Beyond the Electron: The Energy Cloud

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Season 2, Episode 2: Sustainability

Decarbonization and clean energy is just one component of sustainability. Large corporations and utilities are also increasingly focused on topics such as environmental justice and habitat protection. Understanding the increasing focus on sustainability, how to define it, and opportunities and challenges to achieving sustainability objectives will be our topic on this episode of Beyond the Electron: The Energy Cloud podcast series.

Oct 28, 2021•42 min

Season 2, Episode 1: Storm Protection

No other industry faces quite the same challenges and responsibilities in responding to increasingly fierce storms as the electric utility industry. Put simply, society depends on the safe and reliable delivery of electricity. It’s a challenge that utilities clearly need to face because extreme weather events caused nearly 70% more power outages in the U.S. between 2010 and 2019 than during the previous decade. Understanding how to devise and implement effective storm protection plans will be ou...

Sep 17, 2021•30 min

Ep06: Electrified Transportation

All too often, conversations about electric vehicles (EVs) and the major role they will play in global transportation focus on technology and policy. While both are obviously critical for EVs to deliver their environmental and economic benefits to society, these discussions often leave out the most important factor in the success of electrified transportation: actual drivers. Navigant Consulting’s Derek Jones and New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) Doug McMahon join us to explain why it’s so criti...

Feb 03, 2020•56 min

EP05: Understanding Transactive Energy

Last July Arizona regulators opened the country’s first docket focused exclusively on transactive energy. In doing so, Arizona joined a host of other states and utilities in attempting to grapple with the opportunities and challenges associated with transactive energy. In a nutshell, transactive energy refers to the power and energy platform that facilitates decisions and transactions involving the generation, distribution and consumption of power. For example, the ability of rooftop solar and e...

Jun 20, 2019•33 min

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