Plugged In
A dynamic conversation with key players in the most important issue affecting your pocket book — gas prices and energy policy. Washington Examiner energy policy reporters and Neil Chatterjee, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in the Trump administration, bring you all the latest and add their highly-informed insights.
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"Plugged In" host Neil Chatterjee and energy reporter Breanne Deppisch welcome trading and emissions expert Georges Tijbosch to talk about practical steps that can be taken to fight climate change — including reducing methane gas emissions within this decade.
Tijbosch, the CEO of MiQ says the Biden administration's goals for the energy transition will take time to achieve, but his nonprofit's work of reducing emissions and certifyi...
"Plugged In" host Neil Chatterjee and energy reporter Breanne Deppisch welcome infrastructure expert Ken Davis to discuss the Biden administration's rising energy crisis: grid security. Davis, a former deputy attorney general for the Commonwealth of Virginia, says the challenge must be addressed to ensure power stays online.
While fully staffing transformers and substations to prevent attacks isn't sustainable, he said there must b...
"Plugged In" host Neil Chatterjee and energy reporter Breanne Deppisch welcome energy expert Heather Reams to discuss how important it is for Republican lawmakers to have a seat at the table when it comes to climate change solutions — and what lowering emissions can do to help the global energy crises.
Reams, the president of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, says after her trip to COP27, she's optimistic about the GOP's o...
"Plugged In" host Neil Chatterjee welcomes American Chemistry Council CEO Chris Jahn, who represents rail consumers, once again to explain the bill President Joe Biden signed into law on Friday, averting a national railroad strike. Biden called it "the right thing to do in the moment," and Jahn agreed that he deserves credit.
But, he said the fight isn't over. Labor unions are still pushing back, as some of their demands weren't me...
"Plugged In" hosts Neil Chatterjee and energy reporter Breanne Deppisch welcome climate attorney Phil Goldberg to discuss a recent surge in climate lawsuits against utility companies and energy manufacturers from the legal perspective.
Goldberg, the managing partner at the D.C. office of Shook, Hardy, and Bacon, argues that federal regulators and lawmakers should decide the climate change debate, not the courts. When asked if the i...
On this special edition of the "Plugged In" podcast, hosts Neil Chatterjee and Breanne Deppisch discuss the outcome of the midterm elections and what a Democratic-led Senate and Republican-led House will mean for the energy space in the new year.
The two also dive into the 11th-hour decisions of COP27 in Egypt and NERC's 2022 Winter Reliability Assessment.
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"Plugged In" hosts Neil Chatterjee and energy reporter Breanne Deppisch welcome energy expert Mark Wolfe on to explain what could be a diesel fuel crisis this winter, as the war in Ukraine continues, fuel prices climb higher, and the Northeastern United States runs short on its heating oil supply.
Wolfe, the executive director of the National Energy Assistance Directors Association, says the Biden administration may have been shor...
"Plugged In" host Neil Chatterjee welcomes former Minnesota Sen. Norman Coleman on this special Election Day episode to provide his insight on how the top issues under President Joe Biden — such as energy, inflation, and crime — are likely to impact the outcomes of key races.
The Republican senator, who sat on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources during his tenure, was well known for his bipartisan push for energy i...
"Plugged In" host Neil Chatterjee welcomes Joseph Majkut, the director of the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies to talk about how the war in Ukraine and a slow permitting process under the Biden administration have impacted climate goals abroad and in the United States.
The long-term effects of sanctions on Russian oil are unknown, but location matters, As the transitio...
"Plugged In" host Neil Chatterjee and Washington Examiner energy reporter Breanne Deppisch dive into the Biden administration's decision to sell off even more barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves, and the president's race to lower gas prices, seen by many as a political move ahead of the midterms.
And as China braces to re-open its economy, the war in Ukraine continues adding more sanctions on Russian energy, ...
"Plugged In" hosts Neil Chatterjee and energy reporter Breanne Deppisch welcome former Oregon Rep. Greg Walden to talk about how the energy space has changed since he retired in 2020 and why it's important to "make sure that America has reliable affordable energy."
The Republican lawmaker, who served as chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, questioned some of the Biden administration's moves when it comes to lowering...
"Plugged In" hosts Neil Chatterjee and energy reporter Breanne Deppisch welcome Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen to talk about how recent polling shows more conservatives are getting energized over climate change initiatives.
CLC research also shows that younger conservatives are more likely to embrace a push for cleaner energy, according to Bertelsen. But how will the Inflation Reduction Act help or harm those effort...
"Plugged In" hosts Neil Chatterjee and energy reporter Breanne Deppisch welcome solar guru Yuri Horwitz on to discuss the "dramatic" way the solar and renewable energy industry has changed in the last decade.
Horwitz, the CEO of Sol Systems, said everyone is optimistic about solar energy — even the Biden administration — but there must be a transition period if the industry wants to keep its consumers happy, keep investors investin...
"Plugged In" host Neil Chatterjee welcomes American Chemistry Council CEO Chris Jahn to provide a rebuttal to Season 2's interview with representatives from the Association of American Railroads that blamed competition and innovation shortcomings on President Joe Biden's energy goals.
Jahn says it's actually the monopoly of Class I railroads — four of which control 90% of freight traffic — that have stifled competition. He pushes f...
On the inaugural episode of Season 3 of the "Plugged In" podcast, hosts Neil Chatterjee and Breanne Deppisch break down the summer's energy concerns from the impact of the war in Ukraine on gas prices and fuel production to the harsh weather events affecting grid reliability and electricity to the pressures from industry and voters to bring production back to the United States, and much more.
The two also shine a light on the Infla...
On the season finale of the "Plugged In" podcast, host Neil Chatterjee is joined by NextEra Director of Environmental Policy Lauren Sher. The two highlight the energy giant's recent decarbonization goals and how the company will meet them; as well as what role government should play in the industry's move to cut down greenhouse gas emissions.
While Sher said the bipartisan infrastructure bill could bring more fruit to bear when it ...
"Plugged In" host Neil Chatterjee and energy reporter Breanne Deppisch welcomed Assistant Vice President Jordan Stone and Assistant General Counsel Theresa Romanosky from the Association of American Railroads to discuss the industry's leading efforts in efficiency and efforts to drive down greenhouse gas emissions.
But even with the positives, Stone and Romanosky said there's more work the Biden administration can be doing t...
Clear Skies Texas Executive Director Courtney DeBrower and former Texas state representative turned climate advocate Sarah Davis joined "Plugged In" host Neil Chatterjee and energy reporter Breanne Deppisch to talk about the importance of finding bipartisan consensus when it comes to climate change initiatives.
Their organization is run exclusively by women with the goal of bringing environmental issues to the forefront of Re...
"Plugged In" host Neil Chatterjee and Washington Examiner energy reporter Breanne Deppisch dive into the Biden administration's push to OPEC+ nations to increase their output as the European Union introduced a more stringent ban on Russian oil.
But the question for conservative lawmakers remains: Why is the White House asking, in some instances, hostile actors to increase production while taking steps to limit it here at home?
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"Plugged In" host Neil Chatterjee and Alex Herrgott, an industry expert, joined forces this week to talk about the process of completing infrastructure projects — such as the development of clean energy resources and pipelines — from start to finish, including jumping the hurdles of regulations and laws.
As Herrgott argues: The actions happening now under the Biden administration are actually holding back new infr...
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