Ben Storrow
Energy Reporter, E&E News. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Ben Storrow reports on electric grids, clean energy policy, renewable power, and the transition away from fossil fuels for E&E News and POLITICO. Before joining E&E News, he covered the energy industry and state politics for Wyoming's Casper Star-Tribune.
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10statements
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Everything Ben Storrow said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Storrow: ISO New England study finds rooftop solar stabilized regional grid
“And the study finds that, no, actually, New England's grid is, at least in the next couple of years, is actually in really good shape. And a big reason that it's in really good shape is that New Englanders have put so much solar on their rooftops that it is ef…”
Storrow: New England Lags Most Regions in Utility-Scale Renewable Resources
“In terms of utility scale, renewable resources, I mean, you know, we pretty much are behind everybody.”
Storrow: Winter Renewables Extend New England Gas Plants' On-Site Oil Reserves
“These gas plants that we keep talking about as a sort of a reliability buffer, they've all installed oil fire backup. They have oil tanks on site. So if the spot price for gas gets really high, or the pipeline got constrained, they can switch over. And start b…”
Storrow: Solar generation mitigated Texas grid crises during summer heatwave
“They have issued some voluntary conservation notices, but it has not been quite as White knuckle driving as it has been in the last couple years, and a big part of that is, is the amount of renewable generation, and particularly solar, that they're having.”
Storrow: Subsidies keeping Mystic Generating Station open will end in 2024
“New England consumers basically are paying a subsidy and have been paying a subsidy the last couple years to keep that plan open, but that, those payments are gonna end next year”
Storrow: Southwest Power Pool Regularly Sets Records for Renewable Grid Penetration
“SPP, the grid operator, and the Great Plains, like, every year is setting new records for, I don't have the numbers off the top of my head, but, like, just The vast majority of the system is running off of renewables.”
Storrow: Texas historically neglected energy efficiency due to abundant cheap power
“Texas is an, I should maybe say energy resource poor region of the country, and Texas is an energy rich resource of the country in pretty much every sense of the word, right? And so I think when I talk to people down in Texas, the solar and the wind are a real…”
Storrow: The core grid challenge is phasing out fossils while incentivizing retention
“We're starting to push past that first phase of the energy transition where we're just bringing, and it Megawatt hours of clean power online and we're not really to the upward bounds of, like, You know, we're not to 50 or 60% renewables yet, but, like, we can …”
Storrow: Texas is setting records for load, renewable, and solar output
“Texas is setting new records during this incredible heat wave that they're having for load for renewable output, and for solar output”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Ben's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
| Show | Role there | Eps | Statements | Record | |
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 GREEN BLUEPRINTLEDGER | Energy Reporter, E&E News | 1 | 10 | 80% 4/5 | full record on the Green Blueprint → |