We’re talking about war. Wanna listen? Vlog Decentralization addresses local needs efficiently Decentralization has allowed for large systems like democratic governments to function efficiently by empowering communities to deal with issues locally.  During elections decentralization   allows for communities to ensure fair elections can happen during difficult circumstances. During Hurricane Helene in North Carolina, voters were still able to cast their ballot if they tempora

Wanna listen? Vlog What does it mean to optimize the grid?  The grid as we know is responsible for delivering power to the people - reliably, safely, and instantaneously. Meeting that need comes with a price. People are increasingly concerned about the price of electricity. I believe when we talk about optimizing the grid - the problem we’re trying to solve is reducing the local  price of electricity. We’ve mentioned this before , how the grid is very local and varies not jus

Wanna listen? Vlog The grid was built to deliver electricity to the people to light, warm, and power their homes.  In colder climates, the operation of the grid is critical to ensuring people have access to running, water, food, and most importantly warmth. Evaluating the grid based on its performance in the cold winter months is a fair benchmark to use. More recently the energy space has talked about peak summer demand during heat waves as the primary driver of requiring the

Wanna listen? Vlog Cue Backstory - why this series exists and what a study of the DC grid taught us Last fall, when we presented to our regulators on accelerating adoption of renewable energy in DC , something clicked for us in real time. We didn’t just show some pretty maps and talk technical jargon. We showed how both sides of our distribution grid’s supply–demand equation are changing in real time…  Hosting capacity map showing local aggregate solar capacity with vs. witho