Crunching the numbers on the nuclear renaissance
Mike Kramer has always liked puzzles. But in 2017 he faced one harder than any sudoku. This one involved the livelihoods of hundreds of American families. As director of business operations and the ch...
2 Syys 202524min
Energy outreach from small towns to the world stage
In the early 2000s, when she was doing legal work in her native Texas, Sheri Givens held state government roles that put her in the thick of energy policy-making. And in 2009, Texas Governor Rick Perr...
19 Elo 202520min
Taming explosive load growth with rates
Fifteen years ago, Scott Engstrom thought utilities were boring, bureaucratic organizations where people went for job security. But after co-founding GridX in 2010 during the smart meter era, he disco...
5 Elo 202524min
Bringing organized markets to the Wild West
In December 2001, Carrie Simpson sat at her desk on the trading floor of Enron confused, disenchanted, and unsure of what would happen next. A recent college graduate and brand-new power trading analy...
22 Heinä 202523min
Your attic insulation is a grid asset
A Jurassic Park clip at an audio-visual store in Indianapolis got Seth Little thinking about smart homes as a teenager in the 1990s. That moment led him to a career in energy efficiency. Today, he's t...
8 Heinä 202520min
From pandemic to power grids
Adam Helman has spent his entire career in emergency management. But after working for the New York State Department of Health during the COVID pandemic, he wanted something new. So in 2023, Adam move...
24 Kesä 202520min
Building AI tools to outsmart wildfires
In 1994, Joaquin Ramirez took a job with a wildland fire-fighting crew in his native Spain. That year, Spain saw some of the most destructive fires in its history, and Joaquin quickly realized he just...
10 Kesä 202521min
How a Colorado utility plans to generate 30 megawatts by 2030
A decade ago, Zach Borton had a lightbulb moment when studying energy economics at Ohio State University: the grid was trending toward decentralization. That realization set him on a path that would e...
27 Touko 202517min
