Keeping the Lights On in the Empire State: Commissioner Diane Burman

New York has ambitious climate goals. But its electric grid operator has also recently signaled reliability warnings as power plants are driven into retirement. Diane Burman has served on the New York State Public Service Commission for nearly ten years. She joined Energy Solutions to talk about the current energy policy landscape in New York, her priorities as a regulator, and what other policymakers can learn from the Empire State.

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Chapters

• 1:51 How the NYC Blackouts of '77 Brought Diane to Energy
• 8:07 New York's Top Energy Priorities Today
• 11:37 Dissent vs. Due Diligence: Why Diane Pushes Back
• 15:04 The Energy Policy Landscape in New York
• 22:07 "We need a balanced approach to a clean and reliable grid"
• 26:58 The Role of Competition in NY Energy
• 29:12 Collaborating Across State Lines
• 33:41 State & Federal Tension in Energy Policy
• 38:48 "All hands on approach": New York Looks Into the Future