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...
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...
Reliability and Renewables in Competitive Energy Markets (Joshua Macey, Cornell Law School)
Assisstant Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School Joshua Macey Interviewer: David Spence, Interview date: June 10, 2019 Keywords: Capacity Markets, RMR Agreements, Federal Power Act, Marginal Costs “Energy market prices have declined 30-50% since 2006....
Reliability, Decarbonization & Federal-State Conflict Over Electricity Markets (Ari Peskoe, Harvard Law School)
Director, Harvard Electricity Law Initiative & Lecturer, Harvard Law School Ari Peskoe Interviewer: David Spence, Interview date: May 13, 2019 Keywords: Capacity Markets, Clean Energy, Decarbonization, Federal Power Act, Federalism, Nuclear Power, Resource...
Long-Term Storage Needs, ‘Green Gases,’ and the Energy Transition (Todd Davidson, University of Texas Energy Institute)
Research Associate, University of Texas Energy Institute Todd Davidson Interviewer: David Spence, Interview date: April 24, 2019 Keywords: Decarbonization, Energy Storage, Hydrogen Fuel, Intermittent Resources “There are times when it is really not windy, or is...
‘Public’ Utility: Steering Markets Toward Public Ends (William Boyd, UCLA School of Law and Institute of Environment & Sustainability)
Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law, & Professor, UCLA Institute of Environment & Sustainability William Boyd Interviewer: David Spence, Interview date: April 18, 2019 Key Terms: Public Utility, Rates, Restructuring, Market-based Pricing “Markets are...
Market Solutions to Reliability Challenges in Electricity Markets (Frank Wolak, Program on Energy & Sustainable Development, Stanford University)
Holbrook Working Professor of Commodity Price Studies Director, Program on Energy & Sustainable Development Stanford University Frank Wolak Interviewers: David Spence, Interview date: 4/4/19 Keywords: Energy Storage, Externalities, Intermittent Resources, Price...
Maintaining Reliability in a Distributed Energy World (Amy Stein, University of Florida Levin College of Law)
Professor of Law, University of florida Levin college of Law Amy Stein Interviewer: David Spence, Interview date: March 2019 Keywords: Energy Storage, Demand Response, Transaction Cost Framework, Monopoly Control Utility, Regional Transmission Organization...
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...
“Naïve Energy Markets” and the Boundary Between Markets and Regulation (David Spence, University of Texas School of Law and McCombs School of Business)
Baker Botts Chair in law, university of texas school of law Professor of business, government & society, mccombs school of business David Spence Interviewers: Sharon Jacobs & Shelley Welton, Interview date: 11/7/18 Key Terms: Cost of Service Ratemaking,...