Podcast Episodes

How Can Microgrids Achieve the Holy Grail of Scalability?

Episode 22

Scaling microgrids has long been a sticking point in the clean energy conversation—custom-built and complex, they’ve traditionally defied mass deployment. But what if microgrids could be treated as p…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

DERs and the Abundance Agenda: What Comes After Federal Funding Falls Short

Episode 21

In this episode, Elisa Wood sits down with Tim Hade to discuss why now—despite, or perhaps because of—federal policy turbulence, the distributed energy industry is poised for massive transformation. …

Published on 5 months ago

Microgrids Aren’t What They Used To Be

Episode 20

In this insightful episode of the Energy Changemakers Podcast, Elisa Wood is joined by industry experts Lisa Cohn and Peter Asmus to explore the dynamic world of microgrids. They trace the evolution …

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Battle for the Grid: How the Public Can Regain Control of Electricity

Episode 19

Is it time to rethink who controls the grid?

Elisa Wood sits down with legal expert and author Sandeep Vaheesan to discuss the rarely told—but critically important—history of public power in the Unite…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

US Political Parties Agree on One Thing: Utility Bills

Episode 18

Most Americans have never heard of their state’s public utility commission—yet these low-profile regulatory bodies control over $200 billion in annual utility spending and directly influence the pric…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

How to Make Distributed Solar Projects Pencil without the Federal Tax Credit

Episode 17

As uncertainty looms over the future of the federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC), many in the distributed energy sector are concerned about how to keep solar and storage projects economically viable. …

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Solar on Wheels - How a Family-Run Startup is Transforming Driveways into Clean Power Stations

Episode 16

Across America, sunny driveways are abundant yet surprisingly overlooked as potential power generators. Now, a Florida-based startup, Gismo Power, is pioneering a remarkable innovation: a portable, p…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Distributed Energy Is Misunderstood and Underrepresented. What Do We Do About It?

Episode 15

Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) are often overlooked, misunderstood, or underrepresented in discussions about the future of the electric grid. In this episode, host Elisa Wood explores why DERs—l…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

What it Took to Build one of the US’ Largest Community Choice Aggregations

Episode 14

How do you make an ambitious clean energy goal a reality that benefits an entire community? In this episode, we sit down with Cody Hooven, principal and co-founder of Evolution Affairs, to explore ho…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

How Should the Power Industry Think about the DeepSeek Announcement?

Episode 13

AI is driving up power demand, but how much and how fast remains under debate. Bulls warn we’ll need far more electric power than we’re poised to produce. Bears say utilities inflate the numbers and …

Published on 9 months ago