Josey Centennial Professor of Energy Resources, University of Texas & Chief Science & Technology Officer, ENGIE Michael Webber Interviewer: David Spence, Interview date: March 27, 2020 Keywords: Decarbonization, Energy Storage, Renewable Natural Gas,...
Just Transitions (Annie Eisenberg, University of South Carolina School of Law)
Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina School of Law Ann M. Eisenberg Interviewer: Shelley Welton, Interview date: February 14, 2020 Keywords: Just Transition “More and more people are waking up to the fact that the need for decarbonization is more urgent...
Carbon Taxes: The Evolving Conventional Wisdom (Sheila Olmstead, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas)
Professor of Public Affairs, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin President’s Council of Economic Advisors, 2016-17 Fellow, Property and Environment Research Center Sheila Olmstead Interviewer: David Spence, Interview date: January 23, 2020,...
PG&E Wildfire Liability and Bankruptcy (Michael Wara, Woods Institute for the Environment and Stanford Law School)
Senior Research Scholar, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment & Fellow, Stanford Law School Michael Wara Interviewer: David Spence Interview date: October 3, 2019 Keywords: Bankruptcy, Disaster Response, Microgrid, Reliability, Safety, Transmission...
How to Value Distributed Resources (Scott Burger, Form Energy and MIT Center for Environmental Policy Research)
Analytics Lead, Form Energy, & Research Affiliate/Lecturer MIT Center for Environmental Policy Research Scott Burger Interviewer: David Spence Interview date: October 2, 2019 Keywords: Distributed Energy “We simulated rooftop solar adoption across single...
Energy Justice (Sanya Carley, Indiana University O’Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs)
Professor, O'Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Sanya Carley Interviewer: Sharon Jacobs, Interview date: June, 2019Keywords: Decarbonization“There are in fact some negative or adverse consequences associated with [the green energy...
Energy Realism (Monika Ehrman, University of Oklahoma School of Law)
Associate Professor of Law & Faculty Director, Oil & Gas, Natural Resources and Energy Center, University of Oklahoma College of Law Monika Ehrman Interviewers: James Coleman, Interview Date: June, 2019 Keywords: Keep It In The Ground, Energy Realism “I think...
Energy Poverty, Energy Burden and Rooftop Solar (Victoria Mandell, GRID Alternatives Colorado)
President, GRID Alternatives Colorado Victoria Mandell Interviewer: Sharon Jacobs, Interview date: June, 2019 “There is a strong impetus nationally to invest in solar for many good reasons.. But the policies haven't been designed to incorporate equity issues....
Modeling Decarbonization in the West (Arne Olson, E3)
Senior Partner, E3 Consulting Arne Olson Interviewer: David Spence, Interview Date: June 6, 2019 Keywords: Decarbonization, Resource Adequacy “In the Pacific Northwest ... the good news is that we can ... achieve 80% reductions below 1990 levels in something...
Economic Growth, Inequality & Decarbonization (Carey King, University of Texas Energy Institute)
Research Scientist & Assistant Director, University of Texas Energy Institute Carey King Interviewer: David Spence, Interview date: May 24, 2019 Keywords: Decarbonization, GDP, Variable Costs, Capitalism, Energy Return on Investment (EROI) "It's not clear...
The Distributional Impacts of Distributed Energy Resources (Shelley Welton, South Carolina School of Law)
Assistant Professor of Law, Univ. of South Carolina Shelley Welton Interviewer: David Spence, November 2, 2018 “Utilities are raising an important and fundamental question about how we want to fund the massive transition [to a green energy economy]. Net...
Energy Poverty and the Green Transition (Dana Harmon, Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute)
Executive Director, Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute Dana Harmon Interviewer: David Spence, Interview date: 4/16/19 “Only 5% of the people who are eligible for federal energy poverty assistance receive that assistance. There is a need for more and...
Tinkering with Energy Tradeoffs Online (Joshua Rhodes, University of Texas Energy Institute)
Research Associate, University of Texas Energy Institute Joshua Rhodes Interviewer: David Spence, Interview date: 4/10/19 “In this tool we calculated the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for 12 different electricity generation technologies, in all 3,110...
Net Metering & the Value of Distributed Solar Generation (Joel Eisen, University of Richmond School of Law and Shelley Welton, University of South Carolina School of Law)
Professor of Law, Univ. of Richmond Joel Eisen Assistant Professor of Law, Univ. of South Carolina Shelley Welton Interviewer: David Spence, April 4, 2019 “Net metering got adopted because it is a simple policy. I don’t worry a lot about net metering...
The Best Route to Net-Zero Emissions (Jesse Jenkins, Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Harvard University Center for the Environment)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Fellow, Harvard University Center for the Environment Jesse Jenkins Interviewer: David Spence, Interview date: 2/21/19 Keywords: Cost of Energy, Decarbonization, Resource Adequacy, Resource Planning Model...
California’s Energy Transition: Decarbonization & Decentralization (Michael Wara, Woods Institute for the Environment and Stanford Law School)
Senior Research Scholar, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment & Fellow, Stanford Law School Michael Wara Interviewer: David Spence, Interview date: December 14, 2018 “There are issues with energy poverty in California, and they tend to be localized...