On The Grid

We're rounding up a bunch of our research from the past couple months to deliver our findings to you the listener! Erin and I are joined by Zpryme Senior Director of Content Chris Moyer to go through research we were a part of and what projects we're excited for coming up. If you wondered what we did when we weren't podcasting, enjoy this peak behind the curtain! Music by bensound.com

We've got an episode packed to the gills. We have Rod Hilburn from Ameren Illinois and David Chiesa from S&C returning to talk about their microgrid project in Champaign Illinois, the first of its kind to receive PEER certification. We talk about what this certification means and how others can replicate this kind of project in other places. We also talk about the project journey and what road bum...

We come to you live (in the past) at Itron Utility Week to discuss the intersection of water and electricity with University of Texas Professor Michael Webber. How do water and electricity fuel each other? What can we learn about building for the future from the experiences of the different utilities? All that and more on this jam-packed episode. This episode was sponsored by Itron. Music by benso...

It's our first ever live show! We bring Richard Amato up on stage at the One World Theater in Austin to talk about startups and the future of energy. We also force our audience to play a game! If you missed out on Start@ETS, you don't want to miss out on this podcast! Music by bensound.com

This week we talk with David Graham who works for the city of San Diego. We talk about what the roles and goals of cities are in the energy space. We also talk about how innovation is driven by community more than technology (though technology still plays an important role). This podcast was sponsored by Itron. If you haven't checked out our podcast survey go to www.surveymonkey.com/r/onthegrid

This week we have Grid 20/20 President and Founder Alan Snook on to talk about how unexpected additions on the grid edge can threaten distribution infrastructure. We delve into how electric vehicle home charging, marijuana cultivation and power theft combine to create unexpectedly large strains on the grid. Also I make a bad pun. To check out our listener survey go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/...

Our guest this week is Kumi Premathilake from Aclara and we talk with her about vision: the vision of the energy industry's future, the vision to see trends on an enterprise level, and our own personal visions of utility futures we would like to see and be a part of. Kumi also gives helpful tips for building and sticking to roadmaps to achieve these visions. We also discuss how planning for the en...

Erin and Dylan talk with Utility Dive Senior Reporter Gavin Bade about the resignation of Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. We discuss his legacy, who in energy benefited under him and who is happy to see him gone, and what to expect under the new acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler. Music by bensound.com

Now that Puerto Rico has returned power to 99.9% of its residents, we take a look at what went wrong in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria and what lessons we can learn about how we clean up disasters. We also discuss with our guest, Seyi Fabode, how utilities need to change their organizational structure so something like Puerto Rico won't happen again to any US grid system. Music by bensound.com

On this episode we talk researcher-to-researcher with Matthew Futch from NREL. We talk about the relationship that research-based companies have with the energy industry and why this kind of research is important for utilities and customers. As a pertinent example, we talk about Net Zero initiatives and how the planning, execution and associated problems of such measures are being facilitated by r...

Dr. Erfan Ibrahim joins the podcast today to discuss cybersecurity in the electric utility space. Where are the threats coming from? What are the different types of threats and solutions? We discuss this as well as some best practices utilities can take to have a healthier culture of cybersecurity. Music by bensound.com

The gang is here today to talk about grid resiliency and what you have to do as a utility when a massive storm hits. To help us dive into this topic, our guest this week is Gregory Knight from CenterPoint Energy, a Houston-based utility. We talk about what role the utility has not only in rebuilding infrastructure, but fostering a sense of camaraderie in ravaged communities. This episode was spons...

This week we discuss the Energy Revolution with Rob Massoudi from ABB. How far have we come, where are we now and how did we get here? We also discuss how we would go about writing a book on the modern energy story as well as books that we just happen to like because we're huge nerds like that. This podcast was sponsored by ABB. Music by bensound.com

This week we have Eric Dresselhuys from Smart Energy Water joining the podcast to talk about customer engagement and education. How do we engage consumers who may not have the desire or capability to be prosumers? How do we get fresh talent to join the industry? How do we better tell our stories to the customers we interact with every day? All this and more in this jam-packed episode! This episode...

This week we talked to Raiford Smith from Entergy about how data analytics are changing the way the energy industry makes decisions. Later we discussed Great Expectations and answer the most important question facing the industry: Are we a bunch of nerds?

This week we come to you live from the historic Moody Theater...'s nearby hotel in Austin, TX for the Energy Thought Summit 2018. Dylan, Erin, and Christine talk about the cool presentations and interesting people we met at the conference. Then we play a game because that's just kind of what we do. I also did not intend for episode 18 to be ets18 but it's neat that it worked out that way, huh? Mus...

On this episode, the gang talks about what living in a digital energy future actually looks like with Mike Carlson from Siemens. We also delve into personal energy journeys and also speculate where the next generation of energy professionals will come from. Christine also gets an idea for a new survey. This episode was sponsored by Siemens Music by bensound.com

It's time to launch ETS18! Recorded at our launch party in Austin, TX we hung out with Nancy Bui-Thompson from SMUD to discuss what the theme "Dream in Digital" means to us. We also talked about our careers and played a game of "Would You Rather".

Carlos Nouel from National Grid joins the podcast to reflect on everything we learned about Distributech and the change in focus for tech companies in the nascent smart era of the energy industry. Christine also brought us a nerdy sci-fi game to try. This episode was sponsored by SAP Music by bensound.com

What? It was the only Star Wars reference I could think of! We hung out with S&C's David Chiesa in San Antonio to talk about his work with microgrids and how people might have been too hard on the Last Jedi. This episode was sponsored by S&C Music by Bensound.com

At Distributech, we met up with Henry Bailey in SAP’s cool media booth and we talked about the Digital Prosumer. We addressed the disruption they are causing in the industry and break down who digital prosumers are, and who is likely to become one. We also talk about how demand influences technology and somehow we get onto the Walking Dead. CARL!!!!!! This podcast was sponsored by SAP. Music by Be...

"Innovative Partnership" is a simple enough phrase to understand, but the means of developing the kind of partnerships that lead growth and developoment rather than just sales is fairly nuanced. Our guest this week is Dan Bradley from Navigant. He breaks down how innovative partnerships are becoming more of a necessity with today's evolving utility landscape. We also tackle the notion that utiliti...

Get your cones and sprinkles ready! Today on the podcast we have Chris Miller, the Social Mission Activism Manager at Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. He's here to talk to us about how businesses are getting involved in the energy space both directly and indirectly. We also dive into what activism means from a business perspective, the difference between value-based activism and cynical marketing gimmicks...

Our regular podcast crew breaks down what changed for energy in 2017 as well as what changed in our own lives as energy professionals. Please find @dylockwood, @hc_richards, or @erin_hardick on twitter to share your stories of the year. We discuss trends in how Smart Cities are talked about these days and what cybersecurity means going into 2018. We also make some predictions about the upcoming ye...

Our guest this week is Philippe Malone from Energy Ottawa and we talk about aging infrastructure as well as best practices for addressing aging assets. We also reflect on the different worlds that younger and older energy professionals experienced in their formative years. ...Well we talk about all that after a short rant on geography. Music by bensound.com