On this episode of Columbia Energy Exchange, Richard Kauffman, Chairman of Energy & Finance for New York State in the office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, sat down with host Bill Loveless. The two discussed the fundamental changes occurring in the ways that electricity is being generated, sold and consumed as well as the role that policy–specifically the effort in New York State known as “Reforming the Energy Vision”–is playing in the transition.
This podcast was recorded on February 18, 2016.
On June 1, 2023, Dr. Melissa Lott, Director of Research and Senior Research Scholar, testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on electric reliability in the United States.
In June 2022, the European Commission allowed Spain and Portugal to decouple the price of gas from that of electricity for 12 months.
National oil companies (NOCs) produce about half of the world’s oil and own the bulk of oil and gas reserves. They are also large issuers of bonds held by international financial institutions. Their ESG risks should be a matter of great concern.