S5E10: Economist Diana Moss on the consumer impacts from remonopolization of electricity and other industries
Diana Moss, an economist and Director of Competition Policy at the Progressive Policy Institute, advocates applying antitrust policy throughout the economy for the benefit of consumers. The former FER...
6 Okt 43min
S5E9: Dan Becker on the longstanding industry misinformation campaign that has derailed climate action
Dan Becker has been a decades-long advocate for policies addressing the climate disruption that is occurring because of the accumulation of man-made greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, first at the Si...
22 Sep 41min
S5E8: Microgrid Maven Elisa Wood discusses state of play for consumer-empowering electricity options
Elisa Wood, founder and editor of the newsletter Energy Changemakers, has covered the evolution of consumer-empowering technologies such as microgrids, demand response, rooftop solar and battery stora...
15 Sep 42min
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
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 Juli 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 Juli 31min
