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About Platts Energy Week

Platts Energy Week is an independent all energy news and talk program aired weekly in Washington D.C., and Houston that reaches industry executives, lawmakers, policymakers, traders and investors, regulators and other stakeholders in energy.


Platts Energy Week is part of the W*USA TV’s Sunday Power Block lineup of respected news and information programming including CBS Sunday Morning, Face the Nation, This Week In Defense News, and The McLaughlin Group. The 30-minute program also airs on Sunday in Houston at 1:30 p.m. Central Time on KUHT HoustonPBS, Channel 8 and in North Carolina Sunday at 5:30 p.m. and Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. on UNC PBS.


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Show topics include:

  • Smart grid technology
  • Offshore drilling
  • Nuclear energy
  • Renewable resources
  • Natural gas (shale)
  • Climate change

Show guests include:

  • Members of Congress
  • Top officials from DOE, EPA, Interior and other agencies
  • Energy industry CEOs and other top executives
  • Internal experts and foreign officials
  • Representatives from trade groups, labor, and environmental groups
  • Financial analysts and market reporters
  • State officials

Platts Energy Week is the latest addition to Platts' portfolio of more than 100 publications, real-time alerts and other information services dedicated to providing the highest-quality independent news, analysis and price assessments in oil, petroleum products, natural gas, nuclear power, electricity, coal, biofuels and other renewable energy, carbon emissions, shipping, petrochemicals, steel, iron ore and other metals.


Bill Loveless


About Bill Loveless

Editorial Director for U.S. Energy Policy, Platts

Bill Loveless is one of the most senior energy journalists in Washington, with over 30 years of experience covering energy policy and regulation from the Carter administration through the current administration. An editorial director for Platts, the energy information division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Bill coordinates coverage for the company's Washington bureau.

He also manages Inside Energy, Platts' newsletter on US energy policy, and co-manages Platts Energy Podium, a monthly meeting between prominent energy newsmakers and Washington journalists. Bill is a former newspaper reporter in Rhode Island and a graduate of the University of Rhode Island, where he received a bachelor's degree in journalism.





What's New
What's Happening on May 19th
Streaming video for this week's show will be available by 9 am ET on May 19th.

New Era for Energy – Is the U.S. Ready?

A new U.S. energy era is dawning, with surging oil and natural gas production, continuing breakthroughs in renewable energy and the increasing impact of energy efficiency. But is the nation ready to assimilate these opportunities? Or will government policies continue to stagger over disputes among advocates of individual energy options? The National Security Council’s former senior director for energy and climate change grappled with these issues at the White House. Now he does so at Columbia University’s new Center on Global Energy Policy. Jason Bordoff, the center’s director, will discuss the challenges with program host Bill Loveless.

Babcock & Wilcox Banks on New Energy Technologies

The Babcock & Wilcox Co. has been building boilers and other electric power plant equipment for more than 130 years. Its business today includes engineering, manufacturing, construction and other services for all types of power plants – including nuclear, renewable and fossil energy. It’s a technology pioneer, too, with plans to build a small modular reactor and to capture and store coal-fired power plants’ carbon dioxide emissions. James Ferland, Babcock & Wilcox’s president and CEO, will explain his company’s investment in these still-unproven technologies, and what role new environmental regulation could play.

Areva Assesses Options in U.S. Market

Facing dim prospects for construction of U.S. nuclear power plants, Areva North America is looking at other opportunities, such as enhancement of existing reactors and a new partnership to tackle cybersecurity. But the company is facing some headwinds, especially from a very competitive electric power market and politics surrounding a controversial project designed to make reactor fuel from nuclear-weapons-grade plutonium. Mike Rencheck, Areva North Amercia’s CEO, will address these challenges with Senior Correspondent Chris Newkumet.

Market Spotlight: The Ups and Downs of U.S. Natural Gas

Natural gas production in the U.S. is near record highs. But the gas-drilling-rig count has fallen to an 18-year low. Seem contradictory? Platts Managing Editor Samantha Santa Maria will explain what’s going on.

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