United States Energy Association

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, David Hochschild, Chair of the California Energy Commission, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the winners of this year’s Electric Innovation Initiative, and why they were chosen as the best ideas to grow the power system electrification that will protect reliability and affordability, and protect against fossil fuel volatility and short...

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Zach Zimmerman, Director of Research and Policy, for national power sector research and policy consultant Grid Strategies, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about “Transmission Congestion for 2025,” a new report describing the high and quickly rising costs to US electricity users because regulators and transmission builders have failed to supp...

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Erika Diamond, Senior VP and Chief Revenue Officer with grid edge software platform developer EnergyHub, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about her experience as a woman working in the environmental, energy, and business sectors and about the transformation right now in the value of distributed energy resources on the power system.

The U.S. electric grid is entering a new era of rapid demand growth driven by artificial intelligence (AI), data centers, electrification, and reshoring domestic manufacturing. After years of relatively flat electricity demand, utilities and grid operators are forecasting significant load growth that is placing increasing pressure on generation capacity, transmission systems, and resource adequacy...

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Jeff Pauska, VP of Product Management at IFS Copperleaf answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about IFS Copperleaf Next, a new set of AI-based software tools that help utilities under today’s intense scrutiny prove to regulators their proposed capital investments deserve approval.

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Meghan Nutting, the new VP of Regulatory Reform at the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about what she is planning to take on at IREC, what she learned in her extensive work with rooftop solar in Puerto Rico, and her view of the value of clean and distributed energy to the power system.

In this episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast, Gretchen Kershaw, Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Strategy with power system consultant Grid Strategies, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the key features, the politics, and what’s next for the just announced Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act.

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Hannah Bascom, General Manager of energy management and demand flexibility/ power system software provider Uplight answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about how virtual power plants, or VPPs, are meeting the challenge of scale by addressing the electricity system’s need to improve affordability and reliability.

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Jessie Stolark, Executive Director of the Carbon Capture Coalition, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the progress toward the economic and safe storage of emissions from the spiking growth of natural gas generation to serve AI data centers and other new electricity demand.

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Jeff Willert, Head of AI and Data Science with multinational hardware and software systems designer Schneider Electric’s SE Advisory Services, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about a new efficient approach to the use of AI called Frugal AI that can maximize its benefits and minimize its impacts.

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Faith Davis, head of the Exelon Corporation and Exelon Foundation Climate Change Investment Initiative, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about how the Initiative’s priorities and commitments have not changed despite the current atmosphere that some climate technology call climate “hushing.”

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, John Bernhardt, VP of Policy and Market Strategy with independent power producer Pivot Energy, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the growing opportunities for utilities and their customers in building battery and energy plus battery projects at the community level, where they are needed most.

In this episode of USEA's Global Briefing, Bosnia & Herzegovina Ambassador Sven Alkalaj discussed how U.S.–Bosnia and Herzegovina relations are expanding toward energy security, regional market integration, and trade. He highlighted the critical role of the Southern Interconnection Gas Pipeline connecting to Croatia’s LNG terminal to ensure energy independence and stabilize consumer prices...

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, John DeBoer, Head of Data Center Vertical for North America with multinational power systems provider Siemens’ Smart Infrastructure Division, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about how Siemens plans to take on the massive expected challenges as the AI economy adds ten times the pressure at every level of the power system.

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Matthew Ketsche, President of Consolidated Edison of New York, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the utility’s experience during the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and how the utility brought vital power back to Lower Manhattan at superspeed.

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Kellie Macpherson, Chief Operating Officer for Compliance and Security with Radian Generation and a Board member with the Solar Energy Industries Association, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the new levels of complexities that renewables projects face in meeting operational reliability and security on a power system facing rapidly grow...

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Greg Robinson, Co-founder and CEO of Aston Power, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about how the Aston Shift can enable speed to power for AI data centers by orchestrating and optimizing the full spectrum of their electricity needs so they can focus on compute.

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, U.S. Congressional Representative Deborah Ross of North Carolina’s 2N D district answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the bipartisan Thriving Economy Project , which aims to expand the U.S. economy, create U.S. jobs, and deliver affordable and reliable electricity.

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Johannes Pfeifenberger, Principal with power sector consultant The Brattle Group, and James Okullo, Director of System Planning with non-profit power system consultants Energy Systems Integration Group, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about their exceptionally timely, succinct, and astute new paper Transmission Planning with Large Loads: Cur...

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Addison Stark, CEO of industrial electric heat pump manufacturer AtmosZero, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the role electric heat pumps can play in the U.S. shift to industrial electrification, as described in the new report, “Powering American Industry: The Economic Opportunity of Industrial Electrification” produced for the Renewabl...

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Cihang Yuan, Deputy Director of Climate and Renewable Energy at the World Wildlife Fund answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the just-released report she co-authored for the Renewable Thermal Collaborative and the Industrial Heat Pump Alliance, “ Powering American Industry: The Economic Opportunity of Industrial Electrification .”

In this episode of USEA’s Global Briefing, Professor Brian Rosen, Chief Scientist for the Israeli Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, joins the podcast to discuss the expanding U.S.-Israel energy and technology alliance. The conversation covers navigating complex regional energy diplomacy in the Eastern Mediterranean and promoting regional security through collaboration on energy technologies....

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Mark LeBel, Principal, U.S. Research and Strategy, with the Regulatory Assistance Project, and Zeyneb Magavi, Executive Director of the Home Energy Efficiency Team, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about providing an overview of the just-released paper they co-authored, “Seeking Balance: The Path Forward for Thermal Energy Network Regulation,...

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Oliver Stover, Principal with the Energy Practice for global business consultant Charles River Associates, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the enormous potential value of offshore wind to customers in the PJM Interconnection regional system, as described in “ The impact of offshore wind in meeting coastal and inland load growth in PJM...

In this episode of USEA’s Global Briefing, Honduras Secretary of Energy Eduardo Oviedo breaks down the strong bilateral partnership between the U.S. and Honduras, pointing to key joint successes and ongoing efforts to modernize the national energy grid. He also highlights promising sectors for clean energy expansion—including hydro, solar, and biomass—alongside strategies to attract private intern...