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Project launch: Future-proofing your ASC and the power of early design choices
In this episode of "Whatever the Case," we explore how early OR design and technology decisions can shape the success of an ASC. Industry expert Marty Rosenberg shares insights on stakeholder involvement, modern OR sizing, and the essential role of sterile processing and storage; offering strategies to future-proof your facility for long-term growth and efficiency.
2025-07-29
18 min
Miles With Marty Podcast
Episode 134 - Long Haul Recap and Mount to Coast's Doug Rosenburg
In this episode, I take a few minutes to discuss the good, bad, and ugly from my recent survival at Long Haul 100. Then I jump into a very interesting interview with Doug Rosenberg of Mount to Coast shoe company. Mount to Coast came on the ultra-running scene last Spring with 2 models of road shoes, a racer and a trainer. They've since introduced a third model and have a trail shoe in the works. They have new technology in the foam and stability system that makes it a very durable, lightweight, and comfortable running shoe designed to go beyond the nor...
2025-01-27
1h 03
Grid Talk
Stanford’s Uncommon Dialogues
Solar siting, the future of hydroelectric dams, and grid transmission buildout have been some of the most contentious and important areas needing attention as the U.S. builds out the electric grid of tomorrow. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg interviews Dan Reicher who is a former Assistant Secretary of Energy and is associated with the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, as well as Dartmouth’s Irving Institute for Energy and Society.The discussion centers on a program at Stanford called Uncommon Dialogues which aims to sort out divisive issues and make pro...
2024-12-19
25 min
Viewpoints Radio
Reflecting On Four Decades As A Courtroom Sketch Artist
Courtroom artist Jane Rosenberg has documented some of the biggest trials of the past forty years, sketching everything cameras couldn’t capture. We speak with her about her career and her new memoir, Drawn Testimony.Learn More: https://viewpointsradio.org/reflecting-on-four-decades-as-a-courtroom-sketch-artist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-11-10
08 min
Grid Talk
Transmission and the Onrushing Energy Transition, The View from Kansas
Kansas, in the heart of America’s robust wind belt, has approved a new direct current transmission corridor to help speed the transition to cleaner energy. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Andrew French, the chairman of the Kansas Corporation Commission.“Kansas actually approved a permit for the Grain Belt Express DC line to extend all the way across our state and all the way to Indiana,” said French.It comes at a time of increased demand for energy - particularly non-carbon emitting sources. French acknowledges that navigating the reg...
2024-11-01
27 min
Grid Talk
Three Mile Island Rises Again
The sister plant to the ill-fated Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania is getting a new life. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg interviews Dan Eggers, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Constellation. Constellation will pay $1.6 billion to refurbish Unit 1 at Three Mile Island by 2028. It sits near Unit 2, the reactor that suffered a partial meltdown in 1979. Unit 1 is an independent reactor, and its long-term operation was not impacted by the Unit 2 accident. Unit 1 closed in 2019 due to financial conditions, but Microsoft has now agreed to purchase all the...
2024-10-24
28 min
Grid Talk
California’s Massive Grid Build Ahead
One of the largest investor-owned utilities in the country is preparing for an 80% increase in electricity demand by 2045. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg interviews Steve Powell who is the president and CEO of Southern California Edison.With a customer base of 15 million people across a 50,000 square mile service area, Southern California Edison is changing the way it prepares for the increased demand.“Our engineers that are frankly used to dealing with relatively small changes on the grid and small amounts of load growth and really focus on just making sure that th...
2024-10-08
28 min
Grid Talk
Nevada Utility and Google Strike Innovative Green Accord
NV Energy and Google have pioneered new utility regulatory policy to help the tech company’s move to power its data center with renewable and green energy.In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg interviews Doug Cannon, President and CEO of NV Energy. Google executives say the agreement could be a template for similar pacts with utilities around the country. Higher revenues from new fee structures will be used to fund new geothermal generation resources in Nevada. “We really quickly recognized is we couldn’t just rely on that tariff book anymore...
2024-09-05
29 min
Grid Talk
Google Hopes to Hasten Clean Energy Revolution
Google’s data centers consume an enormous amount of electricity. That’s prompted the information giant to proactively engage in the accelerating energy revolution. From Nevada to North Carolina and many points between, it is gearing up to power the Artificial Intelligence wave by striking novel relationships with utilities and encouraging the transformation of energy regulation, state by state. That is the focus of this episode of Grid talk. Host Marty Rosenberg interviews Amanda Peterson Corio, Google’s Global Head of Data Center Energy.Google, citing industry sources, says and additional $2.5 trillion must be spent on clea...
2024-08-19
26 min
Grid Talk
TerraPower Aims to Trigger US Nuclear Rebirth
TerraPower, fueled with $1 billion from Bill Gates, hopes to be first out of the gate with next generation nuclear projects that will complement and back up burgeoning renewable energy generation. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg interviews Chris Levesque who is president and CEO of TerraPower. The company is developing its 345-megawatt prototype. Ultimately, the units will be plugged in to the grid and replace generation at many coal-burning power plants. That will allow the new units ready access to transmission lines.“We are the only construction permit for a comm...
2024-08-12
28 min
Grid Talk
Getting Smarter with Grid Design
Massive investments to overhaul our aging power grid are underway, but it’s going to require significant planning to be successful.In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg sits down with Ron Ambrosio, an energy transformation professional, to talk about getting smarter and more deliberate how we plan for the future.“One of the key themes that we’re trying to educate the industry on is the importance of not just looking at forward incremental steps and design, but also the importance of looking at that endgame and doing analysis on that from an arc...
2024-08-01
29 min
Grid Talk
Hardening Puerto Rico - Transforming Our Grid
In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Shay Bahramirad who is the vice president of T&D, strategy, and sustainability at LUMA and president of the IEEE Power & Engineering Society. The discussion focuses on rebuilding the grid in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria in 2017 and how the world is pivoting to a new electric grid.Bahramirad is the point person helping to rebuild the grid in Puerto Rico and and go beyond what existed prior to Hurricane Maria. The federal government has earmarked $16 billion to Puerto Rico for grid related work.“Fro...
2024-06-20
28 min
Grid Talk
FERC Aims to Spur More Coordinated Transmission Buildout
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a new rule to better coordinate the massive buildout of new electric transmission systems. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg interviews Ari Peskoe who is the director of the Electricity Law Initiative at the Harvard Law School Environmental and Energy Law Program.FERC is trying to help pave the way to get a reported 11,000 wind, solar, and battery projects online. Right now, they are in limbo because of the lack of transmission.“There are massive amounts of generation, mostly clean generation, stuck in these in...
2024-06-10
28 min
Grid Talk
NGOs Pitch in to Achieve High Sustainability Goals
Countries around the world are stepping up efforts to combat climate change but mountainous challenges loom. That’s according to the guest on the latest episode of Grid Talk.Host Marty Rosenberg speaks with David Waskow, director of International Climate Initiatives at the World Resources Institute. Waskow says non-governmental organizations (NGOs), are shoulder to shoulder with national governments’ stepped-up engagement.“We’re both making a lot of progress and have enormous challenges ahead of us,” said Waskow.According to Waskow the work is just beginning.“I think one thing we haven’t ta...
2024-05-24
29 min
Grid Talk
EPA Gears Up $40 billion Green Spend
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is gearing up to fund $40 billion of electric grid and sustainability projects. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks Zealan Hoover who is the EPA Administrator’s Senior Advisor for Implementation. They discuss the range of projects to be funded.“We’ve received over $100 billion dollars in supplemental appropriations. A lot of that is for electric system decarbonization and other climate investments,” Hoover said. The amount far exceeds any effort the agency has undertaken in its 50-year history. “We have received tens of billions of dollars a...
2024-05-07
31 min
Grid Talk
Here Comes Offshore Wind
Offshore wind power generation is about to take off in a big way in the U.S. One of the biggest splashes will be made by Equinor which is building up to 130 ocean-planted wind turbines 15 to 30 miles off Long Island. Grid Talk host Marty Rosenberg goes in-depth on the project details with Equinor’s Vice President of Operations, Sam Byrne.The operation will be anchored by operations based in Brooklyn, in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty. The company’s Empire Wind farm will generate 2.1 gigawatts of electricity. New York State has declared that it wants 9 giga...
2024-04-16
29 min
Grid Talk
Grants Fuel Study of Tidal Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded grants to two entities to enable a deeper dive into tidal energy generation. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Nate Johnson who is the Vice President of Development for ORPC. The Maine based firm will deploy two devices in Cook Inlet, Alaska to further study tidal generation.“For decades folks have been trying to harness marine energy and I would say it’s still new because there’s only a handful of companies around the world that have achieved that and it’s a harsh en...
2024-04-02
27 min
Grid Talk
The Complexity of the Evolving Grid - MISO’s Take
The grid is getting more complex, complicating the responsibilities of the entities responsible for keeping electricity flowing. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg interviews Clair Moeller who is the President and Chief Operating Officer for the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO).The discussion focuses on the evolving power grid and the transition to clean energy. “Retirements are outpacing new installations of resources on the grid and that’s a problem that we haven’t had on the grid since its early formation period in the ‘30s,” Moeller said. “Things are moving in an uncoordina...
2024-03-27
31 min
Grid Talk
Ontario’s Global Lead in Small Nuclear Plants
Ontario Canada’s government is all in on nuclear technology as it stakes out a global leadership position in small modular reactors (SMRs). In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Todd Smith who is the Ontario Energy Minister.Rapid population and economic growth, coupled with the province’s long reliance on nuclear technology, prompted its decision to pursue SMRs. “We felt very comfortable in moving forward with the technology we’d chosen which is a 300-megawatt boiling water reactor from GE Hitachi,” said Smith. “We’re partnering with U.S. Technologies on this and oth...
2024-02-14
27 min
Grid Talk
Ontario Pioneers Small Modular Nuclear Plants
Small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) could play an important role in meeting future energy needs. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Sandra Dykxhoorn, the vice president of New Nuclear Growth at Ontario Power Generation (OPG), based in Toronto.“It’s a game-changer,” said Dykxhoorn about SMRs. “We are really at the front of the pack here. OPG is recognized now globally as a world leader in its small modular deployment.”SMRs will make their international debut in the free world in Ontario, Canada in five years.“The reason wh...
2024-02-08
31 min
Voices of Experience | Electrification & Equity
Ontario Pioneers Small Modular Nuclear Plants
Small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) could play an important role in meeting future energy needs. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Sandra Dykxhoorn, the vice president of New Nuclear Growth at Ontario Power Generation (OPG), based in Toronto.“It’s a game-changer,” said Dykxhoorn about SMRs. “We are really at the front of the pack here. OPG is recognized now globally as a world leader in its small modular deployment.”SMRs will make their international debut in the free world in Ontario, Canada in five years.“The reason wh...
2024-02-06
31 min
Grid Talk
Feds Double Down on Fusion
The federal government is accelerating its support of pathbreaking fusion power research, ramping up three fusion research hubs and developing private sector engagement in next generation nuclear power. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Kramer Akli who is with the Department of Energy’s Office of Fusion Energy Sciences.“What we are hoping on for the hubs in four years is to give us a clear picture which inertial fusion approach we can pursue,” said Akli.DOE has committed to spend $42 million over four years to support research into the use of...
2024-01-30
26 min
The Great Canadian Talk Show
Jan 7 2024- Doctor Quits UBC Teaching Post, Citing Toxic Jew-Hate
We open Episode 2 with a review of the great response to Episode 1 of 2024, about Dr. Joss 'Pollyanna' Reimer, who continues in the footsteps of WRHA leaders the public doesn't trust. There will be a follow-up... Get all our columns and podcasts at ActionLine.ca 7:34 Part 2- A Twitter post by Dr. David Jacobs, President of the Ontario Association of Radiologists, caught Marty's eye last week, and with good reason. "Attached is celebrated Geriatrician Dr. Ted Rosenberg's letter of resignation to UBC Medical School. After 30 years of distinguished teaching, he no longer feels safe in the UBC environment."
2024-01-08
46 min
Grid Talk
COP Calls for Stepped Up Carbon Battle
The recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) meeting in Dubai confirmed it will take a combination of generation sources to decarbonize electricity production, and nuclear energy will play a key role. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg interviews Arshad Mansoor who is the President and CEO of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Mansoor provides his takeaways from the conference. “Now (there is) almost unanimous agreement on the importance on both large nuclear central station and small modular reactors. You can call this COP28 the Nuclear COP28 because I haven’t seen t...
2023-12-18
32 min
Grid Talk
The Latest in Solar R&D
Solar power generation deployments are accelerating worldwide - and the grid must evolve to accommodate it. That’s the topic of this episode of Grid Talk. Host Marty Rosenberg talks with Mary Werner who is the Solar Program Manager at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado. “We did a Solar Futures Study in 2020 and in that report, we said that if you want to go to a decarbonized electric grid by 2035, we have to ramp up from our 2020 level by 9½ times and that’s just in the United States,” said Werner.Werner explained...
2023-12-04
29 min
Grid Talk
Community Solar Ready to Shine
Community solar allows households and businesses to access the benefits of solar energy, such as lower electricity costs, regardless of whether they’re able to host a system on their own roof.In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Jeff Cramer who is the president and CEO of Coalition for Community Solar Access. “We’ve figured out a way for any electricity customer to be able to participate and benefit from local clean energy deployment in less than five minutes with guaranteed savings,” said Cramer. And interest in community solar proj...
2023-11-17
27 min
Grid Talk
Tom Kuhn Sees Massive Utility Culture, Business Shift
The utility sector is embracing new values and attracting a new kind of work force as it empowers America with a sustainable, affordable, secure grid. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg interviews Tom Kuhn, president and CEO of the Edison Electric Institute which represents investor-owned utilities providing electricity to 235 million Americans. The discussion focuses on the current state of the industry and its future. “We are very cognizant of how important electricity is to every household in this country so it’s very, very important for us to maintain reliability and affordability, but wh...
2023-11-11
29 min
Grid Talk
Hawaii’s Pivot to Sustainability
Hawaii gets about one-third of its energy from renewables, and it aims to get to 100 percent by 2045. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg interviews Stephen Walls, the deputy chief energy officer of the Hawaii State Energy Office.The state is still busy assessing the impact of Maui’s devastating fires on its electric grid. “The office is going through an exercise of trying to think through and identify what resources the state does have, to make sure that the energy system remains available, even in, during strange or extreme weather events,” said Walls.
2023-09-28
24 min
Grid Talk
Big Boost to Renewables’ Reserves
Artificial intelligence and machine learning will make a big difference in boosting our reliance on intermittent renewable wind and solar power.In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg interviews Dalia Patiño-Echeverri, professor at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. With renewable energy being deployed at a rapid pace, making sure there is back up, or reserve, power available to meet peak demand is critical. Patiño-Echeverri is using sophisticated forecasting models to precisely predict fluctuations in renewables and reserve generation needs to be ramped up or down. “We wil...
2023-09-18
26 min
Grid Talk
Wind Mystery and Grid Update at SPP
Wind production in America’s wind basket, a 14-state region including Iowa and Kansas, fell off the table in June, yet the region has served its power load during the hot summer.In this episode of Grid Talk host Marty Rosenberg interviews Lanny Nickell who is executive vice president and CEO for the Southwest Power Pool. Nickell talks about the summer’s wind mystery.“We have over 32,000 megawatts of nameplate wind capacity in SPP. Again, that’s across 14 states. On June 6 of this year at 10 o’clock in the morning, out of the 32,000 megawatts of nameplate...
2023-09-07
26 min
That's One for the History Books
That's One for the History Books ep 11: William Rosenberg
That’s One for the History Books. Hosts Marty Cohn and Hugh Ryan profile Americans who made important contributions to our country, but who have been largely overlooked by our history books. In the eleventh episode, they discuss William Rosenberg, the visionary founder of Dunkin' Donuts. Next week, episode 12: Paulding, Williams, and Van Wart, three American Revolution heroes.
2023-08-30
08 min
Grid Talk
PJM’s Massive Grid Evolution
The electric grid in in America’s northeast industrial heartland is in the midst of profound transformation. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Kenneth Seiler who is vice president for PJM Interconnection. Seiler talks about how the electric system is rapidly evolving with PJM evaluating 2,700 new major grid related projects. “We just went through the interconnection reform process to get those most-ready projects out the door.” said Seiler.There are some difficult challenges to getting new projects connected to the grid.“There’s a lot of energy being...
2023-03-30
30 min
Grid Talk
Give the Grid a Digital Spine
In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg chats with Audrey Zibelman about the push to make the national grid fully digital. Zibelman is an experienced energy regulator who is advocating for giving the grid a “digital spine. Zibelman was the chair of the New York State Department of Public Service when it introduced its REV new vision for electric energy. She’s also been CEO and managing director of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) and, most recently, was vice president of at the Moonshot X Factory at Google. “At X, where I continue to be an a...
2023-03-24
27 min
Grid Talk
Denmark Pioneers Vast Expansion of Wind Power via Two Energy Islands
Two Danish islands will serve as hubs of massive new offshore wind turbines to serve itself and neighboring countries and spur development of clean hydrogen green fuel for aircraft and factories. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Hanne Storm Edlefsen who is the vice president of Energy Islands, a project of the Energinet transmission system operator in Denmark.One complex will be on Bornholm Island in the Baltic and link up 3,000 megawatts of wind power, simplifying the collection of the power and its transmission to land. The second complex will be on...
2023-02-14
28 min
Grid Talk
Creating Stars, Powering the World - Here Comes Fusion!
Fusion power, clean and limitless, long elusive to scientists, may be headed our way sooner than many suspected thanks to a breakthrough experiment in early December at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL) in California. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Annie Kritcher, the physicist who designed the successful experiment that recreated the energy source of the sun.She explained: “What we’re doing here is essentially creating a miniature star in a lab about the size of a human hair to half the size of the human hair. We have 192 giant lase...
2023-01-19
25 min
Grid Talk
Here Come Residential Heat Pumps
In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Michael Sachse who is the CEO of Dandelion Energy. Dandelion Energy’s mission is to enable the widespread adoption of geothermal. “If you think about what we need to decarbonize, heating’s really a challenge because so much about heating comes from burning natural gas; a lot of homes burn fuel oil, and so really, we got focused on that problem,” said Sachse.The company offers homeowners affordable geothermal heating & cooling systems as an alternative to gas, oil, propane, or electric heating.“There’s a s...
2022-12-22
27 min
Grid Talk
Kansas City’s Massive Solar Ambitions
Kansas City, Missouri is working to place the largest municipal solar farm in the nation next to its $1.5 billion new Kansas City International Airport. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with the Brian Platt who is the City Manager.“If we ever want to make positive change and progress in these existential and generational challenges that we’re facing, we have to be big and bold,” said Platt. The project is adding to Kansas City’s reputation as a leader in reducing carbon emissions and much more.“We identified 3,100 acres of la...
2022-12-16
28 min
SochCast by Product Soch
SochCast Ep 6 - Building Ed Tech & Inspiring Women in Product Management ft. Muneera Qureshi
Today’s guest is Muneera Qureshi, VP of Product at Ezra. In this episode, Muneera sits with Abdul to discuss about her product management experience in ed tech products, how ed tech as an industry has evolved and what are the traits a product manager should aspire to adopt to thrive and grow. About the SpeakerMuneera is the VP of Product at Ezra. She has over 20 years of expertise leading small and medium enterprises, strategizing software products, transitioning teams to agile frameworks, and generating year-over-year revenue increase. As a major supporter of the Toronto an...
2022-12-05
44 min
Grid Talk
Dramatic Fed EV Charging Expansion
The federal government is spending $7.5 billion on Electric Vehicle infrastructure to increase EV adoption across the country. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg chats with Nick Voris who is the senior manager of electrification for Evergy.“It’s going to unlock nationwide travel with respect to EVs,” said Voris.The money will be spent over the next five years to create electrification corridors.“The National EV Infrastructure Program… is intent on creating charging sites every 50 miles along our major highway corridors coast-to-coast.” “Once we get to the point that we have hi...
2022-10-18
25 min
The Marty Grizzanti Show
Ep. 17 - Investing for Legacy with Josh Rosenberg
Episode Summary:This week I’m joined by my friend and fellow real estate investor, Josh Rosenberg! Josh is the owner of DNR Rentals and a seasoned vet in the property management game.In this episode we dive into Josh’s background and what really motivated him to get into property management. Josh shares his tips and tricks for tenants, growing your portfolio and raising capital. We also cover how he first got started, began his business and most importantly, how he grew it.Like every other gues...
2022-10-14
49 min
Grid Talk
Austin Seeks Equity for Electric Customers
In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with the General Manager of Austin Energy, Jackie Sargent. The discussion is focused on the city-owned utility’s push to be carbon free by 2035 and ensuring equity for electric customers.“When we are at looking moving forward and reaching those carbon-free goals, affordability is part of that equation, and it’s really important for us that we address the customers who are most vulnerable within our community,” said Sargent.Austin Energy has one of the most robust customer-assistance programs in the country. “Not only do we...
2022-09-29
30 min
Grid Talk
Enel of Italy Leads a Surge in US Renewables
Italian utility powerhouse Enel is championing a surge of renewable investments in America and transformation of the grid. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Mona Tierney-Lloyd who’s head of U.S. Public Policy at Enel North America. Enel is the world’s leading private electricity distribution provider and it’s also the world’s largest renewable developer. The discussion focuses on the significant transformations happening in the energy sector.“This is the most interesting time to be in the energy sector that I’ve ever experienced,” said Tierney-Lloyd. “It’s really great to se...
2022-09-23
27 min
Grid Talk
Grid Italian Style - ENEL Defines the Future
Italy is at the forefront of major utilities worldwide realizing its vision of the future of electricity. The massive utility aims to be carbon neutral by 2040. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Antonio Cammisecra, who’s the head of the Enel Grids within the Enel Group in Italy. Enel Grids operates a massive 1.5 million miles of predominately distribution lines. “Without a doubt we are the most digitized distribution company in the world,” said Cammisecra. “We are the absolute leader in this field.” It is all part of a sweeping, uti...
2022-09-13
29 min
Grid Talk
Microgrids Blanket Alaska - Prime US Testbed
Alaska is global leader in microgrid technology with one of highest concentrations of renewably powered microgrid projects in the world. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Peter Asmus who is Executive Director of Alaska Microgrid Group. The group offers access to expertise from the utility industry and research community to leverage decades of experience designing, building and operating microgrid projects across Alaska.“What’s unique about Alaska is it’s number one in the U.S. for total microgrid capacity,” said Asmus. Just about every Alaskan is served by a microgrid...
2022-08-23
25 min
Grid Talk
Utilities Fully in on Carbon Fight
Three out of four Americans are served by utilities out to slash carbon emissions, according to Julia Hamm, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Smart Electric Power Alliance. In this episode of Grid Talk, Hamm sits down with host Marty Rosenberg to talk about how the power industry has changed over the last 19 years. “73% of all U.S. electric customers are served by a utility that has a public target for a hundred percent carbon reduction, so I’d say that’s pretty significant,” said Hamm.With utilities making clean energy a core part of t...
2022-07-29
28 min
Grid Talk
Nuclear Renaissance Ahead
America’s reliance on nuclear power is poised to rapidly expand given a new generation of more affordable small modular reactors (SMR). In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Maria Korsnick who is the President and CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute. The conversation focuses on how SMRs can deliver carbon-free energy. “We are about 90 gigawatts of generation today so it will be an additional 90 gigawatts of generation and because we’re talking more small modular reactors, that 90 gigawatts could turn into about 300 SMRs that would be added to the grid,” said Korsnick.Acco...
2022-06-03
31 min
Grid Talk
LA’s Bold, Equitable Energy Vision
The nation’s largest municipal utility, serving Los Angeles, wants to move to 100% clean energy by 2035. To do that, the utility needs to significantly boost renewable energy generation and it’s banking on the rapid development of energy storage technology. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Simon Zewdu who is the Director of Transmission Planning, Regulatory Processes and Innovation at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP).The price tag to reach 100% clean energy is estimated as high as $86 billion for increased generation, transmission, and distribution.“We need to sig...
2022-05-18
24 min
Grid Talk
ComEd Pursues Equity as it Decarbonizes
Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) is one of the nation’s largest utilities, serving Chicago. Last month, ComEd announced it is spending $113 million a year on “income-tested programs” to slash energy use and energy bills for those who can least afford them, while combating climate change. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Gil Quiniones who is the ComEd CEO. They’ll talk about initiatives to make sure disadvantaged communities and historically underserved communities are prioritized as the utility pursues decarbonization.“It’s not just really deploying technologies. It’s how do we engage the comm...
2022-04-20
34 min
Grid Talk
Massive Federal Transmission Rebuild Funds Will Soon Flow to Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy is closing in on a timeline for disbursing $80 billion allocated to electric grid upgrades contained in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed by Congress. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Michelle Manary who is the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Resilience Division in the Office of Electricity at the U.S. Department of Energy. The discussion focuses on when and how the money from the infrastructure package will be spent.“I would love to see it [flowing] this calendar year. That is a goal but we’ll s...
2022-04-08
29 min
The 47th Hour
Episode 004 | Back to the 47 | Showcasing: Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Back to the Future | Also featuring Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon and Astrid and Lilly Save the world
Welcome to The 47th Hour. A brand new science fiction and fantasy podcast. Each week, Steve, Toby and Guy have fun whist discussing genre related rumours and news, what we are watching and take a look back at some classic sci-fi and fantasy movies and television series. We'll also be adding items, characters, shows and much more to our Halls of Fame and Shame! In this episode we discuss: Game of Thrones House of the Dragon Astrid and Lilly Save the world Guardians of the Galaxy (PS4 / PS5 / XBOX ONE) Guardians of Justice Television Series...
2022-03-11
1h 01
Desenhando Produtos
T3 E6 Ricardo Retamal
Pai da Leona. Apaixonado por música, fotografia e tecnologia. Há muitos anos trabalhando com produtos digitais, acredito em processos de melhoria contínua e nos princípios e valores do Manifesto Ágil. Me sinto completamente à vontade em ambientes colaborativos e que prezam por autonomia. E se por acaso, o lugar onde estiver não for assim, pode ter certeza que estarei trabalhando para mudá-lo. A lista de recomendações: Livro: Introdução A Comunicação Não-violenta (Marshall Rosenberg) - Porque comunicação é a base de tudo! Livro: Strategize: Product Strategy and Product Roadma...
2022-02-12
52 min
Grid Talk
Reimagining, Rebuilding the Grid - EPRI’s Take
With society becoming more and more dependent on electricity, upgrading the electric grid is an urgent challenge. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Andrew Phillips who is the Vice President of Transmission and Distribution Infrastructure for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The conversation focuses on what it will take to ensure the reliable delivery of electricity in an age of electrification.“We have the opportunity and to build new transmission lines and not build them to the same specs and standards that we used in the ‘80s and ‘70s but to think...
2022-02-11
29 min
Grid Talk
Grid Heads to New Era Via Infrastructure Spend
Grid Talk is back for its third season, and we kick things off with a discussion about the impact of the massive Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which will funnel more than $60 billion to Department of Energy.Host Marty Rosenberg talks with former U.S. Assistant Energy Secretary Dan Reicher about where and how that money will be spent.“Some of that’s going to be in the so-called ‘innovation hubs’ where they’re going to certain areas of the country and focusing on certain technologies and how to get those accelerated in terms of their deve...
2022-02-03
27 min
Grid Talk
Iowa’s Wind Power Boom
Iowa is a national leader when it comes to satisfying electric demand with renewable energy and it is poised so get greener. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Mike Fehr who is Senior Vice President of Renewable Generation and Compliance at MidAmerican Energy. The company serves customers in Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota and Nebraska. In Iowa, 60 percent of electric needs are generated with wind. Fehr talks about what it will take to get to 100% renewable generation.“I think it’s going to be really exciting to see all of these diffe...
2021-11-11
24 min
Grid Talk
Entergy’s Power Grid After Hurricane Ida
In this episode of Grid Talk host Marty Rosenberg talks with Leo Denault who is the Chairman and CEO of Entergy Corporation. Entergy delivers electricity to three million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.The podcast focuses on the electric grid devastation caused by Hurricane Ida and re-evaluating grid assets used to power customers. The utility and policymakers must consider whether it is time to pick up the pace of transmission and distribution line upgrades, according to Denault.When Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana two months ago its 150 mph winds caused prolonged electric power...
2021-10-29
34 min
Grid Talk
National Grid Takes New York Green
In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Rudy Wynter who is the president of National Grid New York. The discussion focuses on the investments needed to reach the state’s climate goals.“We have very ambitions climate goals in New York State, 70% renewable electricity by 2030; 100% decarbonized electricity by 2040. In order to get to those kinds of targets we need to start now,” said Wynter.According to Wynter, that means massive investments in infrastructure and technology.“We’re going to need all of it. We’re going to need electric vehicles. We...
2021-10-18
24 min
Grid Talk
Los Angeles - A Global Energy Pioneer
Los Angeles aims to be a global trendsetter in renewables and sustainability with a goal of going 100% renewable by 2035. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Lauren Faber O’Connor who is the Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Los Angeles. The discussion focuses on how L.A. is achieving its goal.“We have the power within this city to be able to do that because we control our energy operations through municipal utilities so it’s an incredibly exciting process,” said O’Connor. Ms. O’Connor also talks about the scale of...
2021-08-06
27 min
Grid Talk
California Braces for Fire, Massive Storage Deployments
In this episode of Grid Talk, Host Marty Rosenberg talks with Elliot Mainzer who is the President and CEO of the California Independent System Operator (ISO). The discussion focuses on the effort to bring on more renewable generation in California and what that means for the delivery of energy. Battery storage will play a significant role in meeting peak demand.“The next five to seven years, California is going to be bringing on a monumental amount of new supply into the system. The amount of storage on the California grid this summer is going to be one of...
2021-07-26
25 min
Grid Talk
Surging EVs and An Ongoing Fire Threat - San Diego Utility Responds
The wildfire season is in full swing and that has utility officials in the drought stricken Southwest preparing for an active summer. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Caroline Winn who is the CEO of San Diego Power & Gas (SDP&G). They’ll discuss how the utility has prepared for a fire season that lasts all year long, including how it uses technology to limit the impact of forced outages.“So having a more surgical approach has helped us ensure again that only the most endangered communities are turned off,” said Winn.T...
2021-06-24
30 min
The Spins
The Spins: Peter Rosenberg's Debut Album
In this episode of The Spins, Marty & Finn discuss Peter Rosenberg and his debut album, "Real Late." Twitter: @TheSpinsPod
2021-06-22
19 min
Grid Talk
Massive Puerto Rico Grid Modernization Underway
As official hurricane season barrels down on the Caribbean, this month the LUMA Energy consortium embarks on an unprecedented $20 billion, 15-year project to rebuild the damaged, long-neglected electric infrastructure on Puerto Rico. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg follows up with two former guests to get an update on the project. Wayne Stensby is the President and CEO of Luma Energy. David Owens is the Vice-Chair of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.“We will be administering the deployment of the FEMA funding to rebuild what is desperately needed here in P...
2021-06-05
32 min
Grid Talk
Hawaii All-in on Solar - Goes Big on EVs
With nearly 90,000 rooftop solar systems, Hawaii is a national leader when it comes to solar power. Now, the state is taking the next step in its clean energy journey with a goal to electrify most ground transportation by 2035. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Constance Lau who is the President and CEO of Hawaiian Electric Industries, the parent of Hawaiian Electric. The discussion focuses on Hawaii's renewable energy portfolio and the impact of going all EV.“We have to get ready for a lot more provision of electricity because we’ll be...
2021-05-24
30 min
Grid Talk
Colorado Aims for a Million EVs
Colorado leaders aim to have close to one-million electric vehicles zooming about the state by 2030. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks Alice Jackson who is the President of Xcel Energy – Colorado. They discuss efforts to lower the barriers for customers to purchase EVs, from tax credits to infrastructure.“It is a big target and a goal but it’s one that we’re really excited about taking on,” said Jackson.Jackson described Xcel as an enabler when it comes to transportation electrification, with the company providing more than just the electricity.“Whet...
2021-04-22
26 min
Life Bursts with Matt and Sarah
An Interview with a Bikie - Life Bursts Episode 4
Did you know Marty joined the AFP? 😯Rev Marty Rosenberg is quite the jack of all trades, he's involved with many religious activities, was involved with social work, operating a hostel, and an officer of the Australian Federal Police. Marty's life is full of stories from his childhood and throughout adulthood. In this episode of Life Bursts, he sits down with Matt and Sarah to discuss them.===RawCut is a new collaborative media project by people passionate about telling fascinating stories, about ideas, people, public policy, and culture. RawCut has emerged as a new...
2021-04-02
50 min
Grid Talk
Lesson of the Winter Power Collapse
In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks Barbara Sugg who is the President and CEO of the Southwest Power Pool (SPP). The discussion focuses on February’s extreme cold weather event that knocked out power in parts of Texas and impacted some of SPP’s operations. “The issues that Southwest Power Pool had were similar to that in ERCOT in the case that we had more load than we could supply energy for, but it wasn’t nearly as significant as what happened in ERCOT,” said Sugg.Ms. Sugg will explain the key differe...
2021-04-01
30 min
Grid Talk
Diving into the Texas Grid Collapse
Texas energy regulators and operators are investigating the causes of a massive power outage that hit the state in February during an extreme weather event. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Ken Medlock who is the Senior Director for the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Mr. Medlock is leading a group digging through the micro-data to determine exactly what happened and how cold weather could knock out the system.“This is an issue of the entire energy ecosystem failing,” said Medlock. He’ll also t...
2021-03-16
30 min
Smidigpodden - Samtaler som former Fremtidens Organisasjoner
Målstyring og OKRer med Sparebank 1 Utvikling - Hvordan få det til skikkelig bra?
Målstyring, så enkelt og så vanskelig! De aller fleste kjenner seg nok igjen i at god målstyring er like vanskelig som det kan være effektfull. Sparebank 1 Utvikling har virkelig knukket koden på hvordan de klarer å bruke OKRer effektfullt. I denne episoden har vi besøk av Vidar Moe, Marthe Slaatsveen og Thomas Allan Nygaard fra Sparebank 1 Utvikling. De forteller om sine erfaringer og om veien til å jobber med målstyring på daglig basis. 🌟 For fullstendig episode beskrivelse: https://smidigpodden.no/episode/41🌟 Ønsker du å utfordre og kreve mer? Men vet ikke helt hvordan? Sjekk...
2021-03-03
1h 06
Grid Talk
Electrification 2030 for the Empire State - Going Big on Offshore Wind
In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Gil Quiniones who is the President and CEO of the New York Power Authority (NYPA). The discussion focuses on NYPA’s investment in large scale renewable energy projects. It’s part of a ten-year plan called VISION2030 that includes significant investment in offshore wind.“The manufacturing of components for offshore wind will happen there (Albany and Brooklyn), and we’re creating jobs and stimulating economic development in our state,” said Quiniones.The plan also calls for increase transmission capacity with five projects breaking ground this year...
2021-03-02
26 min
Grid Talk
Transcending Success – Southern Company’s Tom Fanning
In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Tom Fanning who is the Chairman, President and CEO of Southern Company. Southern Company has a physical presence in 18 states and is a recognized provider of customized energy solutions across the country. The discussion focuses on several topics including cybersecurity, a carbon-free future, distributive energy, and rapid changes in the utility industryThe podcast starts with a discussion about cybersecurity and the electrical grid following the SolarWinds hack.“It is a stark reminder for all the advantages the digital economy gives us, how vulnerable we...
2021-01-29
29 min
Grid Talk
Texas Wind - The ERCOT Story
Texas leads the nation when it comes to wind energy. In fact, there are only four countries in the world with more wind energy than Texas. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Bill Magness, who is the President and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Mr. Magness talks about the challenges of managing and delivering large amounts of intermittent wind energy. “We had to get educated about when and where the wind blows and make our best forecast for when those resources would be there,” said Magness. “It’s affected...
2021-01-04
28 min
Grid Talk
Leading Puerto Rico to Electric Resilience
A new company is starting a $10.5 Billion rebuild of Puerto Rico's electrical system. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Wayne Stensby who is the President and CEO of Luma Energy. The company is in charge of Puerto Rico's energy transformation after hurricanes devastated the Island's electrical infrastructure. "It will be more resistive to storms and have fewer outages, but following storms and subsequent outages, it will be able to come back into service more quickly," said Stensby.He talks about the challenges and opportunities related to taking over from a b...
2020-12-15
27 min
Grid Talk
Pivotal Energy Research Ahead - New Leader at EPRI
In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Arshad Mansoor of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Mr. Mansoor is the President at EPRI and will take over as CEO on January 1, 2021. The podcast focuses on EPRI's research efforts to address the challenges of delivering reliable and affordable electricity, including coming up with a pathway to accelerate the transition to clean energy. "We need to rethink, what is the design basis of this power system to be more resilient in 2040 when A) the weather is different, and B) because of electrification, societydepends m...
2020-12-01
25 min
Grid Talk
Lights On, Puerto Rico! David Owens’ Career Capstone
The second season of Grid Talk kicks off with a discussion about rebuilding and modernizing Puerto Rico's electric grids after devastating hurricanes. Host Marty Rosenberg talks with David Owens who is the Vice-Chair of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority. Mr. Owens talks about how his organization is working to use solar energy and microgrids to build a more resilient and reliable energy system. "A grid for renewable technologies is a grid very distinctly different in many respects from a grid that’s been built around central station facilities, which is traditionally how the Puerto Rican grid has...
2020-11-13
27 min
Grid Talk
Buildout of the Digital Grid - CenterPoint's Leading Edge
CenterPoint Energy is leading the digital revolution in the electric industry. In episode 24 of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Kenny Mercado who is the Senior Vice President of Electric Operations at CenterPoint Energy. The discussion focuses on CenterPoint’s investment in technology to provide a premiere digital platform for service delivery.“I think we have a leadership model not only in the Southwest region of the U.S., but across the country and across the globe,” said Mercado. He also talks about what is driving this new era of technology advancement.“The wholesale market i...
2020-10-16
23 min
Grid Talk
Grid Evolution, Northwest Style
NorthWestern Energy has one of the largest, and most rural, service areas in the United States, taking in most of Montana and South Dakota. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Bob Rowe, who is the President and CEO of Northwest Energy, about the challenges of delivering power in rural America. “The entire West is concerned about the ability to meet peak. Within the Pacific Northwest, that concern has, for a number of years, been more acute, but for us the arrow has been at red really going back to our 2015 electric supply pla...
2020-09-30
31 min
Grid Talk
Transmission Challenges in a Carbon-Free World
The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) delivers federal hydropower to more than 40 million Americans every year. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Mark Gabriel who is the CEO and Administrator for WAPA. Mr. Gabriel explains how market dynamics are pushing the transmission grid to its limits. “We’re adding more and more of the very thing that is pushing us to those limits. I think we’ve got to get a balance of those things.”We’ll also hear what’s holding up dozens of projects to improve our transmission infrastructur...
2020-09-11
27 min
Grid Talk
Annapolis Pilots Efficiency
In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Sam duPont who is the Principal of Strategic Programs at Baltimore Gas and Electric. Mr. duPont explains a new program to set customers up with smart and connected home technology. The company will evaluate the impact of the smart home technologies and how to help customers take full advantage.“The technology can be brilliant. It can be leading edge. It can be amazing, but if no one actually uses it, then it doesn't really matter. We're trying to balance that leading-edge tech with leading-edge community engagement.”
2020-08-10
22 min