USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 249: The Brattle Group Principal Ryan Hledik

USEA's Global Briefing: European Union

In this edition of USEA's Global Briefing, Ambassador Jovita Neliupšienė explores the evolving EU-U.S. strategic partnership, focusing on stabilizing global energy security, standardizing the deployment of American Small Modular Reactors across Europe, and mobilizing the massive private investment required to bridge the productivity gap in energy and AI.

USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 249: The Brattle Group Principal Ryan Hledik

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Ryan Hledik, principal with multinational business consultant The Brattle Group answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the demand stack concept, an approach to customer-owned distributed energy resources that can maximize their benefits to utilities, their customers and the power system. This episode was sponsored by Uplight, which creates and manages capacity for the grid through networks of connected devices that generate shift or save energy. Uplight empowers its 80 plus utility partners by combining best in class customer experiences with an open, flexible capacity management platform that improves grid resilience, reduces costs and accelerates decarbonization. Learn more at https://uplight.com/

USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 248: Uplight Director of Market Innovation & Commercialization Sam Hartnett

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Sam Hartnett, Director of Market Innovation and Commercialization for energy management and demand flexibility provider Uplight, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about Uplight’s concept of the utility’s demand stack, an innovative approach to demand side management that can allow utilities and their customers to maximize the benefits of customer-owned distributed energy resources. This episode was sponsored by Uplight, which creates and manages capacity for the grid through networks of connected devices that generate shift or save energy. Uplight empowers its 80 plus utility partners by combining best in class customer experiences with an open, flexible capacity management platform that improves grid resilience, reduces costs and accelerates decarbonization. Learn more at https://uplight.com/

USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 247: Nuclear Innovation Alliance Senior Fellow Dr. Jessica Lovering

In today’s USEA Power Sector Podcast, Dr. Jessica Lovering, senior fellow with the Nuclear Innovation Alliance, answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about the key findings in her recently released paper on emerging nuclear technologies, Right-Sizing Reactors: Balancing trade-offs between economies of scale and volume [https://nuclearinnovationalliance.org/right-sizing-reactors-balancing-trade-offs-between-economies-scale-and-volume].

USEA's Global Briefing: Georgia

In this episode of USEA's Global Briefing, Mr. Zviad Gachechiladze of JSC Georgian State Electrosystem discusses how Georgia is leveraging its historic, strategic position to evolve from an energy transit hub into a primary producer of green electrons for the global market. The conversation explores critical advancements like the 1,195-kilometer Black Sea Submarine Cable project, market alignment with EU standards, and emerging opportunities for American firms in hydroelectricity and green hydrogen. Additionally, the episode examines how long-term U.S. technical assistance and regional developments like the Trump Route for international Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) are shaping energy independence and grid flexibility in the Southern Caucasus.