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Tune in this week: 8 a.m. on Sunday in Washington D.C. on W*USA9 and in Houston on Sunday at 4:00 p.m. on KUHT 8.


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 Sundays in Houston at 4:00 p.m. Central Time on KUHT HoustonPBS, Channel 8.


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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 February 5th
Streaming video for this week's show will be available by 9 am ET on February 5th.

U.S., Cuba Engage Over Offshore Drilling

Cuba and the United States rarely talk, thanks to a 50-year-old U.S. economic embargo of the island nation. But they are now, given that oil drilling has begun off Cuba's shores. In particular, they're discussing what happens if a Deepwater Horizon-like drilling disaster were to repeat itself outside of U.S. jurisdiction? International Association of Drilling Contractors President Lee Hunt talks about his organization's involvement in opening dialogue between Cuba and the U.S., and how it may lead to solutions.

Building a New Grid: Are Highways a Model?

While highways and bridges may snatch headlines in aging infrastructure debates, power transmission lines are also a big concern for the United States, particularly as supply and demand shift. The price tag for updating the nation's patchwork transmission system is estimated at upwards of $1 trillion over the next 20 years. Joseph Welch, chief executive officer of ITC Holdings, a Michigan-based company that may soon be the largest transmission-only company of its kind in the U.S., says the nation needs a commitment to building a national grid like the one that led to a national highway system years ago.

Life After Subsidies: An Ethanol Story

What happens when an energy industry loses big government subsidies? That's something U.S. ethanol producers are learning now, following the recent loss of a major tax credit and tariff that nurtured the industry for years. Robert Dineen, the president of the Renewable Fuels Association, explains how there's life after subsidies.

Market Spotlight: A New Outlet for Coal Exports?

Port congestion on the U.S. East Coast and environmentalist pushback on the West Coast make it difficult for coal producers to sell to lucrative foreign markets. But that may be changing, as Platts Associate Editor Darren Epps explains in an exclusive report.

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