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Open Circuit Podcast
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The energy transition, decoded. Produced by @latitudemedia.bsky.social. Listen to new episodes on latitudemedia.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · 5d
On today's Open Circuit, we dig into whether the current clean energy, regulatory, and market pressures are shaping a fundamentally different path for distributed energy (DERs)

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Is this moment for distributed energy different?
DERs are finally acting like real power plants. But utilities are still treating them like side projects.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · 12d
In the latest Open Circuit, we explore whether we’ve come to a pivot point in the climate narrative — where adaptation, resilience, and risk management become as central as emissions reduction.

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The case for a climate reset
Examining the arguments for a more pragmatic approach to climate policy.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · 19d
This week on Open Circuit: how U.S. electric bills (up nearly 30% since 2021) are overtaking eggs as the symbol of household pain. Nearly 80 million Americans are struggling with rising costs, and everyone’s looking for someone to blame.

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Electricity is the new price of eggs
Electricity affordability is becoming a defining political issue in America.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · 26d
In today's Open Circuit, Stephen Lacey examines how the Trump administration’s stop-work orders, federal red tape, and controversial objections to projects like Ørsted’s nearly completed Revolution Wind are sowing uncertainty.

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Why Trump’s wind war could do lasting damage to US energy investment
Trump’s actions against offshore wind are reshaping risk not just for wind, but for solar, storage, and nuclear too.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · Sep 5
🎧 Listen now: Open Circuit, Stephen Lacey features JPMorgan’s Global Head of Climate Advisory, Dr. Sarah Kapnick, whose unconventional journey reveals how climate risk is finally becoming boardroom strategy rather than an afterthought. www.latitudemedia.com/news/open-ci...
JPMorgan’s climate scientist thinks differently about risk
Dr. Sarah Kapnick on the trillion-dollar blind spot in corporate risk models.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · Aug 29
This week on Open Circuit: the growing affordability crisis in clean energy, why VPPs may have hit a tipping point, + whether this is truly solar’s moment. Tune in for a sharp, timely conversation at the intersection of policy, tech, and markets.

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Grab bag: The affordability crisis, a VPP tipping point, and solar’s moment
We tap Jigar Shah's LinkedIn, Bluesky, and X feeds to decode what's happening in clean energy right now.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · Aug 20
🎧 Listen now: Open Circuit, MIT’s Vijay Gadepally explains how AI’s shift from single tasks to always-on assistants is pushing energy demand to power-plant scale.

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How AI is changing our digital energy footprints
As AI transforms from task-based tools to always-on companions, it’s adding up to power plant level demand.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · Aug 13
This week on Open Circuit: Rob Gramlich and Anuja Ratnayake on the scale, uncertainty, and urgency of planning for the data center surge.

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Solving the AI load growth puzzle
Rob Gramlich and Anuja Ratnayake on the scale, uncertainty, and urgency of planning for the data center surge.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · Aug 1
This week on Open Circuit: how tariffs, sourcing rules, and permitting confusion are slowing America’s clean energy factory buildout.

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Is America giving up on clean energy manufacturing?
How tariffs, sourcing rules, and permitting confusion are slowing America’s clean energy factory buildout.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · Jul 29
🎧 Listen now: Kraken’s Devrim Celal on how utilities can unlock the same innovations that shaped transportation systems.

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The great divergence: Can the grid catch up to transportation innovation?
Kraken’s Devrim Celal on how utilities can unlock the same innovations that shaped transportation systems.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · Jul 25
This week on Open Circuit, we unpack the contradictions at the heart of the GOP’s energy agenda, explain why the post-IRA tax landscape is still favorable for some sectors, and explore how the politics of permitting could shape developer decisions.

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How will the clean energy industry recalibrate in the wake of OBBB?
New rules, blackout warnings, and confusing policy signals in the race to electrify.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · Jul 18
This week on Open Circuit: The hosts chat with journalist and author Michael Grunwald about the hidden emissions of biofuels, the failure of feel-good farming, and how ag tech can learn from energy.

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What we learned from the ethanol disaster
Michael Grunwald on the hidden emissions of biofuels, the failure of feel-good farming, and how ag tech can learn from energy.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · Jul 7
This week on Open Circuit: A deep dive into Spain's blackout revealed systemic grid failures and a lack of response from conventional generators.

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No, solar didn’t cause Spain’s grid collapse
A deep dive into Spain's blackout revealed systemic grid failures and a lack of response from conventional generators.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · Jun 17
Tech giants built their clean energy strategies for a different world. Can they reshape a new one?

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AI rewrites the corporate energy playbook
Tech giants built their clean energy strategies for a different world. Can they reshape a new one?
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · May 16
As Musk alienates his customers, he’s betting everything on an autonomous future. This week on Open Circuit w/ special guest @danahull.bsky.social:

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Tesla’s fork in the road
As Musk alienates his customers, he’s betting everything on an autonomous future.
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Stephen Lacey @stephenlacey.bsky.social · May 2
We had a fascinating conversation with JP Morgan's Michael Cembalest on @open-circuit.bsky.social this week exploring the state of the energy transition. We discussed:

Supply chain impact of tariffs
Clean energy bottlenecks
AI power demand realities
Europe vs China

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Tariffs, equipment delays, rising costs: The energy transition faces some harsh realities
JP Morgan's Michael Cembalest offers a data-driven reality check on renewable growth, transmission bottlenecks, and the economics of decarbonization.
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Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · Apr 15
Happening TOMORROW: The inaugural (virtual) Open Circuit Live. Join industry veterans @jigarshahdc.bsky.social, @cleangridview.bsky.social & @stephenlacey.bsky.social for a special live recording of the podcast — & bring your questions for live Q&A w/ the hosts:
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Open Circuit Live
Join hosts Jigar Shah, Katherine Hamilton, and Stephen Lacey for a live, virtual Open Circuit recording on April 16th.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · Apr 10
The clean energy industry and fossil fuel producers alike face a new economic reality. On the latest Open Circuit, the hosts examine the contradictions at the heart of the administration’s economic agenda.

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Tariff turmoil: ‘energy dominance’ meets economic chaos
The clean energy industry and fossil fuel producers alike face a new economic reality.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · Apr 7
As the era of liberal free trade ends, have we passed ‘peak trade’ for oil? On the latest Open Circuit:

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Has the net-zero era ended, and the energy security era restarted?
As the era of liberal free trade ends, have we passed ‘peak trade’ for oil?
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · Mar 21
This week on Open Circuit, the hosts revisit their energy predictions from five years ago during the early days of COVID-19 in the U.S. and explore three major paradoxes that emerged in the years since.

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The pandemic’s energy legacy
Five years later, we revisit the biggest energy stories from the pandemic.
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Stephen Lacey @stephenlacey.bsky.social · Mar 21
Five years ago, I huddled around mics w/ @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and @cleangridview.bsky.social, trying to make sense of the pandemic. This week on @open-circuit.bsky.social, we revisit our predictions—some hilariously wrong—and identify the pandemic's surprising energy winners and losers.
The pandemic’s energy legacy
Five years later, we revisit the biggest energy stories from the pandemic.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · Mar 14
Does residential solar have a bad product? This week on Open Circuit, @cleangridview.bsky.social, @stephenlacey.bsky.social, and @jigarshahdc.bsky.social dig into where the industry needs to improve to ensure sustainable growth:

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Does residential solar have a bad product?
With rooftop solar in a downturn, where the industry needs to improve to ensure sustainable growth.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · Mar 11
Join Latitude Media in Boston on June 12 for Transition-AI 2025! The one-day conference will focus on energy infrastructure in the era of AI-driven load growth, and includes a live recording of Open Circuit.

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Transition-AI 2025
Transition-AI is back in Boston on June 12, 2025, with a focus on energy infrastructure in the era of AI-driven load growth.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · Mar 7
Major US financial institutions are backing away from climate commitments. Is this merely rebranding for the Trump era, or a fundamental shift?

On Open Circuit, @jigarshahdc.bsky.social, @cleangridview.bsky.social, & @stephenlacey.bsky.social examine the trend: www.latitudemedia.com/news/open-ci...
Is Wall Street in climate retreat?
Banks exit climate alliances while Bidenomics faces economic scrutiny.
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · Mar 5
Announcing: The inaugural Open Circuit Live!

Join @jigarshahdc.bsky.social, @cleangridview.bsky.social, and @stephenlacey.bsky.social for a special live, virtual recording of the Open Circuit podcast.

Submit your questions ahead of time by commenting here.

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Open Circuit Live
Join hosts Jigar Shah, Katherine Hamilton, and Stephen Lacey for a live, virtual Open Circuit recording on April 16th.
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