Podcast Episodes

What Utilities and DER Companies Don't Get about Each Other Part 2

Episode 12

Bill Prindle, principal of Better Energy Advisors, told us what distributed energy resource (DER) companies don’t get about utilities in episode 1 of this two-part series. Now he looks at the other a…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Equal Pay for Equal Work: Treating Energy Efficiency Fairly in Wholesale Capacity Markets

Episode 11

With an expensive push underway to build large power plants and transmission to meet growing electric demand, energy efficiency is gaining new importance. Creating more negawatts (energy reduction) r…

Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago

Incorporating Non-Energy Benefits in Energy Planning: A Path Forward

Episode 10

In this episode of the Energy Changemakers podcast, host Elisa Wood discusses the concept of non-energy benefits with Roger Lin, Senior Attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity. They explore …

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Why this Energy Changemaker is Trying to Bring Community Choice Energy to Arizona

In this episode of the Energy Changemakers podcast, host Elisa Wood interviews Russell Lowes from Arizonans for Community Choice. They explore the potential of Community Choice Energy (CCE) programs …

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

Off Grid and Urban: An Apartment Building that Signals the Future

Episode 8

In an interview with Elisa Wood, veteran energy innovator Steve Pullins, CEO of ResSET,  unveils his latest venture, a highly unusual sustainable apartment building in Ann Arbor, Michigan, set to be …

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Making the crush of utility data usable: Awesense

Episode 7

At one point in Awesense’s history, CEO and Founder Mischa Steiner was in a serious accident when riding his bike. While he was still recovering, his company was named in a lawsuit, lost investors, a…

Published on 1 year ago

What Utilities and DER Companies Don't Get about Each Other - Part 1

Episode 6

In this episode of the Energy Changemakers podcast, host Elisa Wood engages in a rich discussion with Bill Prindle, a senior energy and climate leader. Bill brings over 40 years of industry experienc…

Published on 1 year ago

An Entrepreneur's Journey from Russia and Oil to the US and Clean Energy: Lumin

Episode 5

In this episode of the Energy Changemakers podcast, host Elisa Wood interviews Alex Bazhinov, founder and president of Lumin, a smart panel company. Alex shares his remarkable journey from working in…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

A Campaign to Create a Distributed Energy Utility in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Episode 4

Voters in Ann Arbor, Michigan, will be asked to approve a ground-breaking new kind of utility on November 5, one run by the city that provides local, distributed energy to those who choose to partici…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

The Economics of Community Solar: How Profits are Made and Consumer Energy Costs Lowered

Episode 3

 In this episode of the Energy Changemakers Podcast, financial expert Rob Hong of Sapling Financial Consultants explains how community solar can provide both profits for developers and cost savings f…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago