United States Energy Association

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on natural gas, Jim Murphy, co-founder and president of energy giant Invenergy, answered questions from journalist Herman K. Trabish about recent natural gas demand and prices and their impacts on US and global energy markets and US national security and about Invenergy’s ambitious plan to build the Grain Belt Express, which could become t...

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on natural gas, Capital Power Senior Specialist of US Thermal Aaron Burke answered questions from journalist Herman K. Trabish about natural gas power plant demand and prices, the challenges facing natural gas power plant and pipeline deployment, and the impacts on the industry of the Ukraine war and other energy policy issues. This episod...

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast, LNG Allies President & CEO Fred Hutchison answered questions from journalist Herman K. Trabish about the dynamics of the Liquified Natural Gas sector and why its impacts on the US and global economies and energy markets is so significant. This episode is sponsored by Bracewell. For over 75 years, Bracewell has focused on delivering superb se...

In today’s opening episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast’s series on natural gas, Resources for the Future Fellow and Director of its Social Cost of Carbon Initiative Brian Prest answered questions from journalist Herman K, Trabish about Liquid Natural Gas and the findings in two major – and conflicting – reports by the Department of Energy and S&P Global on the impacts of LNG demand on the...

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast, Regulatory Attorney Sara Fitzsimon, Policy Director with the Independent Energy Producers Association answered questions from journalist Herman K. Trabish about California’s Senate Bill 302, which will help protect the benefits of the federal clean energy tax credits and bring investment to the state that could more than pay for the costs to Cal...

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Autumn Proudlove, Associate Director for Policy and Markets with the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center at North Carolina State University answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the newest trends in legislative and regulatory policy targeting grid modernization to prepare the US power system to integrate the full array of system re...

In today’s closing episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on offshore wind, Stephanie McClellan, Founder and Strategic Advisor to offshore wind advocate Turn Forward and Founder and former Director of the Special Initiative on Offshore Wind, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the current state and potential of global and US offshore wind energy, how it has grown to m...

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on offshore wind, Anne George, Vice President and Chief External Affairs and Communications Officer for Independent System Operator – New England, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about why the region’s abundant offshore wind resource is vital to meeting New England’s rapidly growing electricity demand. This episode is sp...

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on offshore wind, Marine Ecologist Anthony W.J. Bicknell, a Senior Research Fellow at the UK’s University of Exeter, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the impact of offshore wind project development on ocean life habitats and habits. This episode is sponsored by Bracewell. For over 75 years, Bracewell has focused on...

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on offshore wind, Francis Bradley, the President and CEO of Electricity Canada, the advocate for Canadian electricity providers and their suppliers, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the drivers and policy behind Canada’s newest initiatives to develop offshore wind along its Atlantic Coast. This episode is sponsored...

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on offshore wind, American Clean Power Pacific Offshore Wind Director Molly Croll answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the economic, environmental, and reliability values in building floating ocean wind projects off California’s coast. This episode is sponsored by Bracewell. For over 75 years, Bracewell has focused on d...

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on offshore wind, B.J. Martino answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the Group’s 2025 survey that found a significant majority of voters from both political parties favor U.S. offshore wind even as policymakers continue to create siting and permitting barriers for project development. This episode is sponsored by Bracewe...

In the opening episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on offshore wind, Turn Forward CEO Hillary Bright answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the economic, environmental, and reliability values in building wind far off U.S. coasts even as policymakers continue to create siting and permitting barriers for offshore wind projects. This episode is sponsored by Bracewell. Fo...

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on evolving energy policy, former FERC Chair Neil Chatterjee, currently the Chief Government Affairs Officer for global software and distributed resources provider Palmetto, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about what to expect in the power sector under the new presidential administration and congress as changing resource...

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on changing energy policy priorities, American Council on Renewable Energy, or ACORE, President and CEO Ray Long answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about what to expect in the power sector under the new presidential administration and congress as changing resources, spiking electricity demand, and extreme weather events add...

In this final episode in the USEA Power Sector Podcast’s series on utility planning practices, Regulatory Assistance Project Senior Associate Mark LeBel answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the just-emerging understanding of the value in integrating electricity and natural gas resources in planning.

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast episode in a continuing series on utility planning, Energy and Environmental Economics Senior Partner Arne Olson answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about how variable and customer-owned energy resources, rising demand, and new policies are driving the need to move beyond siloed bulk and distribution system planning to the new concept of integrat...

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on changing priorities, National Electrical Manufacturers Association Government Relations Director Peter Ferrell answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the increasingly urgent need to deal with the electric transformer supply chain to protect reliability and resilience as new resources, spiking electricity demand, and ex...

In today’s episode of the  USEA Power Sector Podcast series on changing energy policy priorities, Carbon Capture Coalition Executive Director Jessie Stolark answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about what to expect in power sector policy under the new presidential administration and congress on tax credits and other policies and incentives for carbon capture technologies and carbon m...

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast episode in a continuing series on utility planning, Energy Systems Integration Group Executive Director Debra Lew answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about how variable and customer-owned energy resources, rising demand, and new policies are moving the power sector beyond traditional integrated resource planning and innovations in integrated dist...

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast episode in a continuing series on utility planning, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Researcher Grace Relf answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about integrated system planning, the newest step forward in supporting utility efforts to use the full spectrum of options to manage the impacts of variable and customer-owned energy resources, new d...

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on changing energy policy priorities under the new presidential administration and congress, Rob Gramlich, Founder and President of power sector consultant Grid Strategies, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about certainties and uncertainties around existing and new incentives and approaches to generation and transmission...

In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast’s series on changing energy policy priorities, Nuclear Innovation Alliance Research Director Dr. Patrick White answered questions from journalist  Herman K. Trabish about what to expect in power sector policy impacting advanced nuclear technologies under the new presidential administration and congress as changing resources, spiking electricity d...

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast episode in a continuing series on utility planning, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association VP for Grid Integration Venkat Banunarayanan answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about how variable and customer-owned energy resources, rising demand, and new policy are leading to innovations in planning by member-owned electric cooperatives to e...

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast episode in a continuing series on utility planning, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Energy Policy Researcher Guillermo Periera answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about where and how the innovative concept of integrated distribution system planning is being used to include customer-owned distributed energy resources in utility planning to i...