The Power Hour

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The Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment’s (CECE) Power Hour, hosted by Jack Spencer, brings together leading experts to discuss a wide range of timely and critical issues in energy, climate, and the environment. If you support unleashing abundant and affordable domestic energy, combatting climate alarmism, and advancing environmental policy that respects federalism, property rights, and sound science, then The Power Hour is a must-listen program.

  1. 3 days ago

    Stopping the EPA’s Post Permit Power Grab with Myron Ebell

    The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental  policy issues with national experts.  Joining Jack this week is energy and environment policy legend and Power Hour alum, Myron Ebell.  As you might have guessed, Jack and Myron, who is now with the American Lands Council, spend a lot of time discussing why a decentralized, free enterprise approach that puts the power in the hands of the people and localities is a better approach to solving energy and environment challenges than centralizing control in Washington, but the conversation doesn’t stop there.  They discuss whether Washington’s bureaucratic regulatory regimes are broken and beyond repair, how the Left has worked for decades to normalize a bureaucracy-first approach, and if the end it nigh for global warming policy.  While that is all worthwhile, the reason to you don’t want to miss this one is you need to hear how the EPA has used its authority to retroactively revoke permits and how that impacts infrastructure investment decisions.     To see some of Myron’s work, check out this Youtube link.  You won’t be disappointed.  And you can click here to see what’s going on at the American Lands Council.   And finally, you can reach out to Myron directly via email at: myrontebell@gmail.com.     As always, you can join the conversation at  thepowerhour@heritage.org!  Get Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and our documentary about nuclear energy, Powering America.  Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

    58 min

  2. 15 Jun

    How States are Getting Energy Policy Right (and Wrong) with Amy Cooke

    The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental  policy issues with national experts.  Jack invites the real AOC, Amy O. Cooke,  Always On Energy’s President and Chairman of the Board.  Amy is also a Visiting Energy Fellow at the State Policy Network where she chairs SPN’s Energy Policy Working Group.  Of particular interest, Jack and Amy talk about how much of the energy affordability issues we are facing today have nothing to do with increase demand and everything to do with the past bad energy policies.  And Amy explains how the work being done at Always On Energy puts real numbers behind the argument.  Of course, that’s just the tip of the iceberg of issues covered by Jack and Amy over the course of their conversation.    You can learn more about the great work being done at Always On Energy here and SPN’s energy work here.  After you listen to the Power Hour, go check Amy’s podcast PowerGab here, where she talks about energy issues and Colorado.     As always, you can join the conversation at  thepowerhour@heritage.org!  Get Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and our documentary about nuclear energy, Powering America.  Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

    58 min

  3. 8 Jun

    Will AI Unlock the Future of Affordable Nuclear Energy with Kevin Kong

    The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental  policy issues with national experts.  Jack has a fascinating conversation with Everstar AI CEO, Kevin Kong on today’s episode.  Kevin makes a compelling argument that radical shifts in nuclear power’s underlying economics will be made possible with AI technology.  Whether during the regulatory process, supply chain development, or plant construction, AI will transform how nuclear power plants are built by harnessing massive efficiencies and this, in turn, will result in lower prices.  You will also get a crash course in AI technology as Jack starts the conversation by asking Kevin “what is AI?” and “how does it work?”   To get the answers, you will have to listen.   You can learn more about Everstr AI here and Kevin Kong here.  You can reach out to Kevin on his Instagram page.   As always, you can join the conversation at  thepowerhour@heritage.org!  Get Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and our documentary about nuclear energy, Powering America.  Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

    50 min

  4. 1 Jun

    Pioneering a Path Forward on New Commercial Nuclear Energy with Peter Okrasa

    The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental  policy issues with top national experts.  Jack invites Peter Okrasa, founder and Chief Investment Officer of Pioneer Nuclear Energy Group to the Power Hour today.  Peter is an investor and entrepreneur who is applying his decades of investment experience to forge a new path for commercial nuclear energy.  What makes Peter exceptional is that he’s not just talking about the promise of nuclear energy, but he founded a company, Pioneer Nuclear, to make it happen.  Peter explains why nuclear presents such a unique financial opportunity and what makes his company unique in its approach to developing commercial nuclear projects.  Jack and Peter cover a lot of ground in this conversation from why nuclear energy is the energy of the future to what challenges remain in it reaching its full potential.  rse, nuclear energy.       You can learn more about Peter and Pioneer Nuclear  here and you can reach out to Peter via email at po@pioneernuclear.com   As always, you can join the conversation at  thepowerhour@heritage.org!  Get Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and our documentary about nuclear energy, Powering America.  Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

    51 min

  5. 19 May

    An America First Energy Policy with Ted Ellis

    The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental  policy issues with top national experts.  Ted Ellis of the America First Policy Institute joins Jack this week for a wide-ranging discussion on energy policy.  Ted, who bring experience from Capital Hill, is Campaign Director, Power America and Deputy Director, Energy and Environment at AFPI, but more important, the man knows energy policy.   But Ted is not just some energy guy.  He brings a fresh look at the issues and understands that innovation and entrepreneurship will be what ultimately solves our energy problems.   It is in that context that Jack and Ted discuss why energy prices are so high and what can be done about it, how AI’s demand for power could drive the next energy revolution, and, of course, nuclear energy.       You can learn more about Ted here and his organization, America First Policy Institute here.    As always, you can join the conversation at  thepowerhour@heritage.org!  Get Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and our documentary about nuclear energy, Powering America.  Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

    1hr 8min

  6. 11 May

    Why Your Transportation Freedom Might be at Risk with Terri Hall

    The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental  policy issues with top national experts.  The Power Hour expands its horizon with this discussion.  Jack talks with Terri Hall of Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom (TURF) about how our freedom to drive where we want, when we want is being threatened.  Terri is an activist who got sick and tired of seeing her highway dollars being wasted and decided to do something about it so she started organizing people to bring integrity back to the system. Before she knew it, she was running an organization whose mission was to do exactly that.  While Terri’s work focuses on Texas, you will quickly learn that what she does impacts us all.  Jack and Terri cover a lot of ground, discussing everything from highway spending to what regulators are trying to do track us in our automobiles.     You can learn more about Terri’s great organization, Texas TURF, here.    As always, you can join the conversation at  thepowerhour@heritage.org!  Get Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and our documentary about nuclear energy, Powering America.  Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

    59 min

  7. 4 May

    Could Fusion Be Just Around the Corner with Chris Mowry

    The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental  policy issues with top national experts.  Jack invites Chris Mowry of Type One Energy to the Power Hour this week to continue our discussion on fusion energy.  Chris explains in detail how fusion works and why it is such a promising energy source.  From the fuel to the economics to the technology to the waste issue (or non issue to be exact), Jack and Chris cover the fusion horizon.  Most importantly, though, Chris explains why the time is now for fusion and that it won’t be long before our homes and businesses are being powered by this exciting new source of energy.        You can learn more Chris here and about Type One Energy here.    As always, you can join the conversation at  thepowerhour@heritage.org!  Get Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and our documentary about nuclear energy, Powering America.  Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

    57 min

  8. 27 Apr

    Could Fusion Be the Next Big Energy Breakthrough with Jackie Siebens

    The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental  policy issues with top national experts.  This week Jack invites Jackie Siebens of Helion, one of the nation’s leading fusion energy companies, to the Power Hour for a fascinating conversation about this exciting technology.  They discuss how the technology works, how close it is to deployment, why fusion could be the key to solving a lot of energy issues, and does it make economic sense.  But most important, Jackie puts to bed the age-old question of whether fusion is just a few decades away.  Not give away the plot, but she makes a compelling argument for fusion being much closer than we think.     You can learn more about Helion here and more about the fusion industry at the Fusion Industry Association here.    As always, you can join the conversation at  thepowerhour@heritage.org!  Get Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and our documentary about nuclear energy, Powering America.  Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

    59 min
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The Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment’s (CECE) Power Hour, hosted by Jack Spencer, brings together leading experts to discuss a wide range of timely and critical issues in energy, climate, and the environment. If you support unleashing abundant and affordable domestic energy, combatting climate alarmism, and advancing environmental policy that respects federalism, property rights, and sound science, then The Power Hour is a must-listen program.

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