by U.S. Energy Association
USEA's Virtual Press Briefing series features a panel of industry experts answering questions from energy journalists about the leading issues and cutting-edge energy topics of the day. The general audience can also submit questions. USEA President and CEO Mark W. Menezes delivers opening remarks for each briefing. The briefings are organized and moderated by Llewellyn King, producer and co-host of White House Chronicle on PBS. The Virtual Press Briefing series was launched in October 2020. It is a virtual reboot of the original Press Briefing series, which was conducted several years ago in
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April 16, 2025
<p>The tumult produced by President Trump’s global tariffs has added a new urgency to the United States Energy Association’s next virtual press briefing.</p><p>The briefing, which is set for Wednesday, April 16 at 11 a.m. EDT, will examine the utility industry under the rubric of “New Challenges, Old Trajectories.” It will be broadcast live on Zoom and is free and open to the public, but registration is required.</p><p>This briefing, part of a monthly series, will be especially critical because of the impact on the electrical supply chain of the Trump tariffs. This could outweigh the administration’s easing of environmental regulations and its coolness to the trajectory of carbon reduction that utilities have been following.</p><p>There is also the question of electricity imports which are so important to New England and other states along the northern border.</p><p>At least one Canadian province, Ontario, has talked about cutting off electricity imports even if electricity is exempted from the tariffs.</p><p>Particularly at stake is bulk electrical equipment, including transformers and turbines which are imported. Supply chains were already stressed as the industry looks to build new generation, improve and upgrade transmission, and meet rapidly increasing demand.</p><p>Aluminum from Canada is of concern because it is vital in transmission expansion and upgrading.</p><p>Some utilities are wondering if they will get the government funds they obtained through the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.</p><p>Rural electric cooperatives are concerned about whether they will get their approved low-interest loans and grants from the Agriculture Department under its rural electrification program.</p><p>The tumult produced by the tariff war has serious consequences for the utilities as well as their customers.</p><p>There will be a banquet of subjects about which senior journalists will be questioning an expert at the briefing. At times of uncertainty, every bite of knowledge is vital.</p><p>On the expert panel:</p><ul><li>Markham Hislop, CEO, Energi Media, Canada</li><li>David Naylor, President, Rayburn Electric Cooperative</li><li>Jan Vrins, Partner, Clarum Advisors</li><li>Kevin Brancato, Senior Vice President of Product Strategy, TechnoMile</li><li>Jason Rodriguez, CEO and Co-Founder, Zpryme and Froliq</li><li>Karl Moor, Chief Executive Officer, Powerscape Global</li></ul><p>On the reporters panel:</p><ul><li>Jennifer Hiller, The Wall Street Journal</li><li>Herman Trabish, Utility Dive</li><li>Ken Silverstein, Forbes,</li><li>Peter Behr, Politico’s E&E News</li><li>Matt Chester, Energy Central</li><li>Adam Clayton Powell III, PBS</li></ul>
March 5, 2025
<p>Lee Zeldin, new Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has said, “It’s important for us urgently to do everything in our power to make sure Americans have the cleanest air, land, and water. That’s something that keeps me up at night."</p><p>Environmentalists and many in the energy sector believe the Trump administration is doing just the opposite. It has taken aim at a raft of laws and regulations which protect the environment, including the National Environmental Policy Act, bulwark of a vast structure of environmental laws and protections since it was signed into law by President Nixon in 1970.</p><p>There is alarm in the utility industry about the administration’s antipathy to wind generation. Its enthusiasm for coal alarms clean air advocates who see it as a step backward.</p><p>There also is alarm about the future of transitional funding guaranteed during the Biden administration, under the Inflation Reduction Act, to enhance clean energy and finance transition from polluting fuels to green ones. That funding is frozen and the Department of Government Efficiency operatives have slashed employment in the Department of Energy’s loan office. What now?</p><p>The rural electric cooperatives are worried about $9 billion in financing they were to get from the Department of Agriculture for rural electrification projects.</p><p>Lesser laws like the Endangered Species Act, it is feared by their defenders, may be repealed or circumvented.</p><p>The United States Energy Association at its next virtual press briefing, set for March 5, at 11 a.m. EST, will examine what to expect from the Trump administration in its reshaping of environmental policy, and the nature and scope of the legal opposition. Court challenges have already been filed and many more are expected.</p><p>As usual, a panel of experts will be questioned by a panel of senior journalists who cover energy and the environment.</p><p>Journalist Llewellyn King organizes and moderates the press briefings, which are broadcast live on Zoom and last an hour. Mark Menezes gives welcoming remarks and is on hand to share his deep knowledge as president and CEO of USEA and as a former deputy secretary of energy.</p><p>The Experts:</p><ul><li>Andrew Wheeler, former Administrator, EPA</li><li>Tom Falcone, President & CEO, Large Public Power Council</li></ul><ul><li>Karl Moor, Chief Executive Officer, Powerscape Global</li><li>Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Director, Center for Energy, Climate and Environment, The Heritage Foundation</li><li>Derek Murrow, Senior Director, Federal Power, Climate and Energy, NRDC</li><li>Brad Molotsky, Partner, Duane Morris</li></ul><p>The Reporters:</p><ul><li>Jennifer Hiller, The Wall Street Journal</li><li>Markham Hislop, Energi (Canada)</li><li>Evan Halper, The Washington Post</li><li>Adam Clayton Powell III, PBS</li><li>Matt Chester, Energy Central</li><li>Ken Silverstein, Forbes</li><li>Peter Behr, E&E News</li></ul>
February 12, 2025
<p>The Trump administration has made energy one of its cornerstone policies, hoping to produce "energy dominance."</p><p>While Christopher Wright, the new energy secretary, has won plaudits from the energy world, details of how the president’s energy agenda will unfold are still sketchy. What is known and what can be expected will be examined at the next United States Energy Association virtual press briefing, which is set for Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 11 a.m. EST.</p><p>As usual, a panel of senior reporters who cover energy will question a panel of experts, this time on the president's energy plans. At these briefings, the questions are spontaneous as are follow-ups. Expert panelists are invited to interject their views, if these aren’t triggered by a question from a reporter.</p><p>Mark Menezes, president and CEO of the USEA, and deputy secretary of energy in the first Trump administration, will be on hand to share his knowledge.</p><p>The briefings are organized and moderated by journalist Llewellyn King and are conducted live on Zoom. They last a little over an hour, and recordings and transcripts are available afterwards on both the USEA and Energy Central websites.</p><p>Briefings are free and open to the press and the public, but registration is required.</p><p>Experts Panel</p><ul><li><p>Linda Willard, Energy Practice, Dentons</p></li><li><p>Dan Brouillette, former Secretary, US Department of Energy</p></li><li><p>Bob Deans, Director of Strategic Engagement, Natural Resources Defense Council</p></li><li><p>Shon Hiatt, Director of the Business Energy Transition Initiative, University of Southern California</p></li><li><p>Spencer Pederson, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, National Electrical Manufacturers Association</p></li><li><p>Alex Beehler, Former Assistant Army Secretary for Energy and the Environment</p></li><li><p>Scott Segal, Co-chair of the Policy Resolution Group, Bracewell LLP</p></li></ul><p>Reporters Panel</p><ul><li><p>Jennifer Hiller, The Wall Street Journal</p></li><li><p>Evan Halper, The Washington Post</p></li><li><p>Peter Behr, Politico’s E&E News</p></li><li><p>Ken Silverstein, Forbes</p></li><li><p>Matt Chester, Energy Central</p></li><li><p>Adam Clayton Powell III, PBS</p></li></ul>
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