Reliability of Supply in a Green Energy Future

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...

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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...

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‘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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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“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,...

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