Podcasts Technology Energy Unplugged EP.91 Jon Wellinghoff, Former FERC Chairman and current Chief Regulatory Officer at Voltus

EP.91 Jon Wellinghoff, Former FERC Chairman and current Chief Regulatory Officer at Voltus

Published: March 31, 2022, 3:47 p.m.

This week on the podcast, our USA Country Lead, Oliver Kerr is joined by Jon Wellinghoff, Former Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and current Chief Regulatory Officer at Voltus, the world\u2019s leading platform for Distributed Energy Resources (DERs). With a distinguished career in the US energy sector, Jon was the longest serving Chairman of FERC during the Obama administration after he was appointed first as a commissioner by George W Bush in 2006. \n\nJon and Oliver discuss:\n\n\u2022\tThe role of FERC and the Federal Government more broadly in the energy transition\n\u2022\tThe potential of demand-side response which remains a relatively small part of energy mix in US and the reason why haven\u2019t we seen more progress \n\u2022\tWhether it is possible to reach Net Zero with renewables, efficiency and demand-side response, or do we also need supply-side investment in other low carbon generation like nuclear, CCS, hydrogen, long-duration storage