Flanigan's Eco-Logic

In this issue of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Gary Gero, LA County's Chief Sustainability Officer, on recently completing a comprehensive Climate Vulnerability Assessment that identifies communities and populations at risk of climate hazards. The Climate Vulnerability Assessment found that those communities face an increased exposure to climate hazards, combined with factors that will mak...

In this issue of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, Ted commends all those that participated in the COP26. He also highlights stories on 24/7 renewables, the $100 million Carbon Removal X Prize funded by Elon Musk, synergy in microgrid functionality with utilities, organic foods, floatovoltaics, sustainable vacations, and the recently released episodes of Flanigan's Eco-Logic Podcast. 

In this issue of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, Craig Ebert, the Executive Director of Climate Action Reserve, presents his perspectives on COP 26 in Glasgow, Scotland. As a veteran of 13 COPs, and leader of a 15-state delegation in Glasgow this year, Craig is as frustrated with the slow progress, but optimistic about private-sector movements toward a clean energy economy. 

In this episode, Father - Daughter Duo, Ted and Sierra Flanigan, hold a Crash Course on Vehicle to Grid technology (V2G). Ted goes into early experiments, the mutual benefit of the technology for both consumers and utilities, power walls, EVs, and a leading V2G case study. Listen for a high-level overview on the topic, and more immediate applications. 

In this issue of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, Ted interviews Dave Houghton, a professional engineer that Ted originally hired at Rocky Mountain Institute in Colorado. Dave has since had a colorful career as an engineer, educator, and most recently pilot! He discusses the engineering principles of the soft path, as well as one exemplary cooling chimney project.

In this issue of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, Ted shares his passion for fall hiking in Aspen, Colorado with family and friends. He highlights Hertz's planned new electric vehicle rental car fleet, McKinsey & Company employees demanding climate responsibility, the greenest colleges, transcontinental wind and solar delivery from Morocco to the UK, and a perspective on the world's largest energy storag...

In this issue of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, Ted reflects on lunch with a childhood friend and their discussion on climate optimism. He also shares his experience at sea aboard the Ramblin' Rose hybrid sailing. He encourages readers to pledge and join the California Clean Air Day movement, in addition to highlighting LA accelerating its climate pledge, future studies on solar potential in the U.S., deca...

In this episode, Sierra Flanigan picks Ted Flanigan's brain on energy storage: What is it? Why does it matter? What is the history and future of energy storage, anyway? Listen for a high-level overview on energy storage and its important role in decarbonizing our economy. 

Phyllis E. Currie discusses her career, leadership roles, and accomplishments as a female utility executive in California with Ted Flanigan. Ms. Currie discusses steps to becoming the Chief Financial Officer for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and then as General Manager of Pasadena Water and Power. She is currently the Chair of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator Board of...

Father-daughter duo Ted Flanigan and Sierra Flanigan hold a live crash course on microgrids, their genesis and exciting developments. Thanks to the rise in energy storage, Ted Flanigan explains that today's microgrids combine solar and storage with sophisticated controls. The result is systems that can "island" and operate indefinitely when the grid fails. New-age microgrids also have "day jobs,"...

In this issue of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, Ted reflects on his trip to New York and Vermont to celebrate his mom's birthday and spend time with family. He also releases the ninth part of a 10 part series on microgrids, sharing microgrid perspectives by industry leaders. He goes on to highlight fascinating stories in the ecosphere, from fossil-free steel and delivery drones to San Francisco's hydrogen...

Learn about the life and career of Monica Campagna, as she discusses her involvement with the Glendale Environmental Coalition (GEC), the Grayson Power Plant story, micro-recycling at a local elementary school, and other eco-passions with Ted Flanigan.

Join us in a conversation with Bryan Hannegan, the President and CEO of Holy Cross Energy, an electric cooperative high in the Colorado mountains. Hannegan is leading Holy Cross to a carbon-free and distributed energy future, encouraging members to be part of the utility in ways never foreseen before.

There's no denying that climate coverage is increasing, but are we talking about climate change in a way that will spur action? This episode of Flanigan's Eco-Logic Podcast features climate communications expert, Susan Joy Hassol. She delves into how we can communicate climate change impacts effectively so people feel inspired to take climate action.

Johnny Weiss is the co-founder of Solar Energy International, a Colorado based non profit. Its mission is to train the global workforce in practical application of solar technology. SEI has trained tens of thousands of students who come from 180 countries around the world. Johnny's careers and tales range from powering solar systems in the heart of Tanzania to developing training programs for Nati...

Peter Asmus is a Research Director at Guidehouse Insights, the firm that recently acquired Navigant Research where Peter worked for a decade. An investigative reporter and seasoned researcher, he provides valuable insights and perspectives on microgrids and the changing utility landscape. Peter discusses the genesis of microgrids in the developing world, shunned in Europe where reliability has nev...

This issue of EcoNet News celebrates current and upcoming innovations in the EV world. Ted Flanigan delves further into stories on the EU pushing hard on climate protection, General Motors greening suppliers and customers, the Extended Producer Responsibility program in Maine, recycling old wind turbine blades and forming them into blocks for gravitational storage, and the uptick in PPAs being use...

This episode features great news, from the IKEA / Rockefeller billion dollar solar initiative, to electrifying shipping and commuter aviation, to setting records for fuel cell cars, to greening NATO, blowing up coal plants, and the rise of offshore wind in the Gulf of Mexico. Also Microgrids 1.7: A technical piece on Interconnection.

This episode features a conversation with Michael Shepard, a longstanding friend and colleague I worked with many years ago at Rocky Mountain Institute. For many years, Michael headed up E Source, a spinoff of the Institute that has had a global impact. Now Michael is devoting his time to raising awareness about a huge and largely invisible environmental problem… exposure to cooking smoke. Some 4...

Across the country, there is a  growing regulatory movement to dramatically reduce the net energy metering incentive for solar.  AB 1139 -- a California bill that aimed to reduce the buy back (the export value) of residential solar -- did not pass, but the battle for those that advocate for distributed energy resources is not over. In this episode, Kate Unger, Senior Policy Advisor at CALSSA, disc...

Kirk Stokes provides a seasoned perspective to interconnecting distributed energy resources, notably solar and storage, featuring lessons learned connecting six microgrids in Monterey County to the PG&E grid.

In this issue of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, Ted reflects on his dinner with Amory. He also releases the sixth part of a 10 part series on microgrids, unpacking the concept of giving batteries a “day job.” He presents Ford’s all-electric, brand-new F-150 called the Lightning, Montreal hosting the world’s largest rooftop farm, futuristic mobility filtering the air and oceans, geographic wind diversity, a...

In this issue of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, Ted interviews Jonathan Parfrey, founder and Executive Director of Climate Resolve. The conversation covers his youth, his awakenings, then his works with the OC Catholic Worker, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and as a Commissioner for Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. At Climate Revolve, Jonathan is transforming sustainability from being a vi...

In this Earth Day/Climate Action special of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, Ted interviews Denis Hayes, the coordinator of the first Earth Day in 1970 and the founder of the Earth Day Network. Ted also releases the fifth part of a 10 part series on microgrids, discussing critical loads. He highlights corporate executives around the country pushing for climate action, as well as other climate action related...

In this issue of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, Ted interviews Denis Hayes, the coordinator of the first Earth Day in 1970 and the founder of the Earth Day Network, perhaps the largest secular movement in history. What a time of strife... Vietnam, Cambodia, Nixon, overlaid with air and water pollution. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter, Denis discusses his work at Solar Energy Research Institute, now NRE...