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Alternative Power Plays is a podcast that explores the latest trends and innovations in energy generation. The podcast is hosted by Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney attorneys and experts, Alan Seltzer and John Povilaitis, along with financing experts at the Brattle Group. Each episode features insightful interviews with industry leaders, innovators, and policymakers who are shaping the future of alternative energy.
Tune into to Alternative Power Plays to hear frank conversations about new energy technologies and how facilities, municipalities and more can prepare for the next generation…of energy
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Fusion Energy: The Past, Present and Future
While it’s not new, fusion energy generation has long seemed a little too out of reach to be commercially practical. That is, until now.
On this episode, Alan Seltzer and Frank Graves welcome Andrew Holland, Chief Executive Officer of the Fusion Industry Association.
The Fusion Industry Association is a non-profit organization made up of private companies working to make commercial fusion energy a reality through advocacy and education. FIA is driven by a belief that affordable, clean energy is desperately needed in the world, and that fusion power is a viable solution.
The episode gets into how fusion energy works in its many forms, where it’s at in the development process, how companies can join the Association, and dispels some common myths about the technology.
For more information on the Fusion Industry Association, visit https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org.
To read more about Alan Seltzer, visit: https://www.bipc.com/alan-seltzer. To read more about Frank Graves, visit: https://www.brattle.com/experts/frank-c-graves/. -
Exploring Community-Scale Renewable Energy in New York City
On this episode, Alan Seltzer and John Povilaitis welcome David Arfin, CEO and co-founder of NineDot Energy.
NineDot is a true innovator in the urban energy space. The company is developing and implementing clean energy business models for New York City. Evolving from a fuel cell project company started in 2015, NineDot was created in 2021 to build community-scale energy systems that support a more resilient electric grid and deliver economic savings, all while reducing carbon emissions.
The episode gets into how solar energy can work in a big (shadowy) city like New York, the ins and outs of battery storage in urban areas, and what the future of renewable energy in cities may need to look like in order to work in what can be a complex energy and regulatory environment.
For more information on NineDot, visit https://nine.energy/.
To read more about John Povilaitis, visit: https://www.bipc.com/john-povilaitis. To read more about Alan Seltzer, visit: https://www.bipc.com/alan-seltzer. -
The Primer on Hydrogen Power
Hydrogen is becoming an increasingly popular fuel in the energy sector. Discussion of the fuel source as an alternative to natural gas has continued to grow. It can be combusted to deliver energy without producing carbon emissions and can come from a variety of sources domestically. But what’s the real story behind hydrogen, and how does it work?
On this episode of Alternative Power Plays, our hosts John Povilaitis and Alan Seltzer welcome friends from the Brattle Group, Ragini Sreenath and Josh Figueroa, to talk about where hydrogen may be headed as an energy source and the potential it may have.
Since hydrogen is such a growing topic, this episode will be a primer and the first of a handful of episodes in which we’ll discuss hydrogen in more detail.
To learn more about Josh Figueroa, visit: https://www.brattle.com/experts/josh-figueroa/
To learn more about Ragini Sreenath, visit: https://www.brattle.com/experts/ragini-sreenath/
To learn more about John Povilaitis, visit: https://www.bipc.com/john-povilaitis
To learn more about Alan Seltzer, visit: https://www.bipc.com/alan-seltzer -
Power Player - Ed Hild
One of our favorite guests from last season makes a return appearance to discuss the energy space as it relates to our elected officials in Washington, D.C. Ed Hild, a principal in Buchanan’s Government Relations practice in D.C., stops by to discuss the fallout from the midterm elections that left Democrats in control of the Senate and the Republicans with slim control in House. With this new power structure in place, Ed gives his expert opinion on if he expects a standstill in energy policy. Ed also provides insight on the fluctuation of energy prices due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
For our new listeners, Ed has spent years with Buchanan after nearly two decades on Capitol Hill serving in various positions, most recently as chief of staff for U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and as a legislative assistant, legislative director and deputy chief of staff for former U.S. Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM).
To read more about Ed Hild, visit: https://www.bipc.com/edward-hild.
To read more about John Povilaitis, visit: https://www.bipc.com/john-povilaitis
To read more about Alan Seltzer, visit: https://www.bipc.com/alan-seltzer -
Power Player – Anul Thapa
On this episode of Alternative Power Plays, Anul Thapa, a Principal with the Brattle Group, discusses New England’s natural gas supply, transmission and distribution system and the challenges it faces in this winter. Anul has more than a decade of experience applying economic and finance principles in complex oil and gas-related litigation, arbitration, and regulatory proceedings. He co-authored “Understanding Natural Gas Markets,” which was prepared for the American Petroleum Institute in 2014.
New England gets about 80% of its electricity from natural gas fired generation. Anul discusses how the already heavily utilized gas pipeline capacity into the region, combined with high natural gas prices, will impact the New England electric market and how the demand of LNG will impacted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This episode wraps up by the trio discussing how policy makers address the New England gas system supply issues and could avoid economic disruptions in the future.
To read more about Anul Thapa, visit: https://www.brattle.com/experts/anul-thapa/
To read more about John Povilaitis, visit: https://www.bipc.com/john-povilaitis
To read more about Alan Seltzer, visit: https://www.bipc.com/alan-seltzer -
Power Players – Joel Haas & Jeff Haas G2 Power
On this episode, Alan Seltzer and John Povilaitis welcome two Power Players who are helping revolutionize the energy space by developing technology that they say will allow existing electric power generation plants to use natural gas with absolutely zero carbon emissions.
Brothers Joel and Jeff Haas say, unlike other carbon emission technology that requires significant upfront cost and a major overhaul of a power plant’s existing infrastructure, their company, G2 Power promises to make this process incredibly simple and cost-effective.
This episode explores how G2 Power’s technology would impact decommissioned or soon-to-be decommissioned coal plants, key legislation that would create incentives for more use of their technology, how much power plants could save in operating cost by using their technology and much more.
To read more about John Povilaitis, visit: https://www.bipc.com/john-povilaitis.
To read more about Alan Seltzer, visit: https://www.bipc.com/alan-seltzer.