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Energy Capital Podcast

The Energy Capital podcast focuses on Texas energy and power grid issues, featuring interviews with energy professionals, academics, policymakers, and advocates. www.douglewin.com

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57:10

Beyond the Tax Credit Cliff with Freedom Solar CEO...

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/10/08

The federal 30% solar tax credit has driven demand for solar but it’s about to expire. And when it does, some worry the bottom will fall out of the market. But what’s actually emerging looks less like a collapse and more like a shift which could lead to bigger growth down the road.In this episode, Bret Biggart, CEO of Freedom Solar, offers a grounded look at how a major Texas-based installer is adapting in these uncertain times. Freedom Solar began in Austin and now operates across Texas, one of the

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57:53

NRG's Gigawatt VPP in Texas with Travis Kavulla

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/10/02

Texas load is rising fast, supply chains are tight, and the cheapest near-term resource is demand we shape intentionally. But are the right economic signals there to bring this resource to scale?Texas has a highly competitive power supply market, but the demand side is severely underdeveloped. In my conversation with Travis Kavulla, former Montana PSC Chairman and current leader in retail innovation, we explored how Texas can unlock the cheapest near-term resource by shaping demand on

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39:02

AI, Outage Risks, and Market Opportunities with Lynne...

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/09/24

In Part 1 of my conversation with economist Lynne Kiesling, we traced how monopoly utilities and central planning helped electrify the country. That model worked. Economies of scale and guaranteed returns brought capital into the system, and within a few decades, nearly every home had electricity.But the world has changed. Technologies are smaller, decentralized, and more flexible. Risks are more complex. Consumers expect more than just “the light turns on.” In some areas, the old model now creates

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43:30

Why the Old Utility Business Model Doesn’t Fit...

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/09/17

Over a hundred years ago, the monopoly business utility model emerged as the one that could attract sufficient capital to electrify everything.The monopoly utility business was championed by Thomas Edison’s protégé and early leader of ComEd in Chicago, Sam Insull.It worked. By mid-century, most Americans had power.But today, competition for generation and retail have shown that monopolies are not necessary. Texas is a poster child for for competition but even Texas has little competition on the

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70:22

Why Are Energy Bills Rising So Fast? A Conversation...

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/09/09

Watch the Full Conversation with Graphs on YouTube (Updated)Utility bills are rising faster than ever. In the first half of 2025 alone, utilities requested $29 billion in rate increases, already a record for any full year, with months still to go. That’s more than double the pace of 2024.If you’re wondering why, you’re not alone. I hear this question constantly: “If renewables lower costs, why is my bill going up?”The answer: transmission and distribution. The costs of poles, wires, substations, and

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64:23

WATCH: Texas Power Rush

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/09/03

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.douglewin.comThis is my recent presentation on the latest trends in Texas energy and power for subscribers called the “Texas Power Rush,” followed by a Q&A.

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20:28

"One of the Hottest Data Center Markets in the...

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/08/28

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.douglewin.comSan Antonio is one of the fastest growing cities in the country and have requests to interconnect AI infrastructure and data centers that would triple their size. With that growth comes a simple but daunting challenge: how do you keep the air conditioning on while growing the economy and keeping bills affordable?CPS Energy, the nation’s fifth largest municipally owned utility, sits at the center of this challenge. Rudy

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51:30

Here Comes the Sun: Bill McKibben on Solar’s Breakout...

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/08/19

Sometimes I get to bring you a conversation that really feels like a turning point.This week, I sat down with Bill McKibben, one of the most respected voices in climate and energy. His new book, Here Comes the Sun (out today! order it here), is different from his earlier work. Bill has long been known for sounding the alarm. But this time, he’s bringing something else: optimism.Why? Because solar and other clean technologies are no longer “someday.” They are scaling now — all around the world —

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18:44

Flexibility as a Service with Octopus Energy US CEO...

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/08/13

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.douglewin.com🎧 Listen to the first 15+ minutes for free, and if you’re a paid subscriber and want to listen in Apple Podcasts or Spotify, just connect your private Substack feed. Here is the a link with step-by-step instructions. You can also hear the full episode in Substack; just make sure you’re logged in with the email linked to your subscription.Texas’ retail electricity market was built to be a model for the world. When the

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18:25

Shortcast: None of the Above

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/08/06

In this week’s Energy Capital Podcast, I revisit my recent article, None of the Above, with added commentary. Please give it a listen and let me know what you think in the comments.All of the Above vs. None of the AboveFor years, U.S. energy policy has been framed as “all of the above.” No red or blue electrons, just building what works.The new budget bill flips that script and is leaving closer to none of the above. The administration’s preferred resources aren’t available at scale:* Nuclear

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34:52

Texas Businesses To Pay 54% More for Power

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/07/30

This podcast is on YouTube with Graphs Congress’ new budget bill is an energy earthquake. It could wipe out tens of gigawatts of energy production, just as we’re experiencing load growth unlike anything since the 1960’s. It will drive power bills higher for families and factories, and give China the upper hand in the race for 21st century economic supremacy.To understand in more detail the impacts of the federal budget bill, this week on the Energy Capital Podcast, I talked with Dan O’Brien, senior

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54:20

21st Century Fire: What Recent Wildfires Tell Us...

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/07/24

In May 2016, a wildfire ripped through Fort McMurray, the heart of Canada’s tar sands and bitumen mining region, with a speed and intensity unlike anything firefighters had seen before. It created its own weather. And it triggered the largest evacuation in Canadian history, which had to happen within mere hours.But this fire wasn’t just a freak event. It was a warning of more to come. Since then, Texas experienced its biggest wildfire ever — the Smokehouse Creek Fire — in 2024. On the latest episode

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10:42

Energy Scarcity

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/07/17

Either the Texas grid is highly reliable, or the sky is falling.Spoiler alert: bet against the latter.A June report from the Texas Reliability Entity (which has federal statutory responsibility to report on Texas’ grid risks) shows that the ERCOT grid is increasingly reliable. That’s mostly because of solar and battery storage additions to the state’s energy portfolio.It also directly contradicts a report from President Trump’s Department of Energy, released about a week later, which said Texas

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40:56

Nuclear Goes Modular to Meet AI Demand with Aalo's...

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/07/12

In this episode of the Energy Capital Podcast, I sat down with Matt Loszak, co-founder and CEO of Aalo Atomics, a startup based in Austin, Texas, that’s reimagining how we build nuclear energy. 🎧 Listen to the first 15+ minutes for free, and if you’re a paid subscriber and want to listen in Apple Podcasts or Spotify, just connect your private Substack … This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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68:56

Shape Load Perfectly, Inject Energy Optimally with...

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/07/02

We’re on the verge of one of the biggest energy shifts in decades: the increasing use of demand side resources.They’re often referred to as Virtual Power Plants, or VPPs. Add together thousands of rooftop solar installations and home batteries and you reach levels of power equal to medium sized power plants. They add power capacity, can provide key grid support in ancillary services, and give consumers uninterrupted power during outages of any kind.Unfortunately, the budget bill passed yesterday by

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15:11

Shortcast: Solar Jobs Are Not "Fentanyl Jobs"

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/06/27

Anti-energy crusaders have a lot of facts wrong. I’ll break that down in this video. They’re also personally insulting the hard-working men and women in the renewable energy industry, calling solar jobs “fentanyl jobs.” They should apologize to the hard-working Americans helping to make our grid stronger every day.The ERCOT CEO told the Board earlier this week that solar and storage has strengthened our grid. Our risk of an energy emergency went from 16% one year to ago to 0.5% this year “because of

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12:22

Shortcast: "Energy Inflation"

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/06/27

This is the read-aloud version of my June 26 article, now on YouTube & the Energy Capital PodcastI don’t usually record readings of my articles, but I made an exception for this one.If Congress passes the budget bill as is, it would spike energy costs for families and businesses and cause serious economic harm.So I sat down and read the piece aloud with a few added thoughts and commentary as I went.Watch on YouTubeRead the original article hereWhat you’ll get in the episode:* Why “leveling the

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61:59

The End of Solar & Battery Manufacturing in America?

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/06/25

The U.S. was finally catching up.After decades of watching solar manufacturing develop overseas, mostly in China, the Inflation Reduction Act gave domestic producers a fighting chance. Texas responded in a big way. New factories broke ground. OCI and its sister company, Mission Solar, prepared to launch a full supply chain operation in San Antonio, including the rare addition of cell manufacturing, one of the most critical (and missing) links in our solar economy.Now? All of it hangs in the

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53:37

Economic Eclipse: Congress Tries to Block the Sun...

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/06/19

Texas is adding solar at a faster pace than any other state. Solar and storage are powering Texas’ manufacturing renaissance, creating jobs, and lowering customers’ bills; even the state’s oil and gas sector is an eager consumer of solar power.And renewables are also pumping tens of billions of dollars into local — mostly rural — economies in the form of landowner payments and tax payments. We’re on track to add another 8-10 gigawatts in 2025, after adding about that much in 2024.In this week’s

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24:04

The Senate Should Not Surrender

Energy Capital Podcast ·

2025/06/13

On Wednesday, I published Energy Submission, a piece on how the U.S. is at risk of abandoning the battle for 21st economic supremacy as China accelerates its energy dominance. I recorded this podcast episode to go a little deeper into the consequences of the House-passed reconciliation bill and what we risk losing if we dismantle the tools driving the energy future. It’s available on YouTube with full charts and visualsEnergy isn’t just one issue among many, it’s a foundational issue. In what the

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