Also Addressing Climate, Equity and Resilience. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Tam Hunt and Noel Morin. Our panel informs us about the newly established Big Island’s Office of Sustainability, Climate, Equity and Resilience, our progress on renewable electricity, how AI can help, and what can be done to give […]
The PUC’s Role in Hawai’i Energy Policy (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
Protecting You – the General Public. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Jennifer Potter. This episode offers viewers a unique overview of the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission’s (HPUC) roles and responsibilities in providing regulatory oversight to approximately 1,800 entities in the state of Hawai’i. The discussion provides context on how […]
We Can’t Legislate Renewables as Imagined (Perspectives on Energy)
Reliance on Renewables and Reliability. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. Go to HSI.com for more information As we have seen energy concerns play out this week, it is becoming painfully evident that a shift towards 100% renewables cannot happen as legislated by wishful thinkers. California and parts of the western United States […]
US Energy and Electric Power Policy (Perspectives on Energy)
Energy in National Security Policy. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. The guest is David Gattie. The United States has entered an era of long-term competition with revisionist powers. A key aspect of this competition will revolve around a contest for technological superiority waged between the national innovation bases of the respective competitors. […]
Lessons from the Midterms: for Politicians and Energy Policy (Energy In America)
The two are inextricably intertwined. Jay Fidell and Lucian Pugliaresi, CEO of EPRINC, Inc., get together for a discussion of how the mideterms will affect energy policy in America The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Lucian Pugliaresi. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am […]
Following up on Paris, and on Oil Prices
First ,we’ll talk about the fall out from the Paris outlook. Second, we’ll talk about the continuing failure of OPEC to raise oil prices. The outlook for baseload (fuel oil) costs are continuing to be modest and not rising, putting more pressure on the Hawaiian dream of 100 percent renewables. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on […]
The 13th Legislative Briefing by the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum
Elise Anderson and Kaui Lucas cover The 13th legislative briefing by the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum. Some of the speakers included; Sharon Moriwaki, the co-chair of the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum, Chris Lee, the chair of the House Committee on Energy, Carl Freedman, of the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum, Tom Gorak, the Commissioner of the […]
U.S. Energy Policy Midterm Review
Energy in America Guest Host Ray Tsuchiyama is joined by Lucian Pugliaresi, President of the Washington, D.C.-based Energy Policy Research Foundation, Inc. (EPRINC), to discuss the new Trump Administration first two months and the evolving U.S. energy policy landscape. He gives insights to the Paris Accord, clean power plans, the so-called Congressional “Mid-Term Review” and […]
Impacts of Trump’s Keystone Reversal
Jay Fidell is joined by Jeffrey Kissel of the Energy Policy Research Foundation, Inc. (EPRINC) an energy policy think tank in Washington D.C. They discus recent developments in national energy policy and how these changes will affect state policy and renewable energy targets. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm […]
Realities of of Renewable Energy Development – Energy in America with EPRINC
Energy Policy Research Foundation, Inc. (EPRINC) is an energy policy think tank in Washington D.C. This inaugural episode of “Energy in America” analyzes the future of both the abundance and the likely cost of future supplies of oil and gas. Lucian Pugliaresi and Jay Fidell discuss how U.S. policy, especially environmental regulation, should be implemented […]