New Project Media (NPM) Interconnections

Aaron Halimi , founder and President of Renewable Properties , a community solar developer, owner and operator based in San Francisco, joins NPM Reporter Michelle France, to discuss the status of a community solar program in California and why he and dozens of other developers are urging Governor Gavin Newsom to get involved following the most recent proposed decision by the California Public Util...

On NPM’s 100th podcast episode, host Jillian Ward is joined by Scout Clean Energy’s founder and CEO Michael Rucker to discuss the ISO migration in the West and what it could mean for developers. Scout is a renewable energy owner-operator with projects in 26 U.S. states. Scout was also acquired by the Brookfield Global Transition Fund in 2022, and the company continues to expand its operations thro...

Allan Marks , a member of Milbank’s Global Project Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group, joins NPM Managing Editor Jon Berke on the podcast this week to discuss capital market conditions for clean energy projects. The two review the current impacts of inflation, recent platform M&A deal trends, and the increased number of utilities looking at large-scale procurement of renewables. Separatel...

On this week's episode of the NPM podcast, host Andrew Burnes is joined by Stem's VP of Front-of-the-Meter Solutions Jake Berlin. The two have an in-depth discussion of the ERCOT storage market, the trend toward larger vs. smaller projects, storage activity in Texas' ancillary services, and the introduction of alternative revenue streams like tolling agreements. Jake also discusses...

Steve Lieberman, Vice President of Transmission and Regulatory Affairs at American Municipal Power (or AMP), joins Colt Shaw on the NPM Podcast this week to discuss PJM’s ongoing efforts to reform its forward-looking capacity market in the face of looming reliability concerns. Lieberman discusses the good and the bad of recent FERC-approved reforms, including stop-loss measures for non-performance...

Keith Derman , Partner and Co-Head of Ares Infrastructure Opportunities , joins the podcast this week to discuss investing opportunities in renewable energy today, what emerging clean energy areas are attractive and some thoughts around corporate offtake. New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market fo...

Tony Dutzik , Associate Director and Senior Policy Analyst at Frontier Group joins NPM Reporter Reagin von Lehe on the podcast to discuss the future of the small-scale rooftop solar market, especially in states with new net metering legislation such as California, Massachusetts and South Carolina. Frontier Group said in its most recent report that small-scale rooftop solar projects are delivering...

Elias Hinckley , a partner at Baker Botts joins Jon Berke on the NPM podcast to discuss the latest developments in clean hydrogen, including guidance released before the holidays by the IRS on the section 45V tax credit which called for hourly matching. The two then discuss other major pillars of the IRS guidance including regionality and additionality. Hinckley also provides insights on how this...

Garrett Peterson , co-founder of start-up developer Sigma Renewables , joins the podcast to talk about permitting at the local and state levels, particularly as it pertains to distributed generation. Later, Peterson discusses how smaller developers are getting impacted by queue backlog and interconnection reform. New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing...

Manny Citron , Chief of Staff for Philadelphia’s Department of Labor, joins NPM’s Colt Shaw this week to discuss the forthcoming Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub, dubbed MACH2. The city’s point man for the project, Citron discusses next steps for the ambitious hub and the early partners already lining up to participate, as well as the hope that hydrogen could one day power hard-to-electrify sectors...

Jason Segal and Patrick Norton , managing directors of specialist merchant banking firm Javelin Capital join the NPM podcast this week to discuss M&A trends in 2024, including addressing the growing role of structured equity transactions, platform valuations and how storage might factor into these trends. New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing ori...

In the first NPM podcast of 2024, William Demas , Head of Americas at the Green Investment Group of Macquarie Asset Management discusses renewable energy and energy transition investment trends with NPM Managing Editor Jon Berke. Demas forecasts consolidation coming amongst solar developers as the industry continues to scale. Later in the program, Demas discusses MAM’s approach to green hydrogen i...

On this week's episode, NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined by Louisiana PSC commissioner Davante Lewis who is wrapping up his first year in office and is grappling with major policy discussions in the state regarding whether renewable project development should be allowed outside the purview of the vertically integrated utilities. Mr. Lewis walks us through that debate and the interest level...

On this week's podcast, Juan Macias , CEO of AlphaStruxure joins NPM’s Jon Berke and Reagin von Lehe to discuss his company’s business model as a developer and owner of tailored energy infrastructure solutions, including microgrids. Over the course of the interview, Macias discusses microgrid projects at the under-construction JFK Terminal One and at bus depots in Montgomery County, Maryland...

Gabe Murtaugh , Director of Markets and Technology for the Long Duration Energy Storage Council , joins the NPM Interconnections Podcast this week to discuss the current state of play for long duration storage in the US. A former storage sector manager for CAISO, Murtaugh discusses the impact of recent policy drivers at the federal level, including the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and the Inflat...

Vitaly Lee , EVP & Chief Development Officer for Q Cells USA joins Jon Berke on the NPM podcast this week. Over the course of the program, Lee addresses current obstacles and solutions in siting and permitting for solar and storage projects, procurement updates in some of its major markets including New York and Pacificorp service territories, new market opportunities and supply chain challeng...

On this week's episode, NPM’s Andrew Burnes is joined by Jenny Netherton, Senior Program Manager at Southeastern Wind Coalition and Helen Rose Patterson, Senior Campaign Manager for Offshore Wind at the National Wildlife Federation to discuss the advent of offshore wind in Louisiana state waters. Together, Jenny and Helen Rose answer poignant questions about whether offshore wind in state wat...

Mark Gabriel, president and CEO of United Power , joins the podcast this week to discuss the ongoing transmission challenges out West. Gabriel dives into the transmission issues being faced in states like Colorado, where he has put United Power on the path of hyper-localization as a way to bypass the need for transmission. Gabriel sees hyper-localization as the future for not just cooperatives lik...

Allan Marks , partner with Milbank LLP’s Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group, joins the podcast this week to discuss the recently awarded USD 7bn hydrogen hub program winners. Marks discusses how the selected applicants will apply for the funds, why the Department of Energy picked winners in both green hydrogen and other forms of hydrogen and what the applicants that weren’t se...

Alan Alexander, a partner in Vinson & Elkins LLP's   Energy Transaction & Projects practice and head of its hydrogen and ammonia task force, joins the podcast to discuss the state of the green hydrogen market in the US. Alexander provides insight on when guidance is coming from the US Department of Energy (DOE) on the production tax credit for Section 45V and when funding is coming fr...

Bryen Alperin, partner and managing director of tax credit specialist Foss & Co . joins the podcast this week to discuss the intersection of community solar and tax credits. Alperin reviews financing options for the asset class prior to the Inflation Reduction Act and discusses how conditions have evolved into today’s environment where transferability and other measures are expected to acceler...

Dean Keller, a partner in boutique advisory firm Independence Point Advisors , joins the podcast this week to discuss lessons learned from his days as a junior energy banker in Salomon Smith Barney where he worked with Enron, prior to its bankruptcy, amongst other independent power producer giants. Keller goes on to discuss the hurdles and solutions in developing energy storage and what is coming...

Solstice co-founders, Steph Speirs and Sandhya Murali, join the NPM podcast this week, as well as their policy coordinator, Alex Pasanen, to discuss what developers should keep in mind in the early stages of project planning, subscription-friendly markets, and their work in New Mexico, where they partnered with four developers to subscribe 100 MW of community solar projects. Steph is a keynote spe...

Frank Getman joins the NPM podcast this week to discuss the state of the capital markets for renewable energy developers heading into the final third of 2023. Great Bay, a renewable royalty financing company, has deployed about USD 300m between developing and operating projects, spread across more than 15 GW of wind, solar, and storage. On the program, Getman talks about the ability to differentia...

On this week’s episode, NPM's Jillian Ward and Michelle France are joined by Autumn Johnson, executive director for the Arizona Solar Energy Industries Association (AriSEIA). AriSEIA is the state’s solar, storage, and electrification trade association. Johnson speaks about the Arizona Community Solar Program's current status, why it is not yet the vibrant program developers had hoped to...