Utilities

Could we get hyperscalers to buy heat pumps for households?

Ari Matusiak and Carla Peterman join me to discuss a wild new idea: getting data centers to pay for your next heat pump.

11 hrs ago •

1:06:57

Trump's latest attempt to save coal

Frank Rambo joins me to discuss the multi-billion-dollar utility practice of running expensive coal plants and the Trump administration's efforts to…

Aug 13 •

55:03

Ann Arbor's experiment with a new kind of utility

Missy Stults explains Ann Arbor's novel plan to build a second, clean-energy utility alongside its incumbent.

Jul 23 •

1:05:27

PG&E tries to prove that a big utility can innovate

Quinn Nakayama on PG&E's push to innovate on flexible interconnection and smart electrification.

Jul 4 •

1:16:41

The coolest new home electrification widget

Smart meters that accelerate electrification by going from a consumer-led to an infrastructure-driven approach.

May 2 •

1:06:58

What's going on with public power in New York?

A conversation with Patrick Robbins of Public Power NY and Johanna Bozuwa of the Climate and Community Institute.

Mar 26 •

1:01:02

Who is paying for all that data center power?

Legal experts Eliza Martin and Ari Peskoe explain how data centers' massive electricity demands could shift billions in infrastructure costs onto…

Mar 12 •

1:00:12

Pakistan's solar boom

Pakistan's massive solar boom is creating a bottom-up energy revolution that could become the blueprint for developing nations worldwide.

Feb 26 •

1:01:14

The Massachusetts utility regulator trying to orchestrate a shift away from gas

How can a state deliberately transition off of gas while protecting workers and ratepayers? We dig into the details.

Feb 21 •

1:07:02

Austin's quest to reach net zero

Execs at Austin's municipal utility explain how they'll hit 100 percent clean power by 2035.

Feb 14 •

58:28

Should we put utilities in charge of distributed energy?

The grid needs to double in size - and the solution might be giving utilities control over DERs.

Dec 18, 2024 •

1:53:26

Mailbag episode - Oct. 2024

Cheap emergency appendectomy in Germany, election dread, home electrification, the gas death spiral, and more.

Oct 25, 2024 •

53:00

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