EP111—Behind the Curtain of the Clean Utility Transition

About this episode

Dale Bryk interviews Jamie Van Nostrand about the regulatory frameworks governing utilities and their impact on clean energy transitions and consumer energy bills.

EELP director of State and Regional Climate Policies Dale Bryk talks with Jamie Van Nostrand, recent chair of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, the entity that oversees investor-owned electric and gas utilities. Together, they dive into the regulatory frameworks that govern utilities, how those rules drive utility investments, and what that means for consumer energy bills in the transition to clean energy. Transcript: https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CleanLaw-EP111-Transcript.pdf

People in this episode

Host: Dale Bryk

Guest: Jamie Van Nostrand

Topics covered

• clean energy
• utility regulation
• consumer energy bills
• investor-owned utilities
• climate policy

Keywords

• clean utility transition
• regulatory frameworks
• utility investments
• energy bills
• climate policies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, HLS Environmental & Energy Law Program

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