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Volts is a podcast with 444 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
Winning Obscure Utility Elections Turnout Strategy for Nonstandard Elections Smart-Meter Data for Utility Forecasting Transparency in Grid Planning Reforming the Prudence Test Land Value Taxes and Tax Distortions Silicon as Next-Generation Anode Material Group14's Scaffold Technology and SCC55
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Recent Episodes
Why 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, 2026Rethinking climate regulation from the ground up — April 03, 2026Using more of the grid we’ve already built — April 01, 2026Should we block some sunlight to cool the planet? — March 27, 2026For data centers, a little flexibility goes a long way — March 25, 2026The high-stakes battle over energy affordability in New York — March 20, 2026A Tesla vet tries to master the VPP market — March 18, 2026How to design a brand-new city — March 13, 2026Is the brand new city in California for real? — March 11, 2026The fate of fossil fuel systems in the "mid-transition" — March 04, 2026Volts/Catalyst pod crossover: the biggest questions in clean energy — February 25, 2026What is PJM and why is everyone so mad about it? — February 20, 2026Can fake meat help solve climate change? — February 18, 2026Are utilities making too much money? — February 11, 2026
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