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SUMMARY:What Is Actually Wrong With The American Grid?
DESCRIPTION:The American electricity grid is two systems running at once. There is the financial system of markets, rates, capital approvals, and regulatory dockets. There is the physical system of generators, wires, transformers, and substations. The two are no longer keeping pace with the demand being placed on them, and that mismatch is showing up in rising bills, slipping reliability, multi-year back orders for basic equipment, and generation projects stuck in interconnection queues for years.\nHosted by George Washington University’s Alliance for a Sustainability Future and its Environmental and Energy Management Institute, this session looks at the mismatch between the financial and physical sides of the grid, what it means for the people and businesses on the other end of the meter, and where the panelists see practical paths to fixing it.\n \nSpeakers\n\n\nEdward Saltzberg\nExecutive Director\nSecurity and Sustainability Forum\nVisiting Scholar at GW’s Environmental and Energy Management Institute. Writes the Stability Brief on Substack.\n\n \n\n\nScott Sklar\nFounder\nThe Stella Group\nFounder of The Stella Group and former Executive Director of the Solar Energy Industries Association. Recipient of the Charles Greeley Abbot Award, the American Solar Energy Society’s top honor. Co-founder of the Congressional Solar Caucus.\n \n\n\n\nMatt Haupt\nPresident\nAll Threats Considered\nFormer Director of NAVFAC Headquarters Energy, where he led energy strategy across 70+ Navy shore installations worldwide and oversaw more than $1 billion in resilience investments. Retired U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps Officer. \n \n\n\n\nPeter Fox Penner\nPrincipal\nThe Brattle Group\nAuthor of Smart Power and Power After Carbon (Harvard). Former senior official at the U.S. Department of Energy and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Research cited in a U.S. Supreme Court decision.\n\n \n\n\nDonna Attanasio\nExecutive Director\nGW Alliance for a Sustainable Future\nFormer Assistant Dean for Energy Law at GW Law and former partner at White & Case. Past president of the Energy Bar Association.\n\n
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