Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast

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The Power Trends Podcast produced by the New York Independent System Operator where we discuss energy planning, public policy, and other issues affecting New York’s power grid.

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Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast episodes:

06.17.2024
Ep. 33 Udayan Nair is NYISO’s First Director of Grid Transition
When we talk about building a more sustainable future, the journey is as important as the destination. Steering the electric grid through these monumental changes requires leadership and creativity. As the NYISO’s Director of Grid Transition, Udayan Nair oversees the...
04.10.2024
Ep. 32: Modeling the Path to Decarbonization with Cornell’s Dr. C. Lindsay Anderson
What does the path to a decarbonized grid by 2040 look like? Dr. C. Lindsay Anderson of Cornell University is working to answer the question of where best on the grid to incorporate large amounts of new generation on the...
02.27.2024
Ep. 31: Columbia Climate School’s Daniel Zarrilli on New York’s Decarbonization Progress
Columbia University’s Daniel Zarrilli knows a thing or two about New York City and the effects of climate change. For almost a decade prior to Hurricane Sandy, he worked on the city’s waterfront, managing maintenance and construction of the city’s...
01.10.2024
Ep. 30: Nicole Bouchez, PhD, on her unique role as NYISO’s Consumer Interest Liaison
You might say Nicole Bouchez’s role as the NYISO’s Consumer Interest Liaison and Senior Principal Economist combines deep data analytics with good, old-fashioned customer service. She has an especially important responsibility evaluating the impacts of major market design changes for...
11.01.2023
Ep. 29: Julie Tighe on Leading the NY League of Conservation Voters and Joining the NYISO’s Environmental Advisory Council
In this episode of our Power Trends podcast, Julie Tighe discusses her role leading the New York League of Conservation Voters, and her recent addition to the NYISO’s Environmental Advisory Council (EAC). The EAC, which was formed in 2005, provides...
10.02.2023
Ep.28: How NY's Grid Stayed Reliable Through This Summer's Late Heatwave with VP of Operations, Aaron Markham
New York’s recent peak day for electricity consumption came during a heatwave, as millions of people relied on their air conditioners to keep cool. That’s not unusual. However, some of the circumstances leading up to that day still provided a...
08.01.2023
Ep.27: Master Class in Electricity Markets with Rana Mukerji
In our latest podcast, we sat down with Rana Mukerji, NYISO’s SVP of Market Structures, to learn about his journey from growing up in Calcutta, India to becoming widely regarded as one of the industry's leading designers of electricity markets....
03.17.2023
Podcast Ep. 26: Running Down a Dream with Market Mitigation Economist Michelle Merlis
Episode 26 of the Power Trends podcast delivers a change of pace for our listeners. In this episode, NYISO market mitigation economist Michelle Merlis discusses her long and challenging path to becoming a world-class trail runner. While Michelle's early years...
02.23.2023
Ep. 25: VP Zach Smith on the Interconnection Process & Growth of Clean Energy on the Grid
“The objective is the reliability of the grid,” VP of System & Resource Planning Zach Smith says about the process his group oversees studying the impacts of connecting new electric resources to the grid. Because of state policies and technological...
01.05.2023
Podcast Ep. 24: U.S. Energy Information Administration Experts Discuss the Causes of Rising Winter Electricity Prices
In our latest Power Trends Podcast, we interview two leading Energy Information Administration (EIA) analysts about the impact of wholesale natural gas prices on winter electricity costs in New York. We spoke to Dr. Tyler Hodge, Senior Economist in the...
11.21.2022
Episode 23: NYISO’s Market Monitor – Guarding Competition for the Benefit of Consumers
Every five minutes, 24 hours a day, electricity in New York State is bought and sold through competitive wholesale electric markets administered by the NYISO. And while we may not think about electricity the same way we do about other...
09.30.2022
Episode 22: NYISO VP Zach Smith on Unprecedented Investment Needed to Meet Energy Goals
The NYISO recently released a new report that identifies the unprecedented level of electrical system investment necessary to achieve New York State’s climate policy requirements. Developed in collaboration with stakeholders and state agencies, the 2021-2040 System and Resource Outlook (the...
08.08.2022
Episode 21: U.S. Energy Information Administration Experts Discuss Recent Energy Price Impacts
In our latest Power Trends Podcast, we interviewed two leading U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) analysts about domestic and international price trends and how world energy supply and demand are impacting wholesale electricity prices in New York. We spoke...
06.15.2022
Episode 20: The ROI of Energy Security Investment with Karen Wayland
It’s going to take time and precision to build the grid of the future. Managing reliability carefully and investing in the right technologies as we transition to a grid increasingly based on clean energy will be key to success. These...
02.28.2022
Episode 19: How We Removed Barriers to Clean-Energy Resources Coming Onto the Grid
Our stakeholders recently approved changes to market rules which, if accepted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, will help us meet New York’s zero-emissions mandates by supporting new investments in energy resources. The proposal was created to make it easier...
12.27.2021
Episode 18: NYISO VP Zach Smith on Reliability Risks from Extreme Weather, Transmission Constraints, & Electricity Economics
We’ve just released a new report, the Comprehensive Reliability Plan (CRP), which looks at the New York energy grid over the next 10 years and determines if there are any factors that could impact our ability to keep the lights...
10.25.2021
Episode 17: Wes Yeomans on Summer Reliability Retrospective & Modeling for Climate Change
When Wes Yeomans speaks, people in the energy industry listen. The Vice President of Operations, Wes has three decades of energy industry experience, including more than 10 years at the NYISO. In this podcast, he tells Kevin Lanahan, Vice President...
08.03.2021
Episode 16: Gil C. Quiniones, President & CEO of NYPA, on Decarbonization, Building a Better Grid & Disaster Recovery
Gil C. Quiniones, President & CEO of the New York Power Authority (NYPA), has transformed the organization and he has a lot to say about the grid of the future. The internationally-recognized leader in the power industry oversees a...
06.29.2021
Episode 15: ACE NY’s Anne Reynolds Advises CAC on Fast-Tracking Clean Energy Targets
Anne Reynolds joined the Alliance for Clean Energy (ACE NY) as executive director in 2014. But she has spent her career working on clean energy and environmental issues, including on numerous state programs to help ease the transition to emission-free...
04.19.2021
Episode 14: NYISO VP Zach Smith on Emission-Free Grid Planning, Climate Change & the Interconnection Queue
It’s Zach Smith’s job to prepare the New York energy grid for the future. Our Vice President of System and Resource Planning manages the team that looks at all potential reliability issues the grid could face, from a week to...
03.01.2021
Episode 13: Key Capture Energy’s Jeff Bishop on the Critical Role of Storage in Greening the Grid
Jeff Bishop, CEO and co-founder of Key Capture Energy, got his start in the energy business 20 years ago developing wind farms in New York and around the world. In 2016, he and New York native Dan Fitzgerald crunched the...
01.19.2021
Episode 12: Emilie Nelson Advises the CAC that a System of Markets, Physics and People Will Produce a Reliable Zero-Emissions Grid
Emilie Nelson, NYISO’s Executive Vice President, has more than two decades of experience in the energy industry. She’s also a member of the Power Generation Advisory Panel to the New York State Climate Action Council (CAC). The CAC will produce the...
12.15.2020
Episode 11: John Reese talks "Big Think" on Power Gen's Clean Energy Future
John Reese has a long history in the energy business, from roles with New York State, the U.S. Department of Energy, and his current position as Senior Vice President at Eastern Generation, which currently provides more than 20% of New...
09.18.2020
Episode 10: Bob Hiney Offers His Wisdom & Advice on the Future of New York’s Grid
What do you get when your avowed hobby is “energy policy?” With Bob Hiney, you get a man steeped in the minutia of New York’s energy markets, with four decades of experience in the electric power industry. Hiney, a member of...
07.20.2020
Episode 9: From COVID-19 to the CLCPA, Our Power Trends Report is a Must-Read for Grid Stakeholders & Policymakers
What goes into the making of Power Trends, our annual report that tells the story of the electric grid in New York State? And why do you need to read it? In our latest podcast, the NYISO’s Ray Stalter and Gary...
04.09.2020
Episode 8: Wes Yeomans on Staying Calm, Sequestering Operators, & the Virtues of Virtual Campfires
What do you do when faced with the unknown risks of a new disease if you’re in charge of the reliability of the energy grid in New York State? For Wes Yeomans, our Vice President of Operations, the advent of...
03.05.2020
Episode 7: Clarkson President Anthony Collins on a Culture of Innovation
Dr. Anthony Collins, President of Clarkson University since 2003, believes in the importance of finding new ways to promote a culture of innovation in one of the nation’s top technical colleges. It’s a culture engrained in our mission here at...
02.05.2020
Episode 6: State of the Grid with Rich Dewey, Outlines NYISO Initiatives to Meet Climate & Policy Goals
In 2020, the pace of change on the power grid is being driven by aggressive legislation and the ways in which clean energy resources are being economically reevaluated. In the past, reliability at the lowest-cost solution for ratepayers was paramount,...
01.02.2020
Episode 5: RFF's Karen Palmer on Carbon Pricing & Multistate Impacts
Dr. Palmer is currently a Senior Fellow and Director of the Future of Power Initiative at Resources for the Future (RFF), one of the oldest and most prestigious environmental think tanks in the country. In Episode 5 of our Power...
11.13.2019
Episode 4: Demystifying the Interconnection of Renewables to the Grid
The level of decarbonization required by statutes to combat climate change in New York State, "will result in a grid and power system that are unrecognizable from the one we run today." So says Zach Smith, Vice President of System and...
10.16.2019
Episode 3: Energy Economist Dr. Sue Tierney on Benefits of Carbon Pricing
Dr. Susan Tierney, renowned energy expert with the Analysis Group and former head of policy at the U.S. Department of Energy, recently completed a study of our proposal to add a “social cost” of carbon dioxide emissions to New York’s...
08.27.2019
Episode 2: Clean Energy, Climate Change, and Creating a Culture of Evolution
There’s a new evolution coming to the energy grid, according to Emilie Nelson, NYISO Executive Vice President, and that makes it a great time to be working in the industry. Nelson described the important role of the NYISO’s grid operators...
07.23.2019
Episode 1: Climate Leadership & New York Policy
The New York ISO's first ever Power Trends Podcast, with newly appointed President & CEO Rich Dewey, discusses New York energy policy, carbon pricing and who has the best job in the country. During his conversation, Dewey discussed the state’s interest...

What's Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast episodes:

Ep. 33 Udayan Nair is NYISO’s First Director of Grid Transition

Ep. 32: Modeling the Path to Decarbonization with Cornell’s Dr. C. Lindsay Anderson

Ep. 31: Columbia Climate School’s Daniel Zarrilli on New York’s Decarbonization Progress

Ep. 30: Nicole Bouchez, PhD, on her unique role as NYISO’s Consumer Interest Liaison

Ep. 29: Julie Tighe on Leading the NY League of Conservation Voters and Joining the NYISO’s Environmental Advisory Council

Ep.28: How NY's Grid Stayed Reliable Through This Summer's Late Heatwave with VP of Operations, Aaron Markham

Ep.27: Master Class in Electricity Markets with Rana Mukerji

Podcast Ep. 26: Running Down a Dream with Market Mitigation Economist Michelle Merlis

Ep. 25: VP Zach Smith on the Interconnection Process & Growth of Clean Energy on the Grid

Podcast Ep. 24: U.S. Energy Information Administration Experts Discuss the Causes of Rising Winter Electricity Prices

Episode 23: NYISO’s Market Monitor – Guarding Competition for the Benefit of Consumers

Episode 22: NYISO VP Zach Smith on Unprecedented Investment Needed to Meet Energy Goals

Episode 21: U.S. Energy Information Administration Experts Discuss Recent Energy Price Impacts

Episode 20: The ROI of Energy Security Investment with Karen Wayland

Episode 19: How We Removed Barriers to Clean-Energy Resources Coming Onto the Grid

Episode 18: NYISO VP Zach Smith on Reliability Risks from Extreme Weather, Transmission Constraints, & Electricity Economics

Episode 17: Wes Yeomans on Summer Reliability Retrospective & Modeling for Climate Change

Episode 16: Gil C. Quiniones, President & CEO of NYPA, on Decarbonization, Building a Better Grid & Disaster Recovery

Episode 15: ACE NY’s Anne Reynolds Advises CAC on Fast-Tracking Clean Energy Targets

Episode 14: NYISO VP Zach Smith on Emission-Free Grid Planning, Climate Change & the Interconnection Queue

Episode 13: Key Capture Energy’s Jeff Bishop on the Critical Role of Storage in Greening the Grid

Episode 12: Emilie Nelson Advises the CAC that a System of Markets, Physics and People Will Produce a Reliable Zero-Emissions Grid

Episode 11: John Reese talks "Big Think" on Power Gen's Clean Energy Future

Episode 10: Bob Hiney Offers His Wisdom & Advice on the Future of New York’s Grid

Episode 9: From COVID-19 to the CLCPA, Our Power Trends Report is a Must-Read for Grid Stakeholders & Policymakers

Episode 8: Wes Yeomans on Staying Calm, Sequestering Operators, & the Virtues of Virtual Campfires

Episode 7: Clarkson President Anthony Collins on a Culture of Innovation

Episode 6: State of the Grid with Rich Dewey, Outlines NYISO Initiatives to Meet Climate & Policy Goals

Episode 5: RFF's Karen Palmer on Carbon Pricing & Multistate Impacts

Episode 4: Demystifying the Interconnection of Renewables to the Grid

Episode 3: Energy Economist Dr. Sue Tierney on Benefits of Carbon Pricing

Episode 2: Clean Energy, Climate Change, and Creating a Culture of Evolution

Episode 1: Climate Leadership & New York Policy