricity regulation, FERC, permitting reform, subsidies, emissions trading, energy productivity, COP27 and climate change
Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., is undoubtedly the only member of Congress ever who has run an energy company with a business model built around energy efficiency. Here he talks about how being an advocate ...
25 Nov 202235min
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.
Researchers Matthew Kahn and Bhaskar Krishnamachari, respectively an economist and electrical engineer at the University of Southern California, discuss their recent commentary calling for greater dyn...
17 Nov 202233min
