EP.84 Pat Wood, III, Former FERC Chairman, CEO at Hunt Energy Network

Published: Feb. 11, 2022, 3:49 p.m.

In this episode, our CEO John Feddersen is joined by Pat Wood, III, former FERC Chairman and CEO at Hunt Energy Network. \n\nWith a distinguished career in energy and the public service, Pat has served as Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the US under President George W. Bush, and of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT). He holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.\n\nJohn & Pat discuss:\n\n* The role of the federal government in driving the push towards an increasingly clean, affordable and reliable power system\n* The biggest impediment to Biden\u2019s plan to decarbonise the power grid by 2035\n* The potential for batteries in the US power grid\n\nNext week on Energy Unplugged we will welcome Laura Sandys, Chair of the UK Government Energy Digitalisation Taskforce. Stay tuned!