Matt Hope

Lights Out

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Lights Out , brought to you by PowerOutage.com, takes you through the latest in power grid intelligence, storm recaps, outage analysis, and industry insights backed by the most comprehensive real-time outage tracking platform in the U.S and beyond. Whether you're a utility professional, emergency manager, restoration crew, or just someone who wants to know what's happening with the grid, this is your place to dive in.

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Matt Hope

Episodes

The Unlucky Windstorm 04.06.2026 10:47

Listen to our conversation with Jay Schaefer about the Friday, March 13th "Unlucky" Windstorm in the Great Lakes area, and all of the factors that culminated in this "sleeper" storm.

Winter Storm Fern 04.06.2026 11:28

Listen to our conversation with Chief Innovation Officer and meteorologist, Jay Schaefer, about the impact of Winter Storm Fern, and the preventative lessons we can all learn from all historic storms.

How We Get The Data 04.06.2026 15:20

Tune in to our conversation with Chief Technology Officer, Alex Zdanov, where we discuss the ways PowerOutage.com aggregates data, the challenges we face along the way, and how we plan to make that data more resilient in the future.

Lights Out 28.05.2026 10:25

Welcome to Lights Out, brought to you by PowerOutage.com. Listen as Matt takes us through the four biggest storms of the first quarter of 2026. Please also consider donating to support the brave linemen who were injured while performing their duties at the links below: LineLife Foundation: https://LineLifeFoundation.com https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-denny-mcguffs-recovery-after-electrocution...