Latest Nyiso Podcast Episodes
Ep. 32: Modeling the Path to Decarbonization with Cornell’s Dr. C. Lindsay Anderson
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - April 10, 2024 19:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWhat 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 future grid to achieve optimal performance. Anderson is chair of Cornell’...
Ep. 31: Columbia Climate School’s Daniel Zarrilli on New York’s Decarbonization Progress
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - February 27, 2024 21:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsColumbia 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 piers and bulkheads, overseeing cruise terminal...
Ep. 30: Nicole Bouchez, PhD, on her unique role as NYISO’s Consumer Interest Liaison
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - January 10, 2024 22:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsYou 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 stakehol...
Ep. 29: Julie Tighe on Leading the NY League of Conservation Voters and Joining the NYISO’s Environmental Advisory Council
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - November 01, 2023 18:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn 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 information and analysis on state and federal e...
Ep.28: How NY's Grid Stayed Reliable Through This Summer's Late Heatwave with VP of Operations, Aaron Markham
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - October 02, 2023 01:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsNew 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 challenge. On our latest Power Trends podcast, NYISO...
Ep.27: Master Class in Electricity Markets with Rana Mukerji
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - August 01, 2023 00:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn 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. We ask Rana about his past career experience work...
Podcast Ep. 26: Running Down a Dream with Market Mitigation Economist Michelle Merlis
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - March 17, 2023 16:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsEpisode 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 found her on the basketball court...
Ep. 25: VP Zach Smith on the Interconnection Process & Growth of Clean Energy on the Grid
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - February 23, 2023 01:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings“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 advancements, more developers are seeking to co...
Podcast Ep. 24: U.S. Energy Information Administration Experts Discuss the Causes of Rising Winter Electricity Prices
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - January 05, 2023 18:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn 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 Office of Energy Analysis, and Corrina Ric...
Episode 23: NYISO’s Market Monitor – Guarding Competition for the Benefit of Consumers
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - November 21, 2022 19:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsEvery 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 products and services, competitive wholesale electric marke...
Episode 22: NYISO VP Zach Smith on Unprecedented Investment Needed to Meet Energy Goals
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - September 30, 2022 15:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe 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 Outl...
Episode 21: U.S. Energy Information Administration Experts Discuss Recent Energy Price Impacts
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - August 08, 2022 15:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn 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 to Dr. Tyler Hodge, Senior...
Episode 20: The ROI of Energy Security Investment with Karen Wayland
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - June 15, 2022 18:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIt’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 are the messages of Dr. Karen Wayland, a noted policy expert ...
Episode 19: How We Removed Barriers to Clean-Energy Resources Coming Onto the Grid
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - February 28, 2022 16:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsOur 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 for clean-energy resource...
Episode 18: NYISO VP Zach Smith on Reliability Risks from Extreme Weather, Transmission Constraints, & Electricity Economics
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - December 27, 2021 14:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWe’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 on for all. While the report declared there are no immediate risks...
Episode 17: Wes Yeomans on Summer Reliability Retrospective & Modeling for Climate Change
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - October 25, 2021 17:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWhen 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 of External Affairs and Corporate Communication...
Episode 16: Gil C. Quiniones, President & CEO of NYPA, on Decarbonization, Building a Better Grid & Disaster Recovery
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - August 03, 2021 02:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsGil 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 quarter of New York’s energy generation and a third of its tran...
Episode 15: ACE NY’s Anne Reynolds Advises CAC on Fast-Tracking Clean Energy Targets
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - June 29, 2021 17:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsAnne 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 resources in New York. She recently spoke w...
Episode 14: NYISO VP Zach Smith on Emission-Free Grid Planning, Climate Change & the Interconnection Queue
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - April 19, 2021 21:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIt’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 10 years in the future. The team also looks at all proposed energy re...
Episode 13: Key Capture Energy’s Jeff Bishop on the Critical Role of Storage in Greening the Grid
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - March 01, 2021 16:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsJeff 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 numbers and saw the future in battery storage. Together, they formed Key Ca...
Episode 12: Emilie Nelson Advises the CAC that a System of Markets, Physics and People Will Produce a Reliable Zero-Emissions Grid
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - January 19, 2021 15:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsEmilie 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 scoping plan for a 70% renewable grid by 2030 a...
Episode 11: John Reese talks "Big Think" on Power Gen's Clean Energy Future
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - December 15, 2020 15:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsJohn 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 York City’s energy capacity. He is also serving on the Power...
Episode 10: Bob Hiney Offers His Wisdom & Advice on the Future of New York’s Grid
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - September 18, 2020 14:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWhat 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 the NYISO Board of Directors for 14 years, previously chaired the Manag...
Episode 9: From COVID-19 to the CLCPA, Our Power Trends Report is a Must-Read for Grid Stakeholders & Policymakers
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - July 20, 2020 14:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWhat 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 Davidson discuss how Power Trends 2020: The Vision for a Greener Grid, is created to i...
Episode 8: Wes Yeomans on Staying Calm, Sequestering Operators, & the Virtues of Virtual Campfires
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - April 09, 2020 14:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWhat 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 COVID-19 meant putting into place our pandemic response plan. And for 37 NYISO Control ...
Episode 7: Clarkson President Anthony Collins on a Culture of Innovation
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - March 05, 2020 15:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsDr. 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 the NYISO as we transition to the grid of the future...
Episode 6: State of the Grid with Rich Dewey, Outlines NYISO Initiatives to Meet Climate & Policy Goals
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - February 05, 2020 15:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn 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, but the urgency of climate change has shift...
Episode 5: RFF's Karen Palmer on Carbon Pricing & Multistate Impacts
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - January 02, 2020 15:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsDr. 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 Trends Podcast, Dr. Palmer speaks with our Vice President of Extern...
Episode 4: Demystifying the Interconnection of Renewables to the Grid
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - November 13, 2019 15:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe 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 Resource Planning at the NYISO. In Episode 4 of the Power Tre...
Episode 3: Energy Economist Dr. Sue Tierney on Benefits of Carbon Pricing
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - October 16, 2019 14:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsDr. 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 wholesale energy markets. In this interview with Kevin Lanahan...
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