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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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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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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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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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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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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Reclaim your agency.
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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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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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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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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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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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What is The Fifth Wire? Building a Human Safety Net in the Utility Sector with Tom Murphy
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55:40In this powerful episode of Incident Prevention's Utility Safety Podcast, host Kate Wade sits down with Tom Murphy, the founder and CEO of Sweethearts and Heroes. Tom shares the deeply personal journey that led him from the railroad industry and professional mixed martial arts to creating a vital organization focused on "upstream prevention" for me…
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Data Center Demand has quadrupled, pushing the U.S. electric grid to a critical breaking point and sparking a massive $163 billion dispute over who pays for the necessary upgrades. Utility professionals must understand how this unprecedented load growth is forcing immediate, reactive measures—like conditioned interconnection agreements in ERCOT and…
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Innovating Where Agriculture Meets Utility Research w/ Don Von Dollen & Yamille del Valle
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30:11Get the latest updates from our LinkedIn page! https://onelink.to/treesandlines Welcome back to another episode of the Trees & Lines podcast. Yamille Del Valle, Program Manager at EPRI, and Don Von Dollen, Senior Program Manager at EPRI, join us to discuss how EPRI is driving innovation where agriculture meets utility research. They share how utili…
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012: 10,000 Pounds of Ice: How Great Lakes Energy Survived an Unprecedented Ice Storm (with Shaun Lamp)
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30:02In this episode of The Co-Op Heroes podcast, host Pablo Fuentes sits down with Shaun Lamp, President and CEO of Great Lakes Energy, to hear firsthand accounts of how crews and community members responded to one of Michigan's most devastating natural disasters in recent memory. When a once-in-a-century ice storm struck in March 2025, Great Lakes Ene…
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Utility Security Podcast - Deep Dive - Rocking the Boat - Why Utility Security Must Challenge the Status Quo
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12:33In the utility sector, the most formidable adversaries aren't always external threats. Often, the biggest hurdles are internal: complacency, misconceptions, and parochialism. In this episode, we dive into the critical need to challenge the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mindset. Discover why this internal resistance can be more dangerous than an…
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How FNCA is Reshaping Utility Notification Across North America
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59:53Send us a text What happens when an entire industry decides it’s time to build a new home from the ground up? Mike Sullivan sits down with Bruce Campbell, Mark Frost, and Roger Lipscomb—the visionary team behind the Facility Notification Center Association (FNCA). This passionate conversation traces the FNCA's superhero-style origin story, born fro…
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Cybersecurity Crisis in Water Utilities: Are You Prepared?
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1:02:32How prepared are you for the growing challenges of cybersecurity in water utilities? In this episode of the Utility Emergency Response Podcast, host Isaac Alatorre sits down with Kevin M. Morley, PhD — Manager of Federal Relations at the American Water Works Association, and Cris Pérez — Director of Technology Services at Santa Clarita Valley Water…
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The electric utility sector is in a pressure cooker: Massive data centers are driving unprecedented demand and forcing utilities to make high-stakes, billion-dollar gambles. We break down ERCOT's staggering 205 GW interconnection surge and explore how new operational flexibility requirements are reshaping Texas Grid Planning. Plus, we analyze the c…
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The massive energy needs of AI are rewriting the rules for US power infrastructure, forcing an $80 billion commitment to build new nuclear reactors. We break down the landmark regulatory shifts, including the removal of certain greenhouse gas reduction requirements for federally backed projects, as the government scrambles to enhance grid reliabili…
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Is the race for AI about to bankrupt the grid? We break down the unprecedented Utility Super Cycle—a $1.4 trillion investment driven almost entirely by aggressive Data Center load growth, nearly doubling the spending of the entire previous decade. Learn how this demand is triggering a federal push, including directives to FERC to fast-track interco…
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The AI boom is colliding with the US power grid, leaving consumers to question whether they will socialize the billions in necessary infrastructure costs. We unpack the dramatic increase in load growth—a 45% surge driven almost entirely by new data centers—and the federal push by the DOE to nationalize interconnection oversight to speed things up. …
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Utility planning faces an immediate crisis as major customers deploy Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) specifically to achieve queue circumvention and force early interconnection. We analyze the strategic necessity of this Q bypass model and how this technical disruption creates a systemic risk to accurate load forecasting and IRPs. Plus, we lo…
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Federal regulators are hitting the gas on infrastructure speed, but sharp local utility policy friction is slowing crucial customer investments. We break down the impact of the new FERC actions designed to clear interconnection queues, remove procedural steps for gas projects, and derisk major transmission capital flows. Learn why the fight over Id…
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Where Arborists and Utilities Grow Together w/ Dennis Fallon & Dan Lambe
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12:53Get the latest updates from our LinkedIn page! https://onelink.to/treesandlines Welcome back to another episode of the Trees & Lines podcast. Dennis Fallon, Executive Director of the Utility Arborist Association (UAA), and Dan Lambe, CEO of the Arbor Day Foundation, join us to discuss how collaboration between arborists and utilities is shaping the…
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The future of the centralized utility model is under siege as AI giga-campuses build their own grid-independent AI Power blocks using breakthrough 800 VDC technology. We analyze this profound tech shift alongside rising non-discretionary spending—from NERC cyber compliance to mandatory capital investment for climate resilience—that is hitting utili…
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Massive acceleration is driving billions of dollars into utility modernization—but is basic component quality control failing the effort? We examine the tension between First Energy's huge $28 billion capital program and the immediate operational hurdles, such as recurring substation failures in new infrastructure that point to potential systemic f…
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Stop blaming renewables: New empirical data reveals that massive utility Grid Capex—driven specifically by distribution and transmission spending—accounts for 50% of recent national utility rate increases. This episode breaks down the critical Federal Policy pivot, including the new Energy Dominance Financing Program (EDF) under the LPO, which now …
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Electric utilities are officially at a tipping point, facing massive capital needs driven by an unprecedented 24 GW load commitment from data centers and AI facilities. Discover how the $1.6 billion DOE loan guarantee offers a new funding model for transmission buildout, potentially saving customers millions and avoiding the supply chain bottleneck…
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AI and Data Center Demand have reached a critical inflection point, moving from mere projection to contracted, gigawatt-scale reality that requires immediate action. We analyze the $1.6 billion federal financing surge supporting 24 GW of projected load and examine how FERC staff are linking technical compliance (like wildfire risk) to crucial cost-…
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Utility Arboriculture Research and a 400-Mile Bike Ride w/ Paul Putman
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21:06Get the latest updates from our LinkedIn page! https://onelink.to/treesandlines Welcome back to another episode of the Trees & Lines podcast. Paul Putman, President and CEO of the Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund (TREE Fund), joins us to talk about the critical role of research in advancing utility arboriculture, the importance of making …
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The utility sector is caught in a "structural pressure cooker" as exploding demand meets politically driven supply constraints, risking a critical grid reliability crisis. We break down the staggering 125 GW solar capacity cut warned by SEIA, and analyze how runaway load growth, particularly from AI data centers, is forcing utilities to fasttrack c…
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The 10 GW AI demand spike is no longer a forecast—it's an immediate, concentrated threat that is fundamentally reshaping utility capacity planning right now. Analyze the perfect storm of risks facing utilities, including these massive concentrated load requests and geopolitical threats tightening critical material export controls essential for BESS…
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011: Box? What Box? How Co-Ops Think Outside Traditional Boundaries
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19:32_*]:min-w-0 !gap-3.5"> In this forward-thinking episode of The Co-Op Heroes podcast, hosts Pablo Fuentes (CEO of Bloom Spatial) and James Tanneberger (CEO of South Central Indiana REMC) explore what makes electric cooperatives uniquely positioned to innovate and push boundaries that investor-owned utilities often cannot. James explains how his perc…
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Is the sacred principle of ratepayer neutrality officially dead, signaling a fundamental shift in utility cost allocation across the US? Unprecedented, exponential load growth, mostly driven by AI data centers and accelerated electrification mandates, is pushing the US power sector into a national reliability emergency. This episode analyzes the si…
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The $300 million deals are in, and vertically integrated Energy Storage assets are now demanding returns that shatter traditional utility models. Institutional capital now views large-scale battery systems (BES) as blue-chip infrastructure, targeting 15% plus levered IRR over a 20-year asset life. Simultaneously, regulators are forcing utilities to…
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The digital economy is slamming the power grid: discover how AI data centers forced FERC's hand to fast-track critical natural gas infrastructure projects due to massive load growth and resource adequacy concerns. We break down the high-stakes tension as major utilities, like the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), push back against PJM's capacity mar…
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The Operational Backbone of Grid Safety w/ Cody Flint
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35:55Get the latest updates from our LinkedIn page! https://onelink.to/treesandlines Welcome back to another episode of the Trees & Lines podcast. Cody Flint, Vegetation Management Leader at AES Indiana, joins us to discuss how vegetation management serves as the operational backbone of grid safety. Cody shares how AES shifted to circuit-based trimming,…
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The collision of deep federal budget cuts targeting hundreds of clean energy grants and aggressive state climate goals has created "pure policy chaos" for utility professionals. This episode explores how utilities are forced to adopt a Fractured Risk assessment, choosing between volatile federal money and the growing stability of state-level mandat…
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Discover the critical regulatory decision that forced investors in the massive Allete utility acquisition to pay hundreds of millions upfront to protect consumers. We analyze how this $6.2 billion deal used Minnesota’s 2040 carbon-free mandate as leverage for private financing, setting a new precedent for capital allocation. Plus, we review the $1.…
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Geopolitical volatility around essential tech hardware, like the reported chip deal delays, is exposing utilities to billions in potential stranded assets when massive forecasted data center load vanishes. We break down the tightening regulatory environment, focusing on new NERC compliance rules that push supply chain risk down to developers and ex…
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The AI boom is sending demand shockwaves through the electric utility sector, triggering potential $38 billion M&A deals and a scramble for existing assets. Discover how massive AI demand is forcing utilities to lock in regulatory rate settlements, like FPL's 10.95% return on equity (ROE), to gain the necessary financial certainty for grid expansio…
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Voice of Experience with Danny Raines, CUSP - Beyond the Wires - The Hidden Dangers in Stormwater
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23:47It’s not just downed lines and high voltage you need to watch out for during storm restoration. In the mud and floodwaters lies a hidden, deadly threat: flesh-eating bacteria. In this critical episode, we're talking about Necrotizing Fasciitis, a rare but devastating infection that can start from a tiny cut or scrape exposed to contaminated water. …
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Is intense federal oversight stifling the renewable energy boom, or enabling it? We break down FERC Order No. 913, detailing the move toward proactive, decade-long operational scrutiny applied to reliability standards, specifically focusing on improved cold weather preparedness and communications. Simultaneously, the $1.25 billion TotalEnergies/KKR…
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How a Cut Cable Caused $77 Million in Damage
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37:14Send us a text What do two clipped fibre optic cables have in common with a $77 million disaster? More than you think. Mike Sullivan recounts a personal travel nightmare that snowballed into a hard-hitting reflection on the staggering societal costs of utility damage. What began as a delayed flight turned into an eye-opening experience involving 1,…
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Utility Safety Podcast - Safety by Design - Safety Management System Planning with Pam Tompkins CSP, CUSP
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47:48In this episode of the Safety by Design, Nick sits down with Pam Tompkins, CUSP to discuss her recent article, "Safety by Design, Safety Management System Planning." This is the third installment of a six-part series where Pam delves into the critical role of planning in creating an effective safety management system (SMS). Pam explains why a proac…
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Utilities are mobilizing a projected $ 65 billion in capital plans to meet the unprecedented demand shock from new AI data centers. We unpack major market signals, including Centerpoint’s massive capex and Vistra’s 20-year nuclear PPA, which screams base load premium for firm power. This surge is forcing a pragmatic federal response, with the DOE f…
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010: The Hooded Llama Award: Tales from Vegetation Management Heroes
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21:31In this special roundtable episode of The Co-Op Heroes podcast, we sit down with five co-op vegetation management leaders at the Trees and Utilities Show in Knoxville, Tennessee. Each person shared a story about the heroic actions and the community impact of their vegetation management team. Featured Guests: Anthony Lindfors - Matanuska Electric As…
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The Department of Energy (DOE) is using emergency powers under the Federal Power Act to force retiring power plants to stay open, reversing years of policy in a major federal intervention. Driven by surging electricity demand (including from data centers) and a terrifying 78 GW capacity gap (100 GW retiring vs. 22 GW new firm capacity), policymaker…
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The federal government is simultaneously yanking over $13 billion in unobligated clean energy funds while forcing old coal plants to stay online via emergency "must-run" orders, all to meet unprecedented AI demand. This collision of aggressive industrial policy and massive load growth is creating maximum policy risk and regulatory volatility across…
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The US electric landscape is fracturing into "two grids," forcing utility professionals to grapple with whether to follow centralized fossil power or decentralized flexibility. We analyze the federal "energy dominance" agenda, including a $13 billion clean energy fund clawback and the controversial use of emergency powers to stop coal retirements, …
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2025.09.24 | Utility Crisis Point: Sempra’s Back-to-Basics Meets the Advanced Nuclear Peak Amidst Policy War
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The utility sector is undergoing major strategic shifts, highlighted by Sempra’s $10 billion sale of a large stake in its infrastructure partners to focus 95% of earnings on regulated U.S. utilities, prioritizing stable, predictable returns. Simultaneously, the push for massive growth is accelerating as Evergy and Terrapower advance plans for the N…
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Utility Security Podcast - Deep Dive - Substation Intrusion - Are You Ready To Respond?
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13:44Utility Security Podcast - Deep Dive - Substation Intrusion - Are You Ready To Respond? Written by Ross Johnson on August 26, 2025. Posted in Infrastructure Security. A critical security breach at a power substation on Christmas morning. It’s a nightmare scenario, but one that utilities must be prepared for. In this episode of the Utility Security …
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2025.09.23 | $16 Billion Crisis: PJM Chaos, Pennsylvania’s Threat, and the War Over America’s Grid Governance.
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The electric utility sector is facing an incredibly high-pressure moment, fueled by the collision between skyrocketing demand, particularly from AI data centers, and long-term decarbonization promises. This tension peaked with the July 2025 PJM capacity auction, which resulted in an eye-watering $16.1 billion price tag—a roughly 1,000% historical j…
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The electric utility sector has reached a critical inflection point as skyrocketing load growth driven by AI and data centers bumps against crucial decarbonization timelines. In response, the Department of Energy (DOE) launched the "Speed to Power" initiative, a major shift that includes bringing retired thermal generation back online to utilize ex…
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2025.09.19 | Power Play: How the Global AI Race Turned Electricity into a National Security Weapon—and Why Your Local Grid is Stressed.
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This episode explores the major collision course developing between the top-down federal strategy push for massive grid expansion and the severe regional reliability limits and local cost pressures faced by utilities on the ground. This drive is now framed as geopolitical, with the US Department of Energy (DOE) launching the "Speed to Power" initia…
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Union Care Solutions - A Conversation on Mental Health in the Electrical Industry
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29:45In this vital episode, host Kate Wade sits down with Jenny Lavin, the founder and CEO of the nonprofit Union Care Solutions, to tackle the pressing mental health crisis within the union electrical community. Jenny, a union wife and mother with deep family roots in the IBEW, shares the alarming statistics that prompted her to take action: in the con…
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The electric utility industry faces a major tension as a massive surge in electricity demand, particularly from AI data centers and manufacturing, collides with ongoing climate policy challenges. This creates a complex picture where federal strategy appears split: the Department of Energy seeks rapid grid expansion, even considering retired fossil …
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This episod reveals the intense pressures on the electric utility sector as massive AI-driven electricity demand reshapes corporate energy strategies, with tech giants like Blackstone acquiring power plants for reliable, "spiky" power. Simultaneously, significant federal policy moves, including easier regulatory paths for natural gas projects and s…
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This episode explores the "power gold rush" ignited by Artificial Intelligence, which is fundamentally reshaping investment decisions and creating immense new energy demands. We examine how this surge in demand is driving ambitious policy goals, such as adding 300 gigawatts of new nuclear capacity by 2050, and influencing immediate market moves, in…
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