In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with McKenna Peplinski, a senior research associate at Resources for the Future, about delays in building up the infrastructure that delivers electricity to the United States. Many electric power projects, such as bids for new generators and transmission lines, are waiting in long queues to connect to the grid. In a recent study she coauthored, Peplinski examines the consequences of these delays in building out power infrastructure by comparing two scenarios that the research team modeled: one in which projects move forward on schedule, and another in which projects get stalled. She shares the research findings, which reveal that these delays have negative consequences for energy costs, emissions from power plants, public health, and the feasibility of adding renewable energy sources to the grid.

References and recommendations:

“Power Delayed: Economic Effects of Electricity Transmission and Generation Development Delays” by Daniel Shawhan, McKenna Peplinski, Sally Robson, Ethan Russell, Ethan Ziegler, and Karen Palmer; https://www.rff.org/publications/working-papers/power-delayed-economic-effects-of-electricity-transmission-and-generation-development-delays/

“Clean Power Delayed: Effects of Infrastructure Delays on Health, Environment, and US Households” by Daniel Shawhan, McKenna Peplinski, Sally Robson, Ethan Russell, Ethan Ziegler, and Karen Palmer; https://www.rff.org/publications/working-papers/clean-power-delayed-effects-of-infrastructure-delays-on-health-environment-and-us-households/

“Decarbonize Your Life” from Heatmap News; https://heatmap.news/decarbonize-your-life

Power Delayed: The Hidden Costs of Postponing Power Projects, with McKenna Peplinski


Patrick King of the Natural Resources Defense Council explained his organization's advocacy for environmental policies and their involvement in Georgia Power's Integrated Resource Plan hearings. The discussion also covered the potential impact of data centers on energy infrastructure and the importance of informed voting in the upcoming Public Service Commission elections. This election is crucial because these Commissioners approve utility rates.


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Are you Worried about Utility bills? with Patrick King II

Nancy and Erica commemorate and celebrate queer and black history in a conversation on why we recognize Pride and Juneteenth. From riots to rights, from slavery to salvation. They get real about what it is like living in a world where our most oppressed communities are still so close to the frontline. June is for justice!

June is for Justice!

Today on the Global Research News Hour, we are looking at plans by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to boost military spending to 2 percent of the GDP of his country in just  a few months, his apparent embrace of the unproven Golden Dome missile defense shield and what stakes await Canadians    who want to stop war, not start new ones (especially those of a nuclear nature.) In our first half hour, the scientist Theodore Postol of MIT joins us to explain why the Missile Defense shield today,, like missile defense in the 1980s is more science fiction than science fact    and why alternatives would be far more preferable to this insanely expensive strategy. Then in our second half hour, we sit down with Tamara Lorincz of  the Canadian Voice  Women for  Peace to discuss the false vision of a more peaceful world through increasing and expensive military strength and how to refute these claims in Canada. Finally, Alberta organizer Morrigan Johnson representing the Canada-Wide peace and justice network explains what is wrong with the G7 leaders meeting in his province this weekend and about the activities pushing back against an agenda not in the interest of the Canadian or the world’s people.

Welfare not Warfare! Stop Golden Dome! Reduce Military Spending! Resist the G7 Summit!

In the summer of 2022 Nik Forrest and I began a collaborative sound project; a double lathe-cut record called “Split Solstice.” This project is rooted in our shared interest in the sound of very low frequency (VLF) signals, the normally inaudible electromagnetic waves that result from natural phenomena, including lightning, aurora borealis, and solar flares, as well as the urban electrical grid and other human technologies. We recorded VLF and audio samples simultaneously in Gaspé, Quebec, and Lofoten, Norway, two locations in the Northern hemisphere on June 21st, at the moment of the summer solstice. We exchanged these files and worked with them to make the compositions featured on the A and B sides of the first record. The second record features a selection of original VLF samples from Gaspé and Lofoten.

Track Title for this Side: Source Files (O)

Owen - Split Solstice - Field

In the summer of 2022 Nik Forrest and I began a collaborative sound project; a double lathe-cut record called “Split Solstice.” This project is rooted in our shared interest in the sound of very low frequency (VLF) signals, the normally inaudible electromagnetic waves that result from natural phenomena, including lightning, aurora borealis, and solar flares, as well as the urban electrical grid and other human technologies. We recorded VLF and audio samples simultaneously in Gaspé, Quebec, and Lofoten, Norway, two locations in the Northern hemisphere on June 21st, at the moment of the summer solstice. We exchanged these files and worked with them to make the compositions featured on the A and B sides of the first record. The second record features a selection of original VLF samples from Gaspé and Lofoten.


Owen - Split Solstice Studio BONUS - Mono

In the summer of 2022 Nik Forrest and I began a collaborative sound project; a double lathe-cut record called “Split Solstice.” This project is rooted in our shared interest in the sound of very low frequency (VLF) signals, the normally inaudible electromagnetic waves that result from natural phenomena, including lightning, aurora borealis, and solar flares, as well as the urban electrical grid and other human technologies. We recorded VLF and audio samples simultaneously in Gaspé, Quebec, and Lofoten, Norway, two locations in the Northern hemisphere on June 21st, at the moment of the summer solstice. We exchanged these files and worked with them to make the compositions featured on the A and B sides of the first record. The second record features a selection of original VLF samples from Gaspé and Lofoten.

Track Title for this Side: Lofoten (N)

Nik - Split Solstice Studio - Stereo

In the summer of 2022 Nik Forrest and I began a collaborative sound project; a double lathe-cut record called “Split Solstice.” This project is rooted in our shared interest in the sound of very low frequency (VLF) signals, the normally inaudible electromagnetic waves that result from natural phenomena, including lightning, aurora borealis, and solar flares, as well as the urban electrical grid and other human technologies. We recorded VLF and audio samples simultaneously in Gaspé, Quebec, and Lofoten, Norway, two locations in the Northern hemisphere on June 21st, at the moment of the summer solstice. We exchanged these files and worked with them to make the compositions featured on the A and B sides of the first record. The second record features a selection of original VLF samples from Gaspé and Lofoten.

Track Title for this Side: Source Files (N)

Nik - Split Solstice - Field - Master

In the summer of 2022 Nik Forrest and I began a collaborative sound project; a double lathe-cut record called “Split Solstice.” This project is rooted in our shared interest in the sound of very low frequency (VLF) signals, the normally inaudible electromagnetic waves that result from natural phenomena, including lightning, aurora borealis, and solar flares, as well as the urban electrical grid and other human technologies. We recorded VLF and audio samples simultaneously in Gaspé, Quebec, and Lofoten, Norway, two locations in the Northern hemisphere on June 21st, at the moment of the summer solstice. We exchanged these files and worked with them to make the compositions featured on the A and B sides of the first record. The second record features a selection of original VLF samples from Gaspé and Lofoten.

Track Title for this Side: Lightening (O) - 1. Searching, 2. No Darkness, 3. New Light

Owen - Split Solstice Studio - Stereo

Join your host Luke as we interview a member for the greens party about current issues in modern Australia

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