Discover Co-op Conversations with DEMCO as we explore the power of a local member-owned not-for-profit electric cooperative. Since 1938, DEMCO has woven cooperative principles into every wire, and our business isn’t just about electricity. At DEMCO, we’re more than just an electric company, and our work, is more than just a job. As a local member-owned cooperative, we are your neighbors, your family and your friends. We exist to serve you, and we take a lot of pride in all that we do. Our mi ...
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Grid Forward’s podcast series with industry leaders on what lies ahead for advancing our electric grid. Hosted by Bryce Yonker, CEO and executive director of Grid Forward. Formerly Grid Forward Chats, this season of Grid Forward Forum is sponsored by Virtual Peaker.
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We already have many of the climate solutions we need. But scaling them is hard. The Green Blueprint is a show about the people who are architecting the clean economy. Every other week, host Lara Pierpoint profiles the founders, investors, and organizational leaders who are solving complex challenges in the quest to build climate technologies fast.
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Welcome to C-Suite Perspectives, a podcast series by The Conference Board. Hosted by our President & CEO, Steve Odland, this weekly conversation will take an objective, data-driven look at a range of business topics aimed at executives. Listeners will come away with what The Conference Board does best: insights for what's ahead™.
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America runs on reliable, affordable electricity - but the demands on our grid are changing. From natural gas to renewable power, electric vehicles and the competitive power markets, what are the energy solutions to cultivate cleaner air, new technology and more innovative and reliable power generation - at the least cost? Experts and voices from throughout the electric industry and government join the Electric Power Supply Association to discuss emerging trends, current issues, energy custo ...
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EPRI Current examines key issues and new R&D impacting how the world makes, moves, and uses energy. Each episode features insights from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the world’s preeminent independent, non-profit energy research and development organization. Episodes also feature the practical expertise of energy industry leaders on a variety of topics and technologies that are shaping the global energy future. Learn more at www.epri.com
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Electrify This! explores the movement to electrify everything as a strategy to decarbonize and revitalize all sectors of our economy. Featuring diverse experts, the show examines the most important policy, regulatory, and market issues surrounding electrification of transportation, buildings, and industry. Electrify This! helps demystify issues surrounding the transition to 100 percent clean electricity, and focuses on the challenges, scalable solutions, and what decision-makers can do to en ...
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Talknet USA is a podcast dedicated to exploring real solutions to the everyday challenges we face in today’s world. From news and current events to healthcare, immigration, culture, society, politics, religion, and much more — we discuss the topics that shape our lives and communities. Check out our website at https://talknetusa.org This Podcast is for Entertainment Purposes Only. For questions, or more information about this podcast please contact us at [email protected] Support via don ...
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Smart Energy Voices features conversations with leaders of the energy transition. In each episode, Smart Energy Decisions' Debra Chanil digs deep with industry movers and shakers to reveal insights you can learn from in their stories, personalities and visions for the future.
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Welcome to the world's first Straight-Talk Solar Cast! This is your go-to podcast for answers about solar. Each episode we discuss questions facing people making the decision to go solar. The solutions to your questions are given to you - straight - by one of the leading experts in the solar industry, Jamie Duran, president of Solar Harmonics. Feel free to search our library for answers to questions that you're facing when considering solar.
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LIFE HACKS - The Right Now Solutions Podcast - is Here For You... Quick delivery of time-saving, money-saving, stress-reducing strategies with unusual experts with unusual, proven knowledge crossing a spectrum of topics from Music to Off-Grid Living to Marketing to Alternative Health to home-schooling and many other current and in-demand topics. ALWAYS - conscious of your time - getting right to the - RIGHT NOW SOLUTIONS. Just scroll and scan the Titles in the list of episodes to find your f ...
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This podcast delivers the top stories in the electric utility industry, curated daily using AI-driven tools for maximum relevance and impact. Each episode is generated with advanced language models to provide clear, concise, and timely updates for energy professionals. https://www.linkedin.com/company/currenteventspodcast
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Lakeside Labs performs research at the intersection of information & communication technology and self-organizing & networked systems. These videos capture some seminar-style lectures from leading scientists from both areas.
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Renewable Rides is the guide to the corporate energy transition. Featuring interviews with industry experts and business leaders, Renewable Rides aims to help companies tackle challenges and maximize opportunities in the pursuit of a resilient, profitable, and thriving energy future. Hosts Gareth Evans and Dan Roberts, founders of VECKTA, shed light on the energy transition and the benefits it presents for company brand, operations and resilience.
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In Season 3 of The Clean Energy Revolution, Laura Young and Dr. Carolyn Kissane explore the people, policies and projects that are leading the transition to clean energy. How can infrastructure around the world be upgraded to keep up with energy demand? What needs to happen to triple global renewable energy generation? Where and how will AI be best deployed? Delving into these questions and more are Laura Young, aka Less Waste Laura - an award-winning climate activist, environmental scientis ...
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Bringing together industry leaders, innovators and global thinkers, Future Energy Insights by the World Future Energy Summit takes an in-depth look at renewable energy and sustainability. Featuring lively debate and passionate discussion, the series covers six core topics: clean energy, water scarcity, smart cities, circular economies, waste management and climate change. It shines a spotlight on the critical issues and major gamechangers shaping the sector today.
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The T&D World Podcast features utility professionals across the industry discussing the most pressing issues, trends and projects from all facets of electric power-delivery. As a leading electric power resource, our key pillars include educating and informing power industry professionals about market trends, new products, legislation, infrastructure project funding and finance, construction, operation and system maintenance, security, reliability and resiliency. The podcast series is produce ...
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Dispatches from the new frontiers of climate technology. The Latitude features coverage of the business and tech trends that are reshaping energy and decarbonization, straight from the Latitude Media newsroom.
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10 questions.10 minutes. Our subject matter experts offer their perspective on key topics impacting power management technology through a lighting round of question and answer.
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Political Climate delivers an insider’s view on the most pressing policy questions in energy and climate. Through biweekly analysis and debate, the podcast explores the nuances of how policy and politics shape the energy transition in the U.S. and around the world. Political Climate goes beyond partisan echo chambers to bring you insider scoops and authentic conversations with voices from across the political spectrum – all with a healthy dose of wit. Tune in every other Monday for the lates ...
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Clean tech, green finance and energy innovation are the three lanes on the road to a successful global energy transition. At the intersection of these lanes is a place where ideas on finance, technology and policy are shared and debated. That intersection is Interchange Recharged. Sylvia Leyva Martinez, principal analyst at Wood Mackenzie, invites visionaries, entrepreneurs, policy-makers and energy analysts to explore the newest developments in renewable technology, explain the ideas on glo ...
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Welcome to Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, a podcast dedicated to unveiling the stories, insights, and strategies of the most influential leaders in the renewable energy sector. Our mission is to offer a platform where the voices of innovators, pioneers, and visionaries in renewable energy are amplified, sharing their journey, challenges, and triumphs with a global audience.
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Do you know what happens when you flip a light switch? How many people, dollars, and computers are involved to charge your smartphone? Do you understand the policy implications, political landmines, and local issues as we transition to clean energy? We’re here to answer those questions and more on KNOW POWER. Hosted by agnostic but informed industry experts Noha Sidhom and Mike Borgatti, Know Power is all about demystifying the entire energy industry, getting you involved in the discussion, ...
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Covering breaking news in clean tech, going deep on global energy policy, and debating the levers that need to move to accelerate the energy transition. Energy Gang is the podcast covering clean energy technology, renewable energy, and the environment. The world of clean energy moves fast, and you need a reliable source to stay on top of the news that matters. You’ll find it on Wood Mackenzie’s Energy Gang. How will changes to the US government affect decarbonisation and energy security? Whe ...
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Winter blackout risk soars as AI electricity demand outpaces grid capacity, NERC finds
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2025.11.19 | AI Demand vs. Grid Failure: Nuclear Reactors Are Powering the Race
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The structural power grid deficit is now a public safety crisis, exemplified by catastrophic blackouts and wildfires started by cascading failures in the western interconnection. We analyze how insatiable data center demand created a 10.6 GW supply deficit, forcing utilities to rely on highly volatile demand response rather than new power plants. D…
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Grid Talk Series – Meeting Surging Energy Demand with Innovation and Resilience
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Hosts Marty Rosenberg and Samantha Gilman introduce the Grid Talk Series on the EPRI Current. In this inaugural episode, Marty speaks with Gil Quiniones, President and CEO of ComEd, about the unprecedented transformation of the electric grid. Gil explains how surging demand from data centers, electrification, and manufacturing reshoring is reshapin…
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Will energy storage save the grid? How batteries and the software behind them are reshaping reliability in the age of AI demand
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Electrification is surging, AI data centres are multiplying, and volatility is rising on both sides of the meter. Can storage step in as the flexible backbone the US grid now needs? Host Sylvia Leyva Martinez is joined by Joanna Martin Ziegenfuss, General Manager for Strategic Market Development (North America), and Ruchira Shah, General Manager of…
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Can the US Grid Keep Up with the Demand for AI?
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Find out why a 1-2% increase in annual electricity demand could create stress to the US electrical grid. US electricity demand has been largely flat for 20 years, thanks to efficiency gains. But with rising power demand from AI, electric vehicles, and other forms of electrification, how can the US grid keep up? Join Steve Odland and guest Alex Heil…
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Can Horizontal Boreholes Solve Nuclear's Biggest Problem? Rod Baltzer Thinks So
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What if the key to unlocking nuclear energy’s future has been buried all along? In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, host Wes Ashworth dives into one of the most overlooked and misunderstood challenges of the clean energy transition: nuclear waste disposal. His guest, Rod Baltzer, is a 25-year veteran of the nuclear waste in…
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2025.11.26 | Microsoft Funds Nuclear Restart: The New AI Electricity Playbook
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The US power grid is facing a grid crisis as immediate blackouts loom and AI demand threatens a staggering 175 GW capacity shortfall by 2033. We analyze the complete collapse of the energy trillemma, examining federal emergency orders compelling coal units to run, while nearly 5% of US households are behind on utility bills. Discover the new electr…
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Beyond Buying: Evolving Energy Strategies
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In this episode of Smart Energy Voices, we bring you a conversation from SED Forum Fall featuring Chris Pennington of Iron Mountain and Brett Thompson of CMC and moderated by Debra Chanil, Editorial & Research Director at Smart Energy Decisions. They explore a major shift underway in energy strategy, moving from a focus on procurement to optimizing…
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The State of the Economy for November 2025
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Consumer expectations for six months in the future continued to worsen in November, and confidence fell to its second-lowest level this year. Will holiday spending turn the tide on this rising pessimism? Join Dana M Peterson, Chief Economist and Center Leader of the Economy, Strategy & Finance Center, and Malala Lin, Economic Research Associate, bo…
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What happened at COP30? The key points on cutting emissions, adapting to a warming world, and raising the finance to pay for it
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The COP30 climate talks in Belem wrapped up over the weekend, and reactions to the outcome were sharply divided. Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, said “climate cooperation is still alive…we’re undeniably still in it and we are fighting back.” Others said the COP had been another failure, with a final statement that amounted to “a fo…
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2025.11.25 | Utility Grid Crisis: Policy Collapse & Data Center Deadlock
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The "violent synchronization crisis" has hit the utility grid hard, as collapsing federal energy policy clashes violently with exponential demand. We analyze the immediate fallout from Washington—including the dissolution of key DOE offices and the failure of the LIHEAP safety net—that threatens decarbonization goals and triggers mass shutoffs. Lea…
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Ep 101: Strategies to Influence Change in Energy Policy, Insights from Communications Leader Chris Moyer
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Have you ever wondered how business leaders in clean energy can actually influence policy? Today we're joined by Chris Moyer, who shares his whirlwind journey into the heart of clean energy policy. From standing next to President Obama to navigating major legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act, Chris explains how businesses can use strategic …
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Today’s climate tech CEOs on their road to profit and expansion
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What does it take to turn a climate tech start-up into a fully-fledged, profitable business? For RBC Capital Markets’ Climate Week CEO summit, four leaders discussed their companies’ journeys. As they set out to transform their diverse sectors – carbon capture, waste management, geothermal energy, and electricity transmission – each grapples with t…
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2025.11.24 | 18% Jump: How Speculative AI Load Crushes the Average Ratepayer
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The structural conflict between utilities’ urgent need for capital and fierce regulatory pushback over ratepayer affordability is now triggering unprecedented customer financial shock. We examine how regulators are scrambling to manage an explosive data center bill, which has pushed El Paso households to an 18% jump in combined utility costs ($45 a…
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How AI Coaching Is Redefining Leadership Development
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AI is redefining what effective leadership development looks like. Coaching, once limited to the few, can now reach the many, empowering managers and employees alike. Diana Scott welcomes Allan Schweyer, both of The Conference Board, to discuss how embedding AI coaches into daily workflows is redefining employee development, scaling mentorship, and…
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Critical minerals sit at the heart of modern life—from phones and data centers to EVs, defense systems, and the power grid. Yet the U.S. remains heavily dependent on foreign supply chains for these resources that are dominated by China. In failing to develop holistic and responsible mineral supply chains the U.S. risks bottlenecks in semiconductors…
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In this week's podcast we discuss the five stages of the end of the solar tax credit and what potential clients are going through as we approach the last month of the 30% federal tax credit. About Jamie Duran & Solar Harmonics Brought to you by Solar Harmonics in …
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The Truth About Solar Panel Waste: Inside the Recycling Revolution with Dr. Janette Freeman
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Most conversations about solar focus on growth, installation, and deployment. Far fewer address the reality on the other end of the lifecycle: what happens to millions of solar panels once they’re damaged, decommissioned, or reach the end of their usable life. In this episode, host Wes Ashworth sits down with Dr Janette Freeman, Vice President of B…
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2025.11.21 | AI vs. Regulation: Why PJM's Paralysis Costs You $163 Billion
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The collapse of governance at PJM Interconnection has created a potential $163 Billion bill that may soon be socialized to ordinary ratepayers across the grid. This financial fallout is the direct result of a structural clash between explosive AI load growth and glacial regulatory action, forcing the PJM board to act unilaterally after the members …
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APPA’s Scott Corwin on Permitting, Reliability, and Rising Demand
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This episode of the T&D World Live podcast features Scott Corwin, President and CEO of the American Public Power Association (APPA). The conversation centers on the growing pressures facing the U.S. electric grid and the urgent need for policy and permitting reform to support new generation and transmission infrastructure.…
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Resilient by Design: Customer Voices on Building Sustainable Energy Futures
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In this episode of Plugged In, we bring you a panel discussion at the recent SED Forum Fall on the growing importance of energy resiliency as a strategic imperative. The panel, moderated by Melissa Heim, Principal of Commercialization and Development at Constellation, features Levi Love, Manager of Energy Procurement and Analytics at Sheetz, Scott …
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7 Ways to Get Free or Low-Cost Health Insurance
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2025.11.20 | AI Demand Forces $2.4B Spend to Fix Nuclear and Coal Plants
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The structural conflict defining the utility sector, known as the reliability paradox, has triggered an immediate $2.4 billion federal spending spree to keep the lights on. This unprecedented investment targets firm power sources—specifically restarting mothballed nuclear plants (like Three Mile Island Unit One for Microsoft's 20-year PPA) and refu…
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Enhancing the Member Experience — DEMCO’s New Call System
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In this episode of Co-op Conversations with DEMCO, host David Latona sits down with Galen Dunbar, DEMCO’s Chief Member Services Officer, to talk about how DEMCO is making it easier than ever to connect with your cooperative. You’ll hear how DEMCO’s new cloud-based phone system improves every call — with features like call-back options, a Spanish-la…
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What happened in COP30’s first week? Support for energy efficiency and a status report on methane show which climate initiatives are still making progress
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Negotiations in the COP 30 climate talks are continuing in Belem, Brazil. The headlines are focusing on the divisions between countries that are shaping this year’s climate talks. But despite the doom and gloom, there are some practical steps being taken to support the transition towards lower-carbon energy. There may be a notable lack of significa…
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Back in January, Captura CEO Steve Oldham was sitting in a conference room in Hawaii, entertaining reps from the company’s first potential customer. What the customer didn’t know was that Captura’s ocean-based carbon removal pilot –the whole reason for the visit – still wasn’t working. The stakes were high. Steve’s team needed to prove they could p…
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Energy policy, technology, and utility challenges: How industry leaders are overcoming barriers
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Utility-scale clean energy projects in development are still facing connection queues and regulatory barriers. RE+ may be done for 2025, but the debate is still going. Host Sylvia Leyva Martinez, Research Director at Wood Mackenzie, sits down with three leaders who are driving progress from different corners of the energy transition, from utility-s…
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2025.11.18 | FERC's $12 Billion Bet: Speed Over Procedure in Grid Buildout
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FERC is greenlighting massive dispatchable capacity buildout, signaling an overwhelming priority for speed with the approval of NRG Energy's nearly $12 billion acquisition of 12.9 GW of gas assets. This aggressive push for execution certainty—even permanently revoking challenges to natural gas pipeline construction—is creating an intense regulatory…
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Top Moment from Insights into Commercial Real Estate Technology Trends with JLL’s Lee Jackson
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How is technology rewriting the definition of commercial real estate value? In this highlight episode, we sit down with Lee Jackson, Co-Founder at Bridgeline, to explore how some of the world’s largest property owners are reimagining their portfolios through innovation, energy transformation, and digital infrastructure. You’ll learn how these shift…
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2025.11.17 | The $936M Gas Plant: The Direct Cost of AI Demand on the Grid
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The entire electric sector has flipped from future planning to active crisis management, triggered by AI demand's high-frequency "EKG load profile," a genuinely destabilizing force. This unprecedented AI Demand instability is directly leading to massive capital responses, such as NRG Energy's announced $936 million natural gas plant to meet Google'…
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What Business Leaders Need to Know About the Global Trade Shake-Up
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Globalization is being rewritten as geopolitics, trade, and industrial policy collide. Shifting alliances are reshaping markets, supply chains, and the balance of economic power. In this episode, Steve Odland of The Conference Board, speaks with Maria Demertzis about what these shifts mean for corporate decision-makers. Together, they share how bus…
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In this week's podcast we discuss the article from Inside Climate News that review the pro's and con's of privately held utilities and what it takes for cities or counties to start their own power companies. Source: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05112025/california-investor-owned-utilities-vs-public-utilities/ About Jamie Duran & …
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2025.11.14 | 204% Spike! The Cost of Grid Reliability Under AI Demand
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A catastrophic 204% spike in out-of-market payments (uplift charges) in PJM and a massive cascading failure that hit 95,000 customers in the Western grid reveal the intense stress facing US power infrastructure. As AI Demand is forecasted to push electricity use to 12% of the US total by 2028, these failures are occurring while wholesale natural ga…
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Leading Through Uncertainty: Kimberlee Centera on Power, People, and Resilience
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When policy shocks hit and the ground shifts beneath an entire industry, real leadership is revealed. In Episode 78 of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, host Wes Ashworth welcomes back Kimberlee Centera, Founder and CEO of TerraPro Solutions, one of the renewable industry’s most trusted names in risk management and project finance. Over mor…
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Lessons from the Field: Technology, Resilience, and Responsibility at OUC
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In this episode of the T&D World Live podcast, we welcome Melvin Liwag, Senior Engineer at the Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC), for an in-depth conversation about his career journey, OUC’s evolution, and how modern utilities are improving reliability, resilience, and environmental responsibility.By Endeavor Business Media
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Where do I get free food if my snap card doesn't work
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Where do I get free food if my snap card doesn't work If your SNAP card isn't working, you can get free food from local food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens, many of which can be found through the Feeding America website by entering your ZIP code. Other resources include community-based options like mutual-aid groups, community fridges, and…
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2025.11.13 | AI Demand vs. The Grid: Why Private Power Is Bypassing Utilities
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Chevron is building a 5,000 megawatt natural gas plant solely for one data center—operating completely off-grid—in a move that threatens to upend the entire utility sector. This unprecedented action highlights the collision course between staggering AI Demand and the legacy power grid, forcing immediate policy changes and massive financial investme…
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In the Hot Seat During the Coldest Nights: New England Power Grid Leader Gordon van Welie on a Reliable Energy Future
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As AI, electrification, and manufacturing growth drive record electricity demand, the U.S. grid faces new pressures to deliver reliable, affordable power. What can other regions learn from New England — one of America’s most energy-constrained power systems? In this episode of Energy Solutions, EPSA President and CEO Todd Snitchler sits down with G…
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2025.11.12 | Who Pays for AI Infrastructure? The $72 Billion Grid Battle
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As global spending on data centers ($580 billion) is projected to overtake oil supply spending, a massive $72 billion capital plan update has sparked an explosive regulatory fight over AI infrastructure. Unpack the jurisdictional conflict where state regulators fear that existing retail customers will be forced to subsidize the skyrocketing costs a…
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The COP30 climate talks are under way In Brazil. What is the point of the conference?
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COP30, which began this week in Belém, Brazil, marks a decade since the Paris Agreement was adopted at COP21 in 2015. It’s being billed as the “implementation COP”: instead of grand new announcements of international agreements, governments are supposed to be focused on delivering on the commitments they have already made. Host Ed Crooks and regula…
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64. Resilience in the Power Sector: Insights from Industry Leaders
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Ahead of the Power Resilience Forum (PRF), industry leaders reflect on what it takes to build a climate-ready grid. In this episode of The EPRI Current, host Samantha Gillman speaks with Julia Hamm from the Ad Hoc Group and EPRI’s Morgan Scott about how utilities, regulators, and innovators are adapting grid planning and operations to become more r…
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Bird flu surges across the U.S. as scientists warn of gaps in monitoring and farm safety
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Bird flu surges across the U.S. as scientists warn of gaps in monitoring and farm safety H5N1 is spreading aggressively among U.S. poultry, with 66 outbreaks in the past month, killing over 3.5 million turkeys, chickens and ducks. Migratory birds are spreading the virus, raising fears of further outbreaks beyond central states. Support via donation…
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Tips and Strategies to Manage Anxiety and Stress
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Tips and Strategies to Manage Anxiety and Stress At some point, anxiety and stress affect everyone. They can manifest differently in different people, and the level of anxiety one experiences can vary, but there is one thing for certain: there are ways to manage anxiety, even if it feels out of control. Support via donation: Please Help support thi…
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Season 6 Finale — The Benefits of AI Technologies on Grid Modernization
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In this season 6 finale, Luis D’Acosta, CEO of Uplight, recaps this season’s driving issues with a rapid-fire discussion with Bryce. They cover a wide range of topics: Applying AI-driven technologies to run the grid more effectively Mitigating wildfire risks by integrating digital and advanced monitoring solutions Ongoing effects of the federal age…
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2025.11.11 | The Collision: Data Center Reckoning Meets EPA Rule Rollbacks
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The utility sector is facing a Policy Whiplash: sudden regulatory rollbacks crashing into the unprecedented physical demand of the large load reckoning. We unpack Washington’s move to eliminate environmental reporting programs, creating a crucial data vacuum for climate finance just as Data Centers force states and grid operators to implement new f…
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How are businesses rethinking energy and sustainability? COP30 starts in Belem as climate action falters
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COP30, now getting under way in Belem, Brazil, has been billed as “the implementation COP”, which means a focus on governments taking real steps to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. We will be examining all the key issues for government negotiators in the talks very soon. But for this show, we are looking at the role of business. At New Yor…
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Ep 100: Amory Lovins on Integrative Design for Efficiency, Grid Reliability and Powering Datacenters
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What if the path to a clean energy future isn’t just about building more solar panels or wind turbines? In this episode, we sit down with physicist Amory Lovins, cofounder of RMI and a pioneer in integrative design, to explore revolutionary ways to optimize buildings, vehicles, and industrial processes for maximum efficiency and minimal cost. From …
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