About the Podcast
Energy policy, decoded. Join veteran energy and environmental policy consultant Bryan Lee and leading experts to explore how federal and state policies shape the transition to affordable clean energy. From FERC and Capitol Hill to state utility commissions, expect timely conversations about markets, innovation, politics—and plenty of acronyms.
Data Center Coalition’s Aaron Tinjum discusses the energy and siting challenges the data industry faces in the age of AI
The data industry is in a land rush to develop new data centers to meet projected demand due to artificial intelligence. Rapidly bringing many new, large data centers online translates into a sharp increase in demand for electricity at a time when consumers and politicians are concerned about rising electricity prices. At the same time, communities and their political representatives are increasingly working to block the siting of data centers in their communities.
R Street Institute economist Michael Giberson speaks to price trends in electricity markets
In this episode we continue our consideration of what Bill Massey in our first episode this season called “the battle of the statistics” between monopoly and competition advocates. We talk with Michael Giberson, an economist and senior fellow for energy with the R Street Institute, who notes the importance of taking statistics into proper context when attempting to contrast between monopoly utility regulation and competitive markets – particularly the need to account for the impact of inflation when looking at changes in electricity prices over time.
