The Switch Episode 6: The Reality of Regulatory Decision-Making With Radina Volkova
By EPE Team
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The decisions that shape the power system rarely come with one clearly right answer.
In this episode of The Switch, Julieta Giraldez speaks with Radina Valova, Commissioner at the New York Public Service Commission, about what it means to make consequential decisions when every path comes with tradeoffs.
Radina shares how regulators navigate reliability, affordability, and the clean energy transition while working within regulatory frameworks designed more than a century ago for a very different energy system. She reflects on why understanding the evidence matters as much as the evidence itself, why good decision-making sometimes means accepting discomfort, and how storytelling can help bring the human impact of technical and regulatory decisions into focus.
The conversation also looks forward: exploring how far the grid has evolved and why consumers are becoming increasingly active participants in the system. Radina also discusses why moving faster will require the industry to be ambitious and bold, while still being cautious with the systems and dollars entrusted to it.
The views expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host/guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any agency or company.
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