How Renewable Energy Mandates Lead to Higher Costs and Less Reliability with Jonathan Lesser

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with leading national experts.  On this episode, Jack learns from Jonathan Lesser, PhD,  how renewable portfolio standards and other energy mandates cause higher electricity prices and less reliable energy systems.  Dr. Lesser’s decades of experience studying how power is generated, distributed, and regulated give him a unique perspective that you won’t want to miss.  Currently, Dr. Lesser serves as a Senior Fellow at the National Center for Energy Analytics and President of Continental Economics.      Be sure to check out Dr. Lesser’s work  at the National Center for Energy Analytics and Continental Economics.      As always, you can join the conversation at  [email protected]!  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.