Energy Nerd Show

Steve Long from The Nature Conservancy joins us on this episode to discuss powerful new tools for siting solar projects. Episode 168 of the Energy Nerd Show. Links for more info on today's topic: The Nature Conservancy: https://www.nature.org/en-us/ Synapse's Report on the Technical Potential of Solar: https://www.synapse-energy.com/massachusetts-technical-potential-solar The Solar Sitin...

Providence, Rhode Island City Councilor Sue AnderBois talks to us about energy policy in Providence and Rhode Island as a whole, including energy efficiency projects and renewable energy. Episode 167 of the Energy Nerd Show. Links for more info on today's topic: Sue is running for Lt. Governor of RI: https://www.sueanderbois.com/ Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodes Audi...

Climable's Maisy Rohrer talks what folks can expect from battery adoption. Episode 166 of the Energy Nerd Show. Links for more info on today's topic: GreenRoots: https://www.greenrootsej.org/ Donate to Climable: https://www.climable.org/donate Volunteer at Climable: https://www.climable.org/volunteer Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodes Audio only version on Spotify...

Synapse's Pat Knight shares a new report about how ratepayers are being overcharged on their electric bills; costing, in total, $3.4 billion! Episode 165 of the Energy Nerd Show. Links for more info on today's topic: The Synapse report: https://www.synapse-energy.com/overcharged-suppliers-retail-premiums-are-inflating-massachusetts-electric-bills Visuals and links available at energynerd...

Synapse's Cecilia Springer shares a new Synapse report about the best way to decarbonize the industrial sector. Episode 164 of the Energy Nerd Show. Links for more info on today's topic: The Synapse report: https://www.synapse-energy.com/how-industrial-customers-can-lower-their-electricity-bills-through-rate-design Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodes Audio only ver...

Sabine Chavin tells us about Resource Adequacy Modeling and how it can help us understand how a resource portfolio can serve future load across all four seasons. Episode 163 of the Energy Nerd Show. Links for more info on today's topic: The Synapse report: https://www.synapse-energy.com/resource-adequacy-modeling-reliable-decarbonizing-grid Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/ep...

New electric rates for heat pumps in Massachusetts! Amanda Barker from the Green Energy Consumers Alliance walks us through the new rate change and explains how it all works. Episode 162 of the Energy Nerd Show. Links for more info on today's topic: Green Energy Consumers Alliance: https://www.greenenergyconsumers.org/ New Rates: https://www.greenenergyconsumers.org/news/massachusettsheatpump...

Ida Weiss from Synapse joins us on this episode to discuss how electrifying buildings and vehicles will affect the electric grid. Episode 161 of the Energy Nerd Show. Links for more info on today's topic: The Report: Coming soon! Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodes Audio only version on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: Energy Nerd Show Our Partners: Climable.org: climable.or...

Ben Havumaki from Synapse Energy Economics breaks down a new report on Multiyear Rate Plans and how, when used properly, MRPs can incentivize utilities to spend more efficiently and limit cost growth for customers. Episode 160 of the Energy Nerd Show. Links for more info on today's topic: Fixing Multiyear Rate Plans: https://rmi.org/insight/fixing-multiyear-rate-plans/ Visuals and links avail...

Caroline Palmer from Synapse digs into how electric rates for data centers will impact electricity customers around the country and how regulators can help shield those customers. Episode 159 of the Energy Nerd Show. Links for more info on today's topic: The Sierra Club: https://www.sierraclub.org/ Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodes Audio only version on Spotify and Ap...

Saul Griffith joins us to chat about how we can make electricity cheap in the US. He tells stories from his new book, "Plug In! The Electrification Handbook" and shares how we might be able to use Australia's approach to make electricity cheaper and cleaner in the US. Episode 158 of the Energy Nerd Show. Links for more info on today's topic: Plug In!: https://www.blackincbooks....

In this episode, we speak with Neil Veilleux from Uplight. Neil shares how the demand stack can be used to create a better, more flexible grid. Episode 157 of the Energy Nerd Show. Links for more info on today's topic: Uplight: https://uplight.com/ Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodes Audio only version on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: Energy Nerd Show Our Partners: Climab...

In this episode, we speak with Jeremy McDiarmid from Advanced Energy United. Jeremy gives us a roadmap for what the future looks like for the electric grid and how grid flexibility will be important to keeping up with increasing electrical demand as we continue to electrify. Episode 156 of the Energy Nerd Show. Links for more info on today's topic: Advanced Energy United: https://advancedener...

On this episode, we visit NuVu High School to chat with students about their incredible projects. NuVu is an alternative learning model high school that teaches kids via a hands-on design studio approach. This project based learning helps students to develop solutions to real, complex problems in innovative ways. Episode 155 of the Energy Nerd Show. Links for more info on today's topic: NuVu:...

Blake Sessions from RISE Robotics answers your Beltdraulic questions at RISE's groundbreaking engineering lab. Blake demystifies RISE’s incredible new inventions that will replace dirty and inefficient hydraulics across the heavy machinery industry, and explains why it's simple, efficient, precise, fast and battle-tested despite looking complex at first glance. RISE's exciting new b...

Hiten Sonpal from RISE Robotics gives us a tour of RISE's groundbreaking engineering lab. Hiten shows us the incredible new inventions that RISE is working on that will replace dirty and inefficient hydraulics across the heavy machinery industry. Rise's exciting new beltdraulic tech will also help usher in electrification across the industry. Episode 153 of the Energy Nerd Show. Visuals...

Charles Hua from Powerlines.org shares how important public utility commissions are and why more people should care about their utility regulations if they're worried about their energy bill and where their energy comes from. Episode 152 of the Energy Nerd Show. Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodes Audio only version on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: Energy Nerd Show Links...

Can Boston adapt to climate change? Paul Kirshen from the Stone Living Lab shares his philosophy on how cities will have to utilize adaptive management practices in order to prepare for the changing landscape that climate change will bring. Cities will have to be prepared for a range of situations that will require modular solutions. Episode 151 of the Energy Nerd Show. Visuals and links available...

How will Natural Gas Utilities adapt to electrification? In order to keep rates reasonable, they'll need to make some big, calculated changes. Alice Napoleon shares what several different approaches will do for the industry. Episode 150 of the Energy Nerd Show. Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodes Audio only version on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: Energy Nerd Show Links f...

Lucy Cooke is a zoologist, author and sloth expert. In this episode, Lucy shares how sloths can teach us a lot about sustainability and energy conservation. Episode 149 of the Energy Nerd Show. Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodes Audio only version on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: Energy Nerd Show Links for more info on today's topic: Lucy's Website for Books and Cal...

Bill Moomaw shares the story of his career; convincing DuPont to change and help fix the ozone hole, pushing net negative GHG emissions, and pioneering a new type of sustainable forest management: proforestation.  Episode 148 of the Energy Nerd Show. Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodes Audio only version on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: Energy Nerd Show Links for more info on...

Cutler Cleveland shares his new project "Visualizing Energy" and tells the story of the history of Natural Gas and Oil in the US. Episode 147 of the Energy Nerd Show. Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodes Audio only version on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: Energy Nerd Show Links for more info on today's topic: The first episode of the ENS with Cutler: https://yout...

Sophie Schadler and Chelsea Mattioda from Synapse Energy Economics show us how utilizing surplus interconnection and generator replacement can allow for faster and cheaper energy projects. Episode 146 of the Energy Nerd Show. Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodes Audio only version on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: Energy Nerd Show Links for more info on today's topic: The S...

Tim Woolf from Synapse Energy Economics shows us how using equity in a DEA can yield positive results when planning energy projects. Episode 145 of the Energy Nerd Show. Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodes Audio only version on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: Energy Nerd Show Links for more info on today's topic: National Standard Practice Manual: https://www.nationalenergy...

Kenji Takahashi from Synapse Energy Economics chats with us about a new Synapse report that explores whether the electric grid can handle electrification. Episode 144 of the Energy Nerd Show. Visuals and links available at energynerdshow.com/episodes Audio only version on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: Energy Nerd Show Links for more info on today's topic: New Yorkers for Clean Power: https://ny...