EPSA Live: Why State Policy Is Driving Power Investment

About this episode

A discussion on how state leadership is influencing power investment and energy resources.

In this special episode of Energy Solutions, recorded live at EPSA's 5th Annual Competitive Power Summit, Kathryn Clay, Lead Energy & Climate Analyst at Washington Post Intelligence, moderates a discussion with LS Power Generation President Nate Hanson, Speaker Matt Huffman of the Ohio House of Representatives, Competitive Power Ventures CEO Sherman Knight, and Gordon van Welie, former President and CEO of ISO New England, on how state leadership is shaping where and how new energy resour...

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Host: Kathryn Clay

Guests: Nate Hanson, Matt Huffman, Sherman Knight, Gordon van Welie

Topics covered

• state policy
• power investment
• energy resources
• leadership
• competitive power

Keywords

• state policy
• power investment
• energy resources
• leadership
• competitive power
• EPSA
• 5th Annual Competitive Power Summit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Washington Post Intelligence, LS Power Generation, Competitive Power Ventures, ISO New England, EPSA

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