All Episodes

Our Big 100th Episode Tackles the Big Questions for Today's Grid with Jigar Shah, Audrey Zibelman and Herman Trabish

Barriers & Solutions to Scaling Long-Duration Energy Storage

How Nebraska Ranks as a Top State for Energy Affordability and Reliabity: It's the Public Power Model

How Can Data Centers Expand Without Passing the Costs to Other Energy Users?

Solving Speed-to-Power and Future Grid Needs with Behind-the-Meter Generation

How Grid Innovation Leads to Lower Energy Costs at Saint John Energy

How Enhanced Geothermal Can Deliver Clean, "Always On" Power for Rising Energy Demands

Energy Affordability and the Grid: What Recent Research Reveals About Causes and Potential Solutions

Don't Rebuild! Reconductor for Twice the Grid Capacity on Existing Corridors

From Demand Response to Dispatchable Capacity: The Rise of Storage-Led Virtual Power Plants

The Grid is Not a Lab: How Avista Drives Innovation Across the Utility

Why Tech Giants Must Build Trust as Well as Tools to Advance the Grid

The Unexplored and Unknown: How ARPA-E Is Advancing Energy Innovation

Electric Co-ops Meet the Moment as Technology Advances and Demand Surges

Balancing Growth and Affordability While Building the Grid We Need Today

Season 6 Finale — The Benefits of AI Technologies on Grid Modernization

AI Impacts for a Resilient Grid with Duke Energy, NextEra and PG&E

Utilizing Dynamic Line Rating to Increase Reliability and Reduce Costs

Weighing Solutions to Increase Flexibility on the Grid

Analyzing Data Center Flexibility to Meet Growing Power Demands

Powering Texas: Grid Growth, Resilience & Innovation

How State Energy Offices Are Tackling Load Growth, Affordability and Resilience on the Grid

Supply Chain Constraints on the Grid - And What Needs to Improve

Scientific Discovery and Commercial Acceleration of Advanced Grid Solutions at PNNL

Hardening America’s Electric Grid—An Overview of the 2025 ASCE Infrastructure Report

The Pace of Grid Innovation Quickens in Co-op Utilities

Pursuing Energy Affordability With Today's Many Grid Challenges

U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak On Congress's Energy & Grid Priorities

How Watch Duty Improves Wildfire Situational Awareness, Readiness and Response

AI: The Driver for Expanded Demand and Promising Solutions to Run the Grid Better

Impacts to the Grid Under the Incoming Trump Administration, Part 2

Impacts to the Grid Under the Incoming Trump Administration, Part 1

Season 5 Finale—Assessing the State of the Grid in 2024 with Siemens' Ruth Gratzke

Episode 14, Season 5—Google Reaches for the Next Level of Clean Energy and Added Flexibility

Episode 13, Season 5 — Regulatory Pathways to Navigate Grid Modernization, Part 2

Episode 12, Season 5 — Regulatory Pathways to Navigate Grid Modernization, Part 1

Episode 11, Season 5 – Providing World-Class Reliability and Affordable Rates While Becoming Carbon-Free

Episode 10, Season 5 – Charge Forward: Ford’s Electric Vehicle and Energy Services Strategy Unveiled

Episode 9, Season 5 — How Technology Can Boost Flexibility and Efficiency in T&D Grids

Episode 8, Season 5 – Scaling Up the Clean Energy Transition: A Discussion with David Crane, DOE Under Secretary for Infrastructure

Episode 7, Season 5 – Exceeding Cybersecurity Regulations to Further Reduce Risk

Episode 6, Season 5 – Scaling Virtual Power Plants to Their Fullest Potential

Episode 5, Season 5 - How AI Can Help Us Build a More Resilient, Decarbonized, and Secure Grid

Episode 4, Season 5 – How Rates and Markets Can Help Meet Rising Demand with APS and EEI

Episode 3, Season 5 – Making the Grid Modern and Affordable

Episode 2, Season 5 - Shifting Energy Market Dynamics: A Conversation with The Leaders of AESO, ERCOT and SPP

Episode 1, Season 5 – Discussion with the White House: The Federal Toolkit to Advance the Grid

Episode 11, Season 4 – Leading the Nation’s Largest Energy Delivery Company to Invest in Local Communities

Episode 10, Season 4 – The Complex Barriers to Building Transmission Infrastructure

Episode 9, Season 4 – Wildfire & The Grid and Firsthand Account of Lahaina Fires

Episode 8, Season 4 – Building Out the Global Supply Chain to Support a Clean Energy Future

Season 4 - Crossover Episode: Post Energy Crisis, The “Need For Speed” - Live from Brussels / Eurelectric with Leo Birnbaum (CEO E.ON)

Episode 6, Season 4 - Lessons Learned from Four Decades at SRP, a Discussion with Mike Hummel

Episode 5, Season 4 - The Time is Now to Create a More Flexible Grid

Episode 4, Season 4 - Taking an Innovative Grid Solution to Market

Episode 3, Season 4 - Can Small Nuclear Play a Big Role on the Grid?

Episode 2, Season 4 - States Driving the Grid Ahead: A Discussion with WA Governor Inslee

Episode 1, Season 4 – Aligning Energy Systems to Climate Requirements, with RMI’s Jon Creyts

Episode 11, Season 3 – PG&E’s Efforts to Increase Resiliency and Serve Customers Better

Episode 10, Season 3 – Strengthening Our Problem-Solving Skills with Diversity

Episode 9, Season 3 – Improving Reliability and Accelerating Innovation in a Brave Little State

Inflation Reduction Act Has Passed — What’s in it for the Grid?

Planning Resources for Transportation Electrification in California

Episode 6, Season 3 — Are we Investing Enough in The Grid

Episode 5, Season 3 – Modernizing the Grid after the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021

Ep 3-4 How Can we Keep Pace with the Rate of Grid Transition

Ep 3-3 Grid Transformation in a Deregulated Energy Market

Ep 3-2 Microgrids Around The World Are Changing The Power Grid

Ep 3-1Trends in Grid Innovation Investments with Hans Kobler of Energy Impact Partners

Ep 2-17 DOE is Serious about Advancing the Grid with David Turk

Ep 2-16 Energy in Motion in Europe: Markets, Transition, & Recovery with Laurent Segalen

Ep 2-15 Long-Duration Energy Storage Goes Public at ESS

Ep 2-14 Republican Perspectives on Climate and Energy Transition: A Discussion with Conservative Climate Caucus Chair Rep. John Curtis

Ep 2-13 Getting to Carbon Negative By 2030 -- How Does Microsoft Plan to Get There with Brian Janous

Ep. 2-12 Fusion Energy in the Era of Renewables with Jay Brister & Wal Van Lierop

Ep 2-11 What’s at the Core of the Energy Transition with Peter Fox Penner

Ep 2-10 Commercial Funding for Grid Innovation with Jigar Shah

Ep 2-9 What Grid Operators Can Do For Decarbonization of Electric Systems (live recording)

Ep. 2-8 Energy and Climate Take Center Stage in Washington State Legislative Session

Ep. 2-7 Federal Funding for Grid Modernization with Karen Wayland of GridWise Alliance

Ep.2-6 Resiliency, Resource Diversity and Lessons from the Last Year with CAISO's Elliot Mainzer

Ep. 2-5 Elliot Mainzer on CAISO's Near-Term Priorities and the Role of Regional Markets

Ep. 2-4 Taking Any Asset into Any Market with Enel X

Ep. 2-3 Beyond 2222: The Legacy of Commissioner Chatterjee at FERC

Ep. 2-2 Making Sure FERC 2222 Meets Its Potential in a Future with Energy Storage

Ep. 2-1 Driving Innovation with Authentic Leadership with Debra Smith and Paula Gold-Williams

Ep. 14 - Creating the Grid We Need for Deep Decarbonization

Ep. 13 - The Path to 100% Clean Energy at Xcel

Ep. 12 - Opportunities for Transmission to Unlock Deeper Renewables

Ep. 11 - How Do 2019 Plans Work in 2021, with Colorado PUC Chair Ackermann

Episode 10 - Energy Market Innovation with AEMO CEO Audrey Zibelman

Episode 9 - Ensuring Grid Resiliency Through Robust Applied Research

Episode 8 - Expanding Renewables and Grid Modernization at Pacific Power

Episode 7 - How to Build A More Effective Structure for Energy Ecosystems

Episode 6 - Bringing Innovation to Life With Customer Needs at the Core

Episode 5 - Making People Part of the Energy Solution at Uplight

Episode 4 - Seattle City Light Adjusts Plans and Prioritizes Customers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Episode 3 - Putting Grid Modernization to the Test in Tacoma

Episode 1 - Modernizing Regulation in Hawaii for Renewables Through and Beyond the Pandemic

Episode 2 - Regulatory and Business Model Toolkit in Dealing with COVID Impacts