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November 19, 2013
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy for a lecture by Peter Fox-Penner, Principal and Chairman, The Brattle Group, and Ron Binz, Founder and Principal, Public Policy Consulting, and former Chairman, Colorado Public Utilities, on the key challenges that confront the U.S. power sector. They will be joined in the discussion by CGEP Inaugural Fellow and former U.S. Under Secretary of Energy (Acting) David Sandalow.
The speakers will review the current status of the challenges identified in Mr. Fox-Penner’s 2010 book, Smart Power: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities, including the decarbonization of the utility sector, the deployment of smart grid, the development of substantial renewable resources on the grid, and the financial state of the industry. They will also discuss the recent rise of resiliency concerns, the impact of low natural gas prices, and the status of climate policy in the U.S., concluding with a comparative look at the U.S. experience and the evolution underway in other energy industries across the globe. This event is open to the press. Registration is required.
This roundtable is open only to currently enrolled Columbia University students. To register, you must sign in with your UNI. The Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at...
On February 28, the United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran, resulting in the deaths of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei and senior Iranian leaders...
Join the NYU SPS Center for Global Affairs, the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA Women in Energy Initiative (WIE), and the NYU SPS Energy,...
The Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia SIPA and the Fashion, Energy, and Climate Network invite you to join the first session of our new talk...
On March 20, Governor Kathy Hochul proposed significant changes to New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), the landmark climate law passed in 2019.
In January 2026, the UK government publicly released an intelligence report analyzing the security implications of global environmental destruction.
