EP 85: Aarya Borele from Evardi Energy

Utilities are drowning in paperwork long before a repair crew ever leaves the yard. Aarya Borele, co-founder and CTO of Evardi Energy, walks John and Bobby through outage requests getting rejected a day out, FERC 881 pushing line ratings from seasonal to hourly, and why 95 percent accuracy is a failing grade when the lights are on the line. Also in here: the grid as cloud infrastructure, Griddy's flameout, and a 49ers conspiracy theory involving a substation.Click here to watch a video of this episode.Join the conversation shaping the future of energy.Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just the discussions that move our industry forward.Apply today at collide.ioClick here to view the episode transcript. 0:00 Agents, VMs and running everything at once3:26 Back in the studio4:34 What Evardi does5:45 Uri and the incentive problem10:28 When the ISO rejects your outage12:35 How the grid actually works15:02 FERC 881 and hourly line ratings17:46 Where Evardi fits in21:37 Blackouts in India and Kenya25:28 The grid as cloud infrastructure30:17 Griddy and the wholesale gamble33:45 The stack, compliance and weather models37:40 Accuracy in critical infrastructure40:22 Jargon, bad data and context45:56 Models, local hosting and token costs55:29 The 49ers substation theory57:13 Speed round1:05:38 Physical AI and robot ducks1:11:25 Paying attention in a granola world1:14:09 The askhttps://twitter.com/collide_aihttps://www.tiktok.com/@collide.iohttps://www.facebook.com/collide.iohttps://www.instagram.com/collide.iohttps://www.youtube.com/@collide_iohttps://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.socialhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai