This podcast delivers the top stories in the electric utility industry, curated daily using AI-driven tools for maximum relevance and impact. Each episode is generated with advanced language models to provide clear, concise, and timely updates for energy professionals. https://www.linkedin.com/company/currenteventspodcast
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Real stories of co-op electric utility operators overcoming challenges and serving their communities. Co-hosted by James Tanneberger (CEO of SCI-REMC) and Pablo Fuentes (CEO of Bloom Spatial).
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Come listen to an extension of some of the excellent utility safety & ops safety content published in Incident Prevention magazine. Dive deeper into insightful safety topics by hearing interviews with the some of the best and brightest minds in the industry! Learn more about Incident Prevention magazine at incident-prevention.com
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Utility vegetation management (UVM) manages risks and controls vegetation that could potentially threaten power lines, railways, roadways, etc. It is perhaps one of the most important fields of environmental impact in the 21st century and is especially important in the U.S., where it is the largest factor in managing outages and the reliability of utilities.In Trees & Lines utility vegetation management podcast, veteran Phil Charlton and Iapetus COO Tej Singh discuss the future of this criti ...
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In our modern culture, the safety moment has evolved as brief and casual conversations in which to share. They are the perfect time to bring up safety topics in a non-threatening (though potentially lifesaving) way. The Safety Moment Podcast is produced by Utility Safety Partners – a non-profit corporation that has been providing communication service between the digging community and the owners of buried facilities since 1984. Let’s talk about damage prevention, excavation safety, locating ...
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Reclaim your agency.
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With readers from electric, gas, water and telecommunications, internet/cable utility organizations—as well as other key critical infrastructure segments—we reach a wide-spanning scope of decision makers across the industry. Because we have more than 20 years of established connections with the utility industry, we know this industry and our readership views us with trust that has been earned over many years.
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This is the Solutions by Southwest Utility podcast- a place for multifamily industry conversation, education, and innovation!
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Utility + Function, a multifaceted, eclectic, and probing podcast hosted by Nanotronics co-founder and CEO, Matthew Putman, covers subjects from Machine Learning, to Jazz, to Community Development. Utility Function, a definition: individual preferences for goods or services. It calculates desire, and therefore, is relative.
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Welcome to the Utility Fleet podcast, brought to you by Utility Fleet Professional. Join us as we dive into the world of utility fleet management and maintenance, exploring the latest trends, best practices, and strategies from industry experts and peers. Our focus is on providing valuable insights and information to decision-makers in the utility sector, helping them to meet the unique challenges faced by utility fleets and maximize their fleet’s productivity. With more than 60 years of com ...
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Discover how the Custom Resolution Utility (CRU) helps you unlock hidden display settings, create custom resolutions, and optimize refresh rates for smoother performance.
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Ich möchte mich in diesem Podcast-Format mit Menschen unterhalten, die sich noch etwas vor- genommen haben auf ihrem Weg in eine emissionsfreie Energie- und Lebenswelt. Meine Gäste sind Gründer:innen, Innovator:innen, Vorstände und Geschäftsführer:innen aus der „neuen und alten“ Energiewirtschaft genauso wie Menschen, die sich um das gute und nachhaltige Leben in unseren Städte, Kommunen und Gemeinden kümmern. Besonders reizen mich Gäste, die die Dinge etwas anders, etwas schneller oder etwa ...
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The Utility Player Podcast! All sports all the time.
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Utility Emergency Response with Isaac Alatorre is an informative and educational program for those in the utility and liquid management industry. Join Portable Pipeline Advisor and Host Isaac Alatorre as he explores all things utility industry, and emergency preparedness. Twice a month Isaac will share his expertise with you all about the wonderful and exciting world of Water, Wastewater, and Flood Management along with guest experts in the industry.
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innogy consulting’s Utility NEXT Podcast is for utility executives who need to know what’s next for their industry—while maintaining the profitable businesses they have today. What new finance mechanisms are enabling innovation? How can utilities thrive in a new landscape where customers demand a lot more than power from a socket? What new revenue models will drive growth when usage is flat or declining? The answers can’t be found in the usual old places. They’re here, in Utility NEXT.
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Water and wastewater utility managers provide the leadership needed to deliver vital services that protect public health and support the vitality of our communities, environment, and economy. Today’s water sector utilities face a broad range of complex challenges, including staff turnover, rising costs, aging infrastructure, regulatory requirements, customer expectations, and changing technology. This podcast will provide information about the Five Keys to Management Success, Leadership and ...
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2026.01.06 | Nuclear Fuel & Grid Attacks: Who Pays for America’s Energy?
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5:03Your electric bill is at the center of a monumental collision between billion-dollar energy investments and the growing threat of low-tech grid security breaches. We unpack the Department of Energy’s $2.7 billion strategy to secure domestic nuclear fuel and eliminate reliance on Russian exports. You will discover why lawmakers are fighting over whe…
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017: The Unlikely AI Pioneer: How Dairyland Power Cooperative Made Artificial Intelligence into a Cooperative Advantage (with Nate Melby)
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19:09In this episode of The Co-Op Heroes podcast, we sit down with Nate Melby, VP and Chief Information Officer at Dairyland Power Cooperative, to explore how an electric cooperative became an unlikely pioneer in artificial intelligence, and how that innovation is now spreading across the cooperative movement. When Nate arrived at Dairyland Power, a Gen…
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Built In, Not Bolted On - Paying it Forward - Building a Safety Culture for the Holidays
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22:39In this episode of "Built In, Not Bolted On," host Doug Hill and guest Nick discuss the concept of "paying it forward" as a proactive approach to safety and mental well-being during the stressful holiday season. They explore how small acts—like salting a neighbor's walkway or simply asking a coworker "are you okay?"—can prevent failure and build a …
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Biochar, Biomass, and the Future of Forest Health w/ Elvy Barton
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21:59Get the latest updates from our LinkedIn page! https://onelink.to/treesandlines Welcome back to another episode of the Trees & Lines podcast. Elvy Barton, Water and Forest Sustainability Senior Manager at Salt River Project, joins us to discuss how utilities are approaching forest health, wildfire mitigation, and long-term landscape resilience. Elv…
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How AI Can Improve Utility Safety
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1:05:11Send us a text What if the biggest threat to underground safety is not technology, but our refusal to change? Mike Sullivan talks with long time damage prevention consultant and investor Jemmie Wang about why the industry feels “safe enough” even as enormous hidden societal costs pile up from every cut fibre and broken line. Together they explore h…
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2026.01.05 | Sabotage, Data Centers, and the New Cost of Grid Reliability
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4:32Energy reliability is no longer a standard service; it has become a high-priced premium overriding traditional economic concerns across the globe. This episode analyzes the strategic fallout from the Berlin grid security breach and the landmark FERC ruling on data center collocation. We break down why ratepayers are facing massive costs—from record…
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2026.01.02 | The Great Divergence: PJM Blackouts vs. $8B AI Wins
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5:03The power industry is fracturing as utilities face emergency load shed directives while the market simultaneously pours billions into grid AI. This episode analyzes the PJM load shed event that brought the region within seconds of disaster and explains why Kraken Technologies’ $8.65 billion valuation signals a historic shift toward grid software. W…
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Voice of Experience - From the Field to the Foreman’s Office - Mastering Leadership in the Utility Industry
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49:59In this episode, Danny Raines, CUSP, joins the show to discuss the critical transition from being a crew member to a leader in the utility industry. Drawing from his extensive career—from journeyman lineman to safety consultant—Danny explores the challenges of supervision, such as navigating generational differences and the importance of communicat…
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2025.12.31 | Can Jet Engines and Navy Reactors Solve the AI Power Crunch?
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5:46The energy transition has officially been superseded by a full-scale mobilization as the immediate load growth from artificial intelligence forces a massive expansion of the entire power system. This episode explores radical innovation in the sector, from Duke Energy’s "coal-to-nuclear" strategy to the "fast band-aid" of converting retired aircraft…
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2025.12.30 | PJM Capacity Market: Why Prices Surged 450% Amid Storm Crises
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5:35The utility sector is currently grappling with a "dual reality" as a brutal Great Lakes bomb cyclone collides with a massive economic shockwave in the PJM capacity market. This episode analyzes why capacity prices skyrocketed from $49 to nearly $270, signaling a profound crisis in grid reliability driven by surging AI data center demand and rapid f…
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2025.12.29 | How AI Data Centers Are Raising Your Power Bill
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4:44While Big Tech giants like Alphabet buy up private power plants to "jump the line," residential customers are being left with the bill and the aging, less reliable energy assets. This episode explores the explosive growth of AI data centers and why utilities are projecting monthly power bill increases of $36 or more for average families by 2027. We…
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2025.12.23 | Navigating Policy Volatility: Offshore Wind Halts and Data Center Loads
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5:01A sudden federal moratorium on major offshore wind projects and a significant urban grid failure are forcing a rapid re-evaluation of national energy security and system reliability. This episode examines how FERC is responding to data center load growth by directing PJM to facilitate the co-location of large-scale infrastructure at existing power …
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016: Members as Energy Producers: Flathead Electric Cooperative's Net Metering Success Story (with Doug Gilmore)
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22:45In this episode of The Co-Op Heroes podcast, we sit down with Doug Gilmore, Power Resources Manager at Flathead Electric Cooperative in Kalispell, Montana, to explore how one cooperative turned a complex challenge into an innovative opportunity. Flathead Electric serves one of the fastest-growing regions in the country. Kalispell was recently voted…
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2025.12.22 | Will AI Power Demand Leave Ratepayers With Billions in Debt?
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4:49The explosive surge in AI power demand is currently shattering obsolete utility planning models and forcing a direct collision between grid reliability and decarbonization efforts,. From Illinois facing imminent shortages to Georgia’s controversial 10-gigawatt gas expansion based on a 0.22% probability, we examine how the data center boom is drivin…
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2025.12.19 | Will AI Data Centers Break the North American Grid?
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5:28The North American grid has reached a critical inflection point where explosive AI demand is clashing with traditional regulatory guardrails and grid fragility. This episode explores how federal and state regulators are scrambling to manage grid stability as massive 1.4 gigawatt data centers receive immediate approval before their power sources are…
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2025.12.18 | Blackout Risks: Policy Wars Clash with Catastrophic Grid Failure
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5:45The polycrisis is here: catastrophic western grid failure is colliding head-on with political policy shifts and record-low customer satisfaction. We break down the policy war brewing over $7.6 billion in canceled clean energy grants and the emergency federal mandates prioritizing base load over decarbonization. Discover how the soaring demand from …
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2025.12.17 | Is Your Utility Pole a Billion-Dollar Liability Bomb?
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5:41If a court agrees that asset age alone constitutes negligence, your utility's entire capital plan may be instantly obsolete. We break down the massive $1 Billion+ Texas liability crisis stemming from a century-old utility pole and explain how utilities are pivoting to costly calendar-based replacement or Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) to manag…
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2025.12.16 | Who Pays for the Grid? The Data Center Cost-Shifting Trick
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5:47Residential customers are footing the bill for the massive infrastructure demands of hugely profitable tech companies using cost-shifting tricks. We unpack the intense regulatory fights in Oregon and PJM over who pays and who gets to plug into the rapidly growing grid. Learn how extreme localized weather events and staggering transmission project c…
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2025.12.15 | AI Demand Forces New Natural Gas Plants and Pipeline Policy Shift
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4:57The narrative has officially shifted from managed transition to a "scramble for basic capacity," as hyperscale AI Demand forces fundamental changes across the utility sector. We analyze the massive strategic shift of NextEra/Exxon Mobile partnering to build 1.2 GW of carbon-captured natural gas explicitly for data centers, confirming gas as the cho…
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2025.12.11 | Who Really Owns the Grid? Consolidation, AI, and Rate Hikes.
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5:42Wall Street is buying up the physical electric grid while big tech is privatizing stability using battery storage as a "regulatory hack" to avoid interconnection studies. We break down the massive grid consolidation efforts, including Blackstone’s move toward a vertical monopoly on essential hardware and AMSC's strategy to bypass multi-year backlog…
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Satellite Data Transforming Vegetation Management Globally w/ Sven Przywarra
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18:02Get the latest updates from our LinkedIn page! https://onelink.to/treesandlines Welcome back to another episode of the Trees & Lines podcast. Sven Przywarra, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of LiveEO, joins us to discuss how satellite technology and AI are reshaping vegetation management on a global scale. Sven shares insights on the rapid evolution of remot…
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2025.12.10 | The Deployment Paradox: AI Demand vs. 266 GW of Lost Power
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5:28The US utility sector is trapped in a historic contradiction where record-breaking solar growth is colliding with the cancellation of nearly 2,000 power projects. We analyze this Deployment Paradox, exploring how surging AI data center demand is hitting the grid just as interconnection bottlenecks wipe one-sixth of US capacity off the books. Listen…
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2025.12.09 | 266 GW Canceled: The US Grid’s $400B Purge
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5:38The US power sector just witnessed a seismic "purge" of 266 GW in capacity, erasing nearly 1,900 projects and $400 billion in potential capital. We analyze why stricter grid reliability rules are decimating the interconnection queue and how the Pacific Northwest is facing a structural energy deficit by 2026. From NextEra's strategic pivot to gas lo…
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015: The Nuclear Opportunity: How Wolverine Power Cooperative Seized an Unprecedented Moment (with Zach Anderson)
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17:28In this episode of The Co-Op Heroes podcast, we sit down with Zach Anderson, Chief Operating Officer of Wolverine Power Cooperative, to discuss one of the most significant achievements in cooperative energy history: the restart of the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station. When Palisades entered decommissioning status, it seemed like a closed chapte…
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2025.12.08 | The Cost of AI: Mega-Mergers vs. Consumer Backlash
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5:30Retail electricity prices surged 13% in early 2025, sparking a fierce political battle over whether consumers or data centers should fund grid upgrades. We analyze the massive Constellation-Calpine merger and how skyrocketing AI energy demand is forcing the utility sector to pivot from transition to aggressive expansion. From ERCOT’s technical freq…
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2025.12.05 | The Reliability Veto: Why Data Centers Are Forcing a Gas Pivot
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5:22Long-term decarbonization mandates are colliding head-on with immediate reliability demands, leading regulators to issue a "reliability veto" that favors new gas generation over green goals. We analyze why Virginia officials authorized Dominion Energy’s new gas plant and examine Duke Energy’s pragmatic pivot toward nuclear small modular reactors. T…
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2025.12.04 | The Utility Split: 106 GW AI Demand vs. Policy Retreat
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4:47A massive structural split has hit the utility sector, pitting Washington's regulatory retreat against the unstoppable momentum of market physics. We analyze the collision between rolling back EV standards and a massive solar boom that claimed 98% of new capacity in September. Discover how a projected 106 GW AI demand shock is creating a zero-sum g…
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Leading the Future of Utility Arboriculture w/ Josh Beaver
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11:30Get the latest updates from our LinkedIn page! https://onelink.to/treesandlines Welcome back to another episode of the Trees & Lines podcast. Josh Beaver, Senior Vice President, Forestry & Utility, at Eocene Environmental Group, joins us to discuss how leadership, collaboration, and innovation are shaping the next era of utility arboriculture. Josh…
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2025.12.03 | Data Centers vs. Grid Reliability: Is the "Mandate to Serve" Dead?
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5:49A massive regulatory battle is unfolding as PJM’s market monitor formally requests the authority to reject new data center interconnections to prevent catastrophic grid failure. We analyze how this move challenges the historic utility "mandate to serve" and contrast it with MISO’s expedited strategy to entrench natural gas infrastructure. The discu…
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2025.12.02 | Meta Funds the Grid & New Rules to Skip Interconnection Queues
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5:14Big Tech is officially paying its own way, starting with Meta funding a 1,500 MW power station upfront to shield ratepayers from costs. We break down this paradigm shift and the new regulatory fast-tracks that allow incumbents to bypass the deadlocked interconnection queue by prioritizing speed over cost. Listen in for a deep dive on capital deploy…
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Voice of Experience - Storage Safety Hazards, Response, and the Evolution of the Grid with Josh Dinaburg, CSA Group
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39:51As the grid transitions to green energy, battery energy storage systems (BESS) are popping up everywhere—from utility substations to residential neighborhoods. But what happens when lithium-ion technology fails? In this episode of The Voice of Experience, host Danny Raines and Fire Test Specialist Josh Dinaburg from the CSA Group dive deep into the…
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2025.12.01 | Grid Reliability Crisis: Feds Force Thermal Plants to Stay On
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4:32The federal government just invoked emergency powers under the Federal Power Act, forcing critical thermal plants like Eddie Stone and JH Campbell to stay online through February 2026—signaling a severe grid reliability crisis for Winter 25/26. We break down the implications of this unprecedented Federal Action, dissecting the collapse of stakehold…
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Safety by Design - Human and Organizational Performance with Pam Tompkins CSP, CUSP
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46:55Read the article - https://incident-prevention.com/blog/safety-by-design-human-and-organizational-performance/ In this installment of the Safety by Design podcast series, host Nick sits down with Pam Tompkins, President and CEO of SET Solutions, to explore the transformative philosophy of Human and Organizational Performance (HOP). Based on her lat…
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2025.11.26 | Microsoft Funds Nuclear Restart: The New AI Electricity Playbook
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4:27The US power grid is facing a grid crisis as immediate blackouts loom and AI demand threatens a staggering 175 GW capacity shortfall by 2033. We analyze the complete collapse of the energy trillemma, examining federal emergency orders compelling coal units to run, while nearly 5% of US households are behind on utility bills. Discover the new electr…
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2025.11.25 | Utility Grid Crisis: Policy Collapse & Data Center Deadlock
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13:06The "violent synchronization crisis" has hit the utility grid hard, as collapsing federal energy policy clashes violently with exponential demand. We analyze the immediate fallout from Washington—including the dissolution of key DOE offices and the failure of the LIHEAP safety net—that threatens decarbonization goals and triggers mass shutoffs. Lea…
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014: Storytelling as a Bridge: How Hoosier Energy is Connecting the Next Generation to the Cooperative Difference (with Chad Mertz)
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28:11In this episode of The Co-Op Heroes podcast, hosts Pablo Fuentes and James Tanneberger sit down with Chad Mertz, Vice President of Strategic Communications at Hoosier Energy to explore the challenge facing the entire cooperative movement: communicating with the next generation. Chad dives into the creative solution that's changing how communities u…
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2025.11.24 | 18% Jump: How Speculative AI Load Crushes the Average Ratepayer
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5:30The structural conflict between utilities’ urgent need for capital and fierce regulatory pushback over ratepayer affordability is now triggering unprecedented customer financial shock. We examine how regulators are scrambling to manage an explosive data center bill, which has pushed El Paso households to an 18% jump in combined utility costs ($45 a…
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2025.11.21 | AI vs. Regulation: Why PJM's Paralysis Costs You $163 Billion
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4:56The collapse of governance at PJM Interconnection has created a potential $163 Billion bill that may soon be socialized to ordinary ratepayers across the grid. This financial fallout is the direct result of a structural clash between explosive AI load growth and glacial regulatory action, forcing the PJM board to act unilaterally after the members …
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2025.11.20 | AI Demand Forces $2.4B Spend to Fix Nuclear and Coal Plants
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4:48The structural conflict defining the utility sector, known as the reliability paradox, has triggered an immediate $2.4 billion federal spending spree to keep the lights on. This unprecedented investment targets firm power sources—specifically restarting mothballed nuclear plants (like Three Mile Island Unit One for Microsoft's 20-year PPA) and refu…
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Breaking Barriers with Language-Driven Data Analytics w/ Rebecca Lasica
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14:08Get the latest updates from our LinkedIn page! https://onelink.to/treesandlines Welcome back to another episode of the Trees & Lines podcast. Rebecca Lasica, SVP, Commercial Sales and Business Development at NV5 Geospatial, joins us to discuss how advanced analytics, AI, and language-driven tools are transforming vegetation management. Rebecca expl…
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2025.11.19 | AI Demand vs. Grid Failure: Nuclear Reactors Are Powering the Race
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4:33The structural power grid deficit is now a public safety crisis, exemplified by catastrophic blackouts and wildfires started by cascading failures in the western interconnection. We analyze how insatiable data center demand created a 10.6 GW supply deficit, forcing utilities to rely on highly volatile demand response rather than new power plants. D…
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2025.11.18 | FERC's $12 Billion Bet: Speed Over Procedure in Grid Buildout
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4:57FERC is greenlighting massive dispatchable capacity buildout, signaling an overwhelming priority for speed with the approval of NRG Energy's nearly $12 billion acquisition of 12.9 GW of gas assets. This aggressive push for execution certainty—even permanently revoking challenges to natural gas pipeline construction—is creating an intense regulatory…
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2025.11.17 | The $936M Gas Plant: The Direct Cost of AI Demand on the Grid
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4:59The entire electric sector has flipped from future planning to active crisis management, triggered by AI demand's high-frequency "EKG load profile," a genuinely destabilizing force. This unprecedented AI Demand instability is directly leading to massive capital responses, such as NRG Energy's announced $936 million natural gas plant to meet Google'…
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2025.11.14 | 204% Spike! The Cost of Grid Reliability Under AI Demand
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5:04A catastrophic 204% spike in out-of-market payments (uplift charges) in PJM and a massive cascading failure that hit 95,000 customers in the Western grid reveal the intense stress facing US power infrastructure. As AI Demand is forecasted to push electricity use to 12% of the US total by 2028, these failures are occurring while wholesale natural ga…
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2025.11.13 | AI Demand vs. The Grid: Why Private Power Is Bypassing Utilities
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4:38Chevron is building a 5,000 megawatt natural gas plant solely for one data center—operating completely off-grid—in a move that threatens to upend the entire utility sector. This unprecedented action highlights the collision course between staggering AI Demand and the legacy power grid, forcing immediate policy changes and massive financial investme…
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2025.11.12 | Who Pays for AI Infrastructure? The $72 Billion Grid Battle
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5:37As global spending on data centers ($580 billion) is projected to overtake oil supply spending, a massive $72 billion capital plan update has sparked an explosive regulatory fight over AI infrastructure. Unpack the jurisdictional conflict where state regulators fear that existing retail customers will be forced to subsidize the skyrocketing costs a…
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Turning Data into Decisions for Utilities w/ Brett Kasten
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18:14Get the latest updates from our LinkedIn page! https://onelink.to/treesandlines Welcome back to another episode of the Trees & Lines podcast. Brett Kasten, President & CEO at GeoDigital, joins us to talk about how utilities are transforming raw data into actionable insights. Brett shares how GeoDigital combines 3D modeling, high-resolution imagery,…
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2025.11.11 | The Collision: Data Center Reckoning Meets EPA Rule Rollbacks
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6:17The utility sector is facing a Policy Whiplash: sudden regulatory rollbacks crashing into the unprecedented physical demand of the large load reckoning. We unpack Washington’s move to eliminate environmental reporting programs, creating a crucial data vacuum for climate finance just as Data Centers force states and grid operators to implement new f…
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013: The Brotherhood Above: The Indiana Lineman Rodeo with Tommy Nance of Ninestar Connect and IEC
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18:39In this episode of The Co-Op Heroes podcast, host Pablo Fuentes heads to the Hendricks County Fairgrounds to speak with Tommy Nance, VP of Operations at NineStar Connect, about the fourth annual Indiana Lineman Rodeo, an event born from a simple vision that has become a beacon for community for linemen across the state. Five years ago, during the h…
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2025.11.10 | AI Demand Shock: Why Data Centers Are Breaking Utility Planning
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5:43The historic AI demand shock is already rendering traditional multi-year utility planning processes obsolete. We reveal staggering IEA projections showing global data center electricity use is on track to more than double by 2030—a load greater than Japan’s current consumption—and how this has pushed operators into deploying emergency reserves just…
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