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Volts is a podcast with 457 episodes in the PodLexicon database, each accompanied by a full searchable transcript and AI-generated summary. PodLexicon indexes every episode of Volts and turns each one into a searchable AI summary — find the episode that covers a topic, track how that topic evolved over time, or compare what different guests said about it.
Topics Covered on Volts
Data Center Cost and Risk Allocation Market Structure Comparisons Chinese Inverter Security Risks Practical Security Controls for Inverters Ratepayer vs. Shareholder Risk Grid Planning and Forecasting Challenges Listener-Supported Podcast Model Connecticut Utility Regulation Reform
Notable Guests on Volts
Recent Episodes
What’s up with the new federal permitting reform bill? — October 09, 2026The grueling fight to pass the Inflation Reduction Act — October 07, 2026Best of September 2026 — October 02, 2026What’s up with heat-pump water heaters? — September 30, 2026Do small residential batteries make sense? — September 23, 2026How energy politics work inside DC — September 18, 2026How to build a more flexible, quieter, less obnoxious data center — September 16, 2026Building a big, abundant, clean grid — September 11, 2026Is there way more conventional geothermal than we thought? — September 09, 2026Best of August 2026 — September 04, 2026How to respond to disinformation about clean energy, at scale — September 02, 2026Could we use Trump's tricks to make good green policy? — August 28, 2026Making data centers flexible so they can serve the grid rather than stress it out — August 26, 2026Why can't utilities innovate? — August 21, 2026He helped Uruguay decarbonize. Can he help other countries do the same? — August 19, 2026Can public EV chargers be as reliable as gas stations? — August 14, 2026Another bipartisan housing miracle, this time in Idaho — August 12, 2026Grid cybersecurity: how big is the threat & what should we do about it? — August 07, 2026What should state policymakers do about data centers? — August 05, 2026Best of July 2026 — August 02, 2026Silicon anodes for batteries unlock greater energy density and faster charging times — July 31, 2026Should we feel good about the trajectory of clean energy post-Trump? — July 29, 2026The US is terrible at building public transit. Here's how to get better. — July 22, 2026Making sense of the data center backlash — July 20, 2026Spreading the good news about electrification — July 15, 2026Want less sprawl and more urban infill? Try a land value tax! — July 10, 2026Forcing utilities to justify their distribution-system spending — July 08, 2026A key Arizona race will test clean energy's electoral power — July 01, 2026How to keep people cool without making the planet even hotter — June 24, 2026America's flagship automaker enters the home energy market — June 19, 2026Can the UK stay the course with its climate plans? — June 17, 2026Why is NERC so worried about data centers? — June 10, 2026This oil shock won't be like the others — June 05, 2026Are plug-in DERs going to spark a grid revolution? — June 03, 2026Giving clean electricity a political voice of its own — May 29, 2026A limited defense of Biden's everything-bagel industrial policy — May 27, 2026How to phase out residential gas equitably — May 22, 2026Sooner than you think, electricity is going to be cheap, abundant, and boring — May 20, 2026Telling the story of the grid — May 15, 2026Electrifying industrial steam with heat pumps — May 13, 2026The case for using prices rather than VPPs to coordinate distributed energy — May 08, 2026Streamlining the difficult work of whole-home retrofits — May 06, 2026Enabling ordinary people to invest in renewable energy projects — April 29, 2026Tom Steyer wants to be California's climate governor — April 27, 2026The big stories from the last year in electricity — April 22, 2026Life as a clean energy journalist in an age of madness — April 20, 2026Climate finance, interrupted — April 17, 2026Doing data centers the not-dumb way — April 15, 2026Ruggedized solar power for the hard places — April 10, 2026Why climate funders don't fund housing policy, and why they oughtta — April 08, 2026
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