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Earlier this week at EEI's Financial Conference, CNBC Power Lunch Co-Anchor and Senior National Correspondent Brian Sullivan moderated a lively discussion featuring Idaho Power and IDACORP President and CEO Lisa Grow; EEI Vice Chair David Campbell, chairman, president, and CEO of Evergy; and Entergy Chair and CEO Drew Marsh. These leaders shared how their companies are meeting surging electricity demand from data centers and manufacturing while working to keep customer bills as low as possible. They also explored new financing models, regulatory challenges, and the urgent need to streamline permitting to build critical energy infrastructure. For more highlights from the conference, visit electricperspectives.com.

📻 Resumen del Programa Efemérides – “La Noticia de Siempre” Un recorrido histórico del 29 de octubre al 3 de noviembre, destacando: Recuperación de Colonia del Sacramento por Pedro de Cevallos (1762). El pánico por “La Guerra de los Mundos” de Orson Welles (1938). Huelga general en Bolivia y golpe militar liderado por Barrientos (1964). Primera tripulación permanente en la EEI (2000). Magallanes cruza el estrecho (1520). John Adams llega a la Casa Blanca — con guiño al presente político de EE.UU. Independencia de Ucrania y su incorporación a la URSS (1918). Natalicio y trayectoria de Victorino de la Plaza, impulsor de la Reforma Electoral en Argentina. Separación de Panamá de Colombia y la influencia geopolítica de EE.UU. (1903). Primer Alto en el Camino: 🎵 So Lonely – The Police 🌎 América Escondida: Enfoque sobre militarización y violencia en Sudamérica: mas de 130 muertos en Río de Janeiro en enfrentamientos con Comando Vermelho. Nueva “guerra contra las drogas” impulsada por Trump en la región. Advertencia histórica: esa estrategia ya fracasó y dejó tragedias. 🧠 Debajo del Puente – Palabras y Diálogo Tema central: Crisis de representatividad política, desafíos actuales y preguntas abiertas sobre cómo reconstruir el vínculo entre pueblo y poder. Segundo Alto en el Camino: 🎶 El Tamayo – José Larralde 🎶 2da Hora: 🎤 Mega Hits, Rubén Juárez – Como Dos Extraños 🌱 Seremos Agua: Homenaje y reflexión sobre el legado de Miryam Gorban y la soberanía alimentaria. Por Roly Villani 🎼 Músicos: Daniel Viglietti, A 8 años de su fallecimiento: 🎤 Cierre, con Soledad Pastorutti – Alma, Corazón y Vida Un cierre emotivo recorriendo la identidad musical latinoamericana.

Trevor reconnects with his former professor, Dr. Rupp Carriveau from the University of Windsor, to explore how Southern Ontario's agriculture and energy sectors intersect. From powering greenhouses and managing massive industrial demand to reimagining aging wind farms and testing “atomic agriculture,” together they unpack how innovation, AI, and new tech are reshaping Canada's clean energy future. Listen to episode 164 of thinkenery.    Related links Dr. Rupp Carriveau on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rupp-carriveau-b4273823/ Environmental Energy Institute: https://www.environmentalenergyinstitute.com/ Turbulence and Energy Lab: http://www.turbulenceandenergylab.org/ Offshore Energy and Storage Society: https://www.osessociety.com/    Trevor Freeman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-freeman-p-eng-8b612114    Hydro Ottawa: https://hydroottawa.com/en      To subscribe using Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thinkenergy/id1465129405   To subscribe using Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wFz7rdR8Gq3f2WOafjxpl   To subscribe on Libsyn: http://thinkenergy.libsyn.com/ --- Subscribe so you don't miss a video: https://www.youtube.com/user/hydroottawalimited   Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hydroottawa   Stay in the know on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HydroOttawa   Keep up with the posts on X: https://twitter.com/thinkenergypod --- Transcript: Trevor Freeman  00:07 Welcome to thinkenergy, a podcast that dives into the fast, changing world of energy through conversations with industry leaders, innovators and people on the front lines of the energy transition. Join me, Trevor Freeman, as I explore the traditional, unconventional and up and coming facets of the energy industry. If you have any thoughts, feedback or ideas for topics we should cover, please reach out to us at think energy at hydro ottawa.com, hi everyone, and welcome back. Today's episode brings us back to a few elements of my own personal history. Now you'll have to bear with me for a minute or two while I dive into my past in order to properly set up today's conversation, I grew up in southwestern Ontario, in and just outside the border town of Windsor, Ontario. Now for those of you not familiar with this area, Windsor and its surroundings are the most southern part of Canada. It might surprise you to know that Windsor is at the same latitude as Northern California and Rome, Italy. You can imagine that after growing up in Windsor and then living in various places around the globe, when I finally settled down here in Ottawa, adjusting to the more stereotypical Canadian winters of this northern capital, took a little bit of getting used to Windsor is so far south when you cross the border to its neighboring American city, Detroit, Michigan, you actually travel north. Have a look at a map if this seems to defy logic, but I promise you, it's true. This is the area that I grew up in. It's also where I went to school and got my engineering degree. More on that in a minute. Now, if you've ever driven down to the southwestern end of the 401 going past London and Chatham, you will notice two things. First, it is flat, very flat. You will not see a meaningful Hill anywhere in sight. I often joke with people that I used to toboggan when we did get any meaningful snow off of highway overpasses, because that was the only hill we could find. I was only partly joking, and I have indeed tobogganed off of said overpasses in my young and foolish days. But that is a story for another time. That brings us to the second thing you'll see, which is wind turbines. A lot of wind turbines. They are seemingly everywhere, stretching as far as you can see, southwestern Ontario is a hotbed of wind energy generation. Finally, a hint at why I'm going on about this part of the province on an energy podcast. But before we get into it, there's one other thing to touch on, and that is the fact that this area is also home to a large number of greenhouses growing produce year-round, as well as manufacturing. Windsor and its surrounding area is the automotive capital of Canada, with a number of plants from major car companies, as well as a supporting ecosystem of parts manufacturers. Incidentally, that's where I started my career, working as an environmental engineer for one of the automakers, and many members of my family have also worked or still work in that industry. The reason I bring up greenhouses in the auto industry is because they have some very high energy demand profiles, and that is how we get for me going on nostalgically about the area I grew up in, to our conversation today, I recently caught up with one of my engineering professors, Dr Rupp Carriveau, about the work that he and his colleagues have been doing that ties all of this together. And I thought it would be great to have him on the show to talk about that. Dr. Carriveau is the director of the Environmental Energy Institute and co-director of the Turbulence and Energy Lab and the CO lead of AGUwin at the University of Windsor. Back in the day, he was my fluid dynamics professor. But today, he balances his teaching duties with research into energy systems futures and advanced agricultural systems. He is a founder of the offshore energy and storage society, a recipient of the University Scholar Award, and has been named to Canada's clean 50 for his contributions to clean capitalism. Dr Rupp Carriveau, welcome to the show.   Dr Rupp Carriveau  03:59 Trevor, great to be here. Thanks.   Trevor Freeman  04:01 Yeah. So, Rupp, the last time we chatted, well, so you and I chatted a couple weeks ago, but before that, the last time that you and I interacted, I was in third year university. You were my fluid dynamics Prof. So, in addition to your professorial duties, you're now the director of the environmental Energy Institute at the University of Windsor. So, there's two questions around that. First off, how did you end up going from my fluid dynamics prof a number of years ago, probably close to 20 years ago now, to running this institute? And tell us a little bit about what the Institute does.   Dr Rupp Carriveau  04:40 Sure. Though. So, thanks. Yeah, and very memorable Trevor, because I, you know, I remember you well. And, yeah, that was, that was a very nice class that we had. I remember, well, I remember your colleagues too.   Trevor Freeman  04:54 If there's one thing I do, well, it's, it's be memorable, and you can take that however you want.   Dr Rupp Carriveau  04:58 That is, that is. Something to be said for that. Yeah, thanks for that question. So I should point out that in addition to EEI, I am a co-director in the Turbulence and Energy Lab, which is really where all of the EEI initiatives have started from, that's a lab that I co supervise with Dr David Ting in mechanical engineering and the nuts and bolts, the very serious engineering side of things, comes out of the Turbulence and Energy Lab. EEI kind of came about to handle topics that were, frankly speaking, less interesting to Dr Ting. So, things that push more, a little bit more into policy wider systems looks at things as opposed to, you know, pure thermodynamics and energy efficiency type pursuits, which underpin a lot of the EEI policy pieces, but are sort of beyond the scope of what turbulence and energy lab does. So those two things, and then more recently, actually, I'm co lead on, AGUwin, which is like a center of excellence, emerging Center of Excellence at the University of Windsor. So, Agriculture U Windsor is a group of about 40 professors that do work in agriculture in some shape or form. And we've, we've, we've taken to organizing that movement in seeking sort of group funding proposals, developing curriculum and organized sort of platforms to help industry in agriculture. And it's, it's really taking off, which I'm really excited about my extremely hard-working colleagues and CO lead, Isabel Barrett-Ng, she in particular, has been really driving a lot of really cool initiatives ahead and all the people that work with us. So, yeah, lots, lots happening at the University since I saw you last. But you know, time has a way of helping with that, people find ways to find efficiencies and get to do and build on, build on, hopefully incremental progress.   Trevor Freeman  07:08 Yeah, very cool. And you're teasing a few of the areas our conversation is going to go today, that sort of intersection between agriculture and obviously, this is an energy podcast, and so how does agriculture and the way we're moving in with agriculture impacts energy and vice versa. So, we're definitely going to get to that in a minute, I think, for our listeners that are not familiar with Southern Ontario, and I haven't talked about Southern Ontario on the podcast a lot, but people that know me know I will gladly talk about what goes on in the very southern part of our country. It's where I grew up. Help us paint a picture of what Southern Ontario is like. So, in the context of energy, what makes this area of Ontario unique?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  07:50 Well, it's that's a really good question, and I'm glad you phrased it that way, because I think it gets taken for granted. And also, folks, folks don't know energy isn't in the headlines every day, and if it is, it's not a headline that everybody pays attention to. But the southwestern Ontario region, if you take the 401 west of London, you'll start to see a high concentration of wind. So, there's a significant wind corridor in the region, and that's because it's very flat, so the whole area used to be a lake bed, and so we have very fertile agricultural lands as a result of that. And we also have very few obstacles to fetch, which is a huge aspect of how wind carries over the lakes, and is, you know, not, not obstructed. And so it's like you have offshore resources onshore, which is completely ideal. Also, we have, as it may be, we have massive natural gas resources in the area, in sort of the subterranean space of Devonian reefs for natural gas storage. We have natural gas generation facilities down around the Windsor area that help with provincial peaking and there is some solar in the region, because it is the Leamington Kingsville area is referred to as the sun parlor of Ontario. And as a result, we have a lot of under glass agriculture there, which benefits, obviously, directly from solar resources. And then we have solar photovoltaic that takes advantage of that sun as well. So there's, there's a lot happening here energy wise.   Trevor Freeman  09:38 Yeah, and there's a lot on the demand side of things as well. So, you mentioned the greenhouses, which are an up and coming, you know, source of demand draws on our grid. There's also a big manufacturing base. Talk a little bit about the manufacturing base in the area. Yeah, yeah. And that's that gets into my next question is talking about some of the specific, unique energy needs of greenhouses. I think on the manufacturing side, you know, you mentioned the auto industry and the parts industry that supports it, you're seeing more. There's a battery plant being built now I think that, I think people have a sense of that, but greenhouses are this thing that I think a lot of folks don't think about. So, you talked about the magnitude of the load, the lighting side of things. What else is this like, a 24/7 load? Is this sector growing like? Tell us a little bit about, you know where things are going with greenhouses?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  09:53 Yeah, thanks. So, yeah, I was, I was thinking about generation and, yeah, demand is. Significant we have. You know, Windsor has laid claim to Canada's automotive capital, and while I'm biased, I'd like to think it still is. And so we have significant manufacturing around the automotive industry, either automotive OEMs or tier one parts makers that have significant draws. We have Stellantis. Every minivan comes out of this area has come out of this area. The electric Dodge Charger comes out of this area. But there are engine plants for Ford, but they're also now, you know, sort of next generation transport technologies. You've talking about battery manufacturing. So, there's an enormous LG consortium with Stellantis here that's doing battery manufacturing. And so, these are huge loads that that add to existing and growing loads in the greenhouse space, which, again, I'll just mention it now, is something that isn't well understood. And we did a, we did a study for the province a couple years, three, four years ago. Now, I think grid Innovation Fund project that looked at sort of really getting into granular detailing of the loads that come with a lit greenhouse. A lot of people don't appreciate that a lit greenhouse, when switched on, depending on the lighting technology, depending on how it's used, can be like a 50-megawatt load, which is a significant load. And just imagine that's one so they can come on quickly, and they are non-trivial, significant loads. And so, this is something that we looked at trying to develop distributed energy resource sort of solutions for, because, simply speaking, you can't put up a new transmission line overnight, and we don't want to economically constrain the growth of the sector. Sure, yeah. I mean, it's, it's not a simple thing to characterize, because what you can take away from this is that these greenhouse developers are business dynamos, and frankly speaking, many of them do very well, because they're very good at what they do, and with the resources they have, they can largely do what they want. And if, if the infrastructure isn't there, they will build it so. So, you'll have folks that are operating off the grid, essentially not off the gas grid, of course, but they're using gas for cogeneration purposes, to produce heat for their crops, but also the electricity for their lights. So that is one aspect of it that further complicates how to figure out what these loads on the grid will be. But for the most part, of course, the grid provides quite clean and quite affordable electricity in the province, and you know where they can they want to be able to connect to the grid. Now, lights are designed to extend the growing day and extend the growing season as well. So, in terms of when they're switched on and how they're switched on, that is highly variable, and that is also something that is, I would say, in development, folks are looking at different ways to use intermittent lighting to be conscious of when peaking happens. It is dispatchable in a way, in that some growers are able to turn their lights off to avoid, you know, peaking charges. But again, there's a lot to manage. And, and it's, it's very complicated, both on the grid side and, and for the greenhouse grower.   Trevor Freeman  14:38 Yeah, so you mentioned natural gas for cogen for heating as well. So, as we look to decarbonize all different aspects of the sector, we talk often on the show of what are the specific areas where decarbonization might be challenging. Is, is greenhouses one of those areas? And, and what are the options available for heating these spaces? Like, is it realistic to think that there's an electric solution here, or what? What's happening in that sector related to decarbonization?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  15:10 Again, you've hit on a real sort of hot button issue for the for the sector, the trouble with natural gas is that it's spectacular. Oh, it's storable. It's dispatchable. It's a triple threat for greenhouses in the best way possible, because you can make your heat, you can make your electricity, and the plants crave CO2, and that comes out of the flue gas on the other side of the combustion reaction. So, you know, when you swing in there and you say, Oh, I've got this great new solution. It's called hydrogen. We'll burn hydrogen and we won't have these nasty CO2 release. And they're like, Okay, who's going to replace my CO2? So, it's a difficult fuel to displace. Now, admittedly, people understand that, you know, that's where we really need to go. And is, is electric? You know, electrification the path. So, people talk about, people talk about heat pumps, people talk about electric boilers. And then, as I mentioned, people talked about, you know, we've, we've also looked at the idea of blending hydrogen into a natural gas feed for existing infrastructure to, you know, because, because not all of the CO2, that is, you know, released is, is taken down by the plants. And so could you get to a magic blend where it's just the amount of CO2 that you need is what goes into the other side, and then there's nothing left after the plants take what they need. So, there's a lot of things that are being looked at. It is again, a challenging space to operate in, because it's highly competitive. Getting really granular. Data is very sensitive, because this, this, this is a, you know, it's a game of margins, and it's in its high stakes production. So to get in there and sort of be in the way is, is difficult. So, this work is being done. We're participating in a lot of this work. We just finished a study for the province, a Hydrogen Innovation Fund study on looking at the integration of hydrogen into the greenhouse space. And it was, it was pretty revelatory for us.   Trevor Freeman  17:36 So is the exhaust from burning natural gas on site. Does that get recycled through the greenhouse and therefore captured to some degree? Do we know how much you kind of hinted at finding out that sweet spot? Do we know how much of that gets captured?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  17:53 Yeah, so the short answer is yes. So, they have the cogen engines have scrubbers on them, and these, these machines are spectacularly capable of being tuned the combustion and the professionals that operate them at the greenhouse facilities are artists, and that they can get the sort of combustion profile a certain way, and so that that flue gas will go into the greenhouse, but to know exactly how much is being taken down, that is an area of active research, and we don't, we don't know that answer yet. There are people that are looking at it, and you can imagine it's kind of a provocative number for the sector. So, they're being very careful about how they do it.   Trevor Freeman  18:36  I'm sure, I'm sure. Okay, let's, let's park that just for a minute here, and jump back to something you mentioned earlier. You talked about one how flat Southern Ontario is, and it took me leaving, leaving the county before I really knew what skiing and tobogganing and everything else was. So, there's a lot of wind power generation. And for anyone listening, yeah, as rip mentioned, if you ever drive down the 401 going towards Windsor, you'll just start to see these massive wind turbines kind of everywhere you look. So, help us understand how these turbines, you know, you look out over a field and you see, you know, 2030, of them more in your line of sight. How do they connect to our provincial grid? How do the contracts work? Like, who gets that power? Give us a little bit of a sense of how that works.   Dr Rupp Carriveau  19:28 For sure. Yeah, well, so what most people don't realize, and again, it's not something that's talked about, and if it is, I don't know people are necessarily paying attention to it, but, but you know the comment I'll get from relatives we talked about Thanksgiving. So, you know people, because they know I'm a wind person, they'll be like, 'Hey, I was driving down the road and I saw they weren't spinning with, what's going on? Are they broken or what?' Well, you know, because we, we've got some pro wind and some non pro wind folks in the in the family, so it's an exciting time for me. But you know, and I mentioned that the greenhouses I'm working with are often starved for utility supply. And they said, well, how can that be? The turbines are right there. They're sharing the same space, right? And most people don't realize that. Really, I would say 95% of the wind in our corridor is put on a transmission line and sent up to, effectively, to Toronto, to be distributed throughout the province, which is great, but it's not really a local asset. And that was sort of what inspired us when we saw these two sorts of juxtaposed. We thought maybe you could turn these assets into something that acted as really a new type of distributed energy resource, and that you've got a transmission connected asset that's currently under contract, but if that contract could be modified, then the fiscal connections could potentially be modified so you could have local distribution, let's say at a time of maybe at a time of transmission curtailment, maybe under different conditions. So again, looking into the physical plausibility of it was part of our study, and then doing some sort of economic investigation of how that would work, having a nearly 20-year-old asset all of a sudden springing into a new role in a new life, where it continues to perform transmission duties for the province at large, but it also serves local needs in the production, let's say, of hydrogen through an electrolyzer, or just plain electrons turning lights on. That is something that isn't possible yet. Regulatory reasons exist for that that would require some, some significant changes. But it was a really interesting exercise to go through to investigate how that could happen.   Trevor Freeman  22:08 Yeah, so there's just trying to understand how this work. There's someone who owns these turbines. Some conglomerate somewhere, you know, Canadian, not Canadian, who knows. They contract with the Independent Electricity System Operator who operates the grid in the province. And they basically say, yeah, well, look, we'll provide you with X amount of power on some contract, and when ISO needs it, they call on it. How long do those contracts last? Is that a 10-year contract? A 20-year contract?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  22:35 So, they are in Ontario. The ones that I'm familiar with for 20 years. So it's possible there are others. I know. I have a there's a farm that operates in PEI that has a nice 30 year PPA. So the longer you can get, the better. Yeah, and these, these power purchase agreements are, are wonderful for developers, because they're known entities, doing the math on your finances is really straightforward with these contracts. And frankly speaking, when you had a sector that needed to be brought up from nothing, they were very necessary. They were very necessary. And but those contracts, and they're and they're locked down, as much as we try to, you know, persuade the province to get crazy, to amuse us with these new, newfangled ways of of connecting to people, commerce wise, through energy, they are not interested so far, at least in and they're like, let's finish these out, and then we can talk your crazy ideas, you know, and so, but that's we're getting glare, because I would say many, many, many farms in the province will be coming up on the sun setting end of Their power purchase agreements in the coming five, six years.   Trevor Freeman  24:03 Yeah, yeah. Which brings me to my next point, of the assets themselves, the actual physical turbine, I assume last longer than 20 years. You're going to build one of these things. You know, 20 years is not its end of life. So what are the options available today? You talked about regulatory barriers. We talk about regulatory barriers on this show often, what are, what are the options today for a wind farm that is at its end of contract? Does it look at re contracting? Can it kind of direct source to someone else? Like, what are the options available for an owner?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  24:40 Yeah, well, to me, it's an exciting time, because it could be work for us. We get excited about this. I think it could be a source of anxiety for owners, because there's nothing better than that long term contract. So many of them will try to apply for things like a medium, a new medium term length contract from the. Province, like an MT two, I think they're called. There are other contract types that are possible, but there'll be, it'll be a highly competitive landscape for those, and the in the province won't be able to give everyone one of these contracts. So some of these, some of these operators, will likely have to look at other options which may be going into the spot market, potentially, you know, getting into the capacity game by getting a battery on site and firming up their ability to provide power when necessary or provide capacity. And then there's a there isn't a relatively recent regulatory development in the around the middle of July, the province said, you know, if you're a non emitting generator and you're not under contract, you could provide virtual power someone else who might need it, if they're looking if they're a class, a customer that's trying to avoid peak charges. You know, rather than that class a customer buys a battery behind the meter and physically reduce their peaks. They could potentially virtually reduce their peaks by setting up a virtual power purchase agreement with another supplier. So these, these off contract spinning assets could have an opportunity to get into this game of peak relief. Which, which could be very lucrative. Because, based on last year's provincial global adjustment charges at large, you're looking at being paid something on the order of about $72,000 a megawatt hour for the, for the for the for the megawatt hours in question, which, which, of course, you know, try to get as many as you can. .   Trevor Freeman  26:31 Yeah. So there's a couple of things there. Bear with me while I connect a few dots for our listeners. So on different shows, we talk about different things. Global adjustment is one of them. And we've been talking here about these long term contracts. Global adjustment, as you might remember from previous conversations, is one of those mechanisms that bridges the gap between the spot market price, you know, the actual commodity cost of electricity that's out there, and some of the built-in cost to run the system, which includes these long term contracts. So there's a there's a fixed cost to run the system, global adjustment helps bridge that gap. The next concept here that is important to remember is this class, a strategy where the largest the largest customers, electricity customers in the province, have the opportunity to adjust how they are build global adjustment based on their contribution to the most intensive demand peaks in the province over the course of a year. So during a really high demand period, when everybody needs electricity, if they can reduce their demand, there's significant savings. And so what you're saying is there's this new this new ability for kind of a virtual connection, where, if I'm a big facility that has a high demand, and I contract with a generator, like a wind turbine that's not in contract anymore, I can say, hey, it's a peak time now I need to use some of your capacity to offset, you know, some of my demand, and there's those significant savings there. So you're absolutely right. That's a new thing in the province. We haven't had that ability up until just recently. So super fascinating, and that kind of connects our two topics today, that the large demand facilities in southern Ontario and these these generators that are potentially nearing the end of their contract and looking for what else might happen. So are you guys navigating that conversation between the greenhouses or the manufacturers and the generators?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  28:49 I'm so glad you asked. And here comes, here comes a shameless plug. Yeah? So yes. So there's a spin off company from the turbulence and Energy Lab, and it's called jailbreak labs. And jailbreak labs really represents sort of the space that is more commercial than research, but it also was sort of spurned, spurred from research. So jailbreak Labs has developed a registry, and we've been providing some webinars as well. So this, again, this is a company that that is essentially run by students, that this registry allows generators and consumers to ultimately find each other so that, so that these kinds of connections can be made. Because, as you may well imagine, there is no guarantee that the wind will be blowing at the time that you need it so, so and your load may be such that you need a different type of generation profile. So it needs to be profiling on the generation side. There needs to be profiling on the customer side. Yeah, and, you know, we've been doing this on our own for years. It was the time was right for us to sort of step in and say, because we were following this, we were real fanboys of this, of this reg, even before it came into play. And we kept bugging, you know, OEB for meetings and ISO and they, begrudgingly, to their credit, would chat with us about it, and then the next thing we know, it's announced that it's that it's happening. Was very exciting. So, so, yes, so we're really interested in seeing this happen, because it seems like such a unique, we're thrilled, because we're always interested in this sort of Second Life for assets that already have been depreciated and they're clean energy assets. Let's get everything we can out of them and to have this dynamic opportunity for them, and that will help Class A customers too hard for us to ignore.   Trevor Freeman  30:56 And you mentioned the last time we chatted about building a tool that helps evaluate and kind of injecting a little bit of AI decision making into this. Talk to us about that tool a little bit.   Dr Rupp Carriveau  31:08 Yeah. So we have a, we have a tool called quantract which is basically playing on the idea of quantifying all the risk and opportunity in in a contract. So it's really a contract visualization tool. Another way to think of it as a real time Net Present Value tool that allows renewable energy stakeholders to really, evaluate the value of their investment by not only understanding the physical life left in an asset. Let's say that a wind farm that's, you know, at 20 years and it looks like we may need to replace some blades. Do we just walk away and say, look at it. We had a good run contracts over, you know, we made some money. Let's sell the assets as they are. Or do we say, you know, I'm looking into this vppa game, and we could do okay here, but I'm not exactly sure how that's going to work and when. And so this, this tool that we've developed, will do things like will first of all identify all risk factors, and risk includes opportunities and then we'll profile them, and then builds them into basically what is more or less a glorified discounted cash flow model. So it is a way of measuring the potential value of investment in the AI space. I mean, the AI piece of it is that we have developed agents that will actually identify other things that are less, less sort of noticeable to people. In fact, this regulatory change is one of the things that our AI agents would have been looking for. Okay, now it pre it predated our tool going online, so we didn't see it, but it's the kind of thing that we'd be looking for. So the agents look for news, they look for changes online, and then, and then what happens is, they got brought, they get brought into a profiler. The profiler then determines the probability of or makes an estimate of the probability that this risk will occur. IE, a regulatory change will happen. IE, battery plant will come to town at a certain time. IE, a Costco facility will come in. Then we'll determine the potential magnitude. So there'll be uncertainty in the occurrence, there'll be uncertainty in the magnitude, and there'll be uncertainty in the timing. So we have basically statistical distribution functions for each one of those things, the likelihood of it happening, the magnitude and the timing. And so those are all modeled in so that people can push a button and, say, with this level of certainty your investment would be, would be worth this much. And that's dynamic. It's in real time. So it's changing constantly. It's being updated constantly. And so no so that that is something that goes in, and one of these virtual power purchase agreements would be one of the types of things that would go into this sort of investment timeline?   Trevor Freeman  34:22 Yeah, so it's giving these owners of these assets better data to make a decision about what comes next, as you said, and as we're talking I'm kind of doing the math here. If these are typically 20 year contracts, that's bringing us back to, you know, the mid, early, 2000s when we were really pushing to get off coal. So a lot of these assets probably started in and around that time. So you've probably got a whole bunch of customers, for lack of a better term, ready to start making decisions in the next you know, half a decade or so of what do I do with my. Sets. Have you seen this? Has it been used in the real world yet? Or is, are you getting close to that? Like, where are you at in development?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  35:07 Yeah, it actually started. It's funny. It started a little a little bit even before this craze. A couple years ago, we had, we had a manufacturer in our county come to us with, they had a great interest in, in just, just they were trying to be proactive about avoiding carbon tax and so, and they wanted to develop a new generation technology close to their facility. And so we used it there since that time. Yeah, so, so it was field proven that was a still a research contract, because they were the technology that they were interested in was, was, was not off the shelf. But since that time, we got a chance, because we represent Canada in the International Energy Agency, task 43 on wind energy digitalization. And so one of the mandates there was to develop a robust and transparent tools for investment decision support using digital twins. And we had a German partner in Fraunhofer Institute that had developed nice digital twin that would provide us remaining useful life values for things like blades, you know, towers, foundations, etc, and those are, again, those are all costs that just plug into our but they did. They didn't have a framework of how to work that into an investment decision other than, you know, you may have to replace this in three years. Okay, well, that's good to know, but we need the whole picture to make that decision, and that's sort of what we were trying to bring so the short answer is, yes, we're getting a lot of interest now, which is thrilling for us, but it's, I'll be honest with you, it's not, it's not simple, like, you know, I I've talked about it a bunch of times, so I'm pretty good at talking about it, but, but the doing it is still, it's computationally intensive and in the end, it's still an estimate. It's a, it's a, it's a calculated, quantified estimate, but it's an estimate. I think what we like about it is it's better than saying, Well, I have a hunch that it's going to go this way, but we could get beat by the hunches too. Yeah, totally, right. So, so, you know, I'm not trying to sell people things that, like I we have to be transparent about it. It's still probability.   Trevor Freeman  37:35 Well, I think if there's, if there's one thing that is very apparent, as we are well into this energy transition process that we talk about all the time here on the show. It's that the pace of change is is one of the things that's like no other time we are we are seeing things change, and that means both our demand is growing, our need to identify solutions is growing the way that we need to build out the grid and utilize the ers and utilize all these different solutions is growing at a rate that we haven't seen before, and therefore uncertainty goes up. And so to your point, yeah, we need help to make these decisions. We need better ways of doing it than just, as you say, having a hunch. That doesn't mean it's foolproof. It doesn't mean it's a guarantee.   Dr Rupp Carriveau  38:27 Nope, it is not a guarantee.   Trevor Freeman  38:30 Very cool. So Rupp, this is a great conversation. It's really fascinating to talk about to me, two areas of the energy sector that aren't really understood that well. I think the agriculture side of things, not a lot of people think about that as a major demand source. But also wind, I think we talk about solar a lot. It's a little bit more ubiquitous. People's neighbors have solar on their roofs. But wind is this unless you drive through Southern Ontario or other parts of the province where there's a lot of wind, you don't see it a lot. So it's fascinating to kind of help understand where these sectors are going. Is there anything else that the Institute is working on that that's worth chatting about here, or is what we've talked about, you know, kind of filling your day, in your students days?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  39:15 Well, actually there is something we haven't talked about the nuclear option. Literally, literally the nuclear literally the nuclear option. Yeah, so we've been really thrilled to have a growing relationship with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, which is much closer to you than it is to me. And specifically in the connection of small modular reactors to meet these growing agricultural loads. So I have a science colleague at the University of Windsor, Dr drew Marquart, who was all hot and bothered about these s. Mrs. And he's like, we should drop one of these SMRs in Leamington. Then I this, this part I really enjoyed, because it's obviously so he came from Oak Ridge National Laboratories in the States, and he's and he's been at CNL as well. So he's fully indoctrinated into the nuclear space. But it just didn't occur to him that that would be provocative or controversial at all, that there wouldn't be some social he, you know, he's like, we can do the math. And I said, Oh yeah, yeah, we can do the math. But I'm like, I think you're missing something. I think you're missing something, right? So, but so it's, it's a super fascinating topic, and we're trying to connect, physically connect. So just before the weekend, I was in the turbulence and Energy Lab, and we were trying to commission what we believe is North America's first we're calling it a model synthetic, small modular reactor, synthetic being the key word, and that it's non nuclear, okay? And so it's non nuclear. What it what it is really and if I'm going to de glamorize it for a second, it's a mini steam thermal power plant, which doesn't embody every SMR design, but many SMRs are designed around this sort of where you've got a nuclear reaction that provides the heat, and then after that, it's kind of a steam thermal power plant. Our interest is in this physical little plant being connected to small electrolyzer, being connected to small thermal battery, being connected to a lab scale electric battery and being connected to a lab scale fully automated inlet, cucumber, small cucumber, greenhouse, mini cubes greenhouse, all this in our lab. The exciting thing around this is, you know, I I've said that I think nuclear technology needs to get out from behind the walls of nuclear facilities for people to start to appreciate it, and by that, to start doing that, you have to take the nuclear part out, which, to me, is not necessarily a deal breaker in terms of these dynamic issues that we want to solve. You know, because nukes have traditionally been said, Well, you know they're not that. You know, you can't just ramp them up and down, and that's true, you know, and small modular reactors are supposed to be considerably more nimble, but there's still lots of challenges that have to be solved in terms of having how it is an asset that is provides copious energy, but does so maybe not, not as dynamic, certainly, as a gas turbine. That how does it? How do you make it nimble, right? How do you partner it up with the right complimentary other grid assets to take advantage of what it does so well, which is crank out great amounts of heat and electricity so, so effortlessly, right? And so that's, that's sort of what we're trying to do, and connecting it to what we're calling atomic agriculture. I don't know that's a good name or not. I like it, but, but, but, yeah, so that that's another thing that we're that we're flirting with right now. We're working on. We've done a few. We've had a few contracts with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories to get us this far. We did everything computationally. We're continuing to do computational studies with them. They develop their own hybrid energy systems, optimizer software, HISO, which we use, and we are now trying to put it into sort of the hardware space. So again, just the idea that physically looking at the inertia of spinning up a turbine, the little gap, the little sort of steam powered turbine that we have in the lab that's run by an electric boiler. But our hope is to, ultimately, we're going to get the electric boiler to be mimicking the sort of reaction heating dynamics of a true reactor. So by, but through electrical control. So we'll imitate that by having sort of data from nuclear reactions, and then we'll sort of get an electrical signal analog so that we can do that and basically have a non nuclear model, small modular reactor in the lab.   Trevor Freeman  44:14 Very cool, very neat. Well, Rupp, this has been a great conversation. I really appreciate it. We do always end our interviews with a series of questions here, so I'm going to jump right into those. What's a book that you've read that you think everyone should read?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  44:31 I would say any of the Babysitters Club. That's as high as I get in the literary hierarchy. I'm barely literate so and I thoroughly enjoyed reading those books with my daughters that they were great. So I recommend any, any of the Babysitters Club titles. I mean that completely seriously, I that was the peak of my that are dog man, yeah,   Trevor Freeman  44:56 I'm about six months removed from what i. Was about an 18 month run where that's, that's all I read with my youngest kiddo. So they've, they've just moved on to a few other things. But yes, I've been steeped in the Babysitter's Club very recently.   Dr Rupp Carriveau  45:11 So good. So, you know, absolutely.   Trevor Freeman  45:14 So same question, but for a movie or a show, what's something that you recommend?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  45:17 Everyone thrilled with that question. If you're looking for a good, good true story. I've always been romantically obsessed with the ghost in the darkness, the true story of, I guess, a civil engineer trying to solve a problem of man eating lions and Tsavo. That's a, that's a, that's a tremendous movie with Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas. Yeah, that's good then, and I think for something a little more light hearted and fun, a big fan of the way, way back and youth and revolt, nice.   Trevor Freeman  46:03 If someone offered you a free round trip flight anywhere in the world, where would you go?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  46:05 I don't really like flying, I got to be honest. But if, if I was forced onto the plane, I think, I think I go to Japan. Nice. Have you been before? No, I haven't. I'd like to go. Okay, cool. You're not the first guest that has said that someone else was very That's understandable. Yeah, who is someone that you admire? I would say truly selfless people that help people when no one's looking and when it's not being tabulated for likes those people are who I aspire to be more like nice.   Trevor Freeman  46:47 And last question, what's something about the energy sector or its future that you're really excited about?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  46:53 I think maybe power to the people I really like, the movement of distributed energy resources. I'm sure there's a limit to it, but I think, I think if we have more responsibility for our own power production, and again, I can see there are limits where it's probably, you know, there's, there's a point where it's too much. I'm all for, for major centralized coordination and the security in the reliability that goes with that. But I think a little bit more on the distributed side would be nice, because I think people would understand energy better. They would they would own it more, and I think our grid would probably increase in its resiliency.   Trevor Freeman  47:37 Yeah, that's definitely something that no matter the topic, it seems, is a part of almost every conversation I have here on the show. It works its way in, and I think that's indicative of the fundamental role that decentralizing our energy production and storage is is already playing and is going to play in the years to come as we kind of tackle this energy transition drove this has been a really great conversation. I appreciate you taking the time to talk to us, and that's great to catch up. Great to chat with you again.   Dr Rupp Carriveau  48:11 Total privilege for me. Trevor, I really appreciate it. Outstanding job.   Trevor Freeman  48:15 Thanks for having me. Yeah, great to chat. Thanks for tuning in to another episode of the thinkenergy podcast, don't forget to subscribe. Wherever you listen to podcasts, and it would be great if you could leave us a review. It really helps to spread the word. As always, we would love to hear from you, whether it's feedback comments or an idea for a show or a guest. You can always reach us at thinkenergy@hydroottawa.com.  

EEI 2025 featured a strong lineup of keynote speakers. In this episode, we share the full keynote conversation between Safra Catz—Oracle's CEO at the time of recording and now executive vice chair of the board—and outgoing EEI Chair Maria Pope, president and CEO of Portland General Electric. Their discussion explores how electric companies and hyperscalers are navigating the era of rising energy demand. Visit the Electric Perspectives website for more coverage of this year's thought leadership forum.

Earlier this summer, EEI welcomed our new president and CEO, Drew Maloney. Drew previously served as president and CEO of the American Investment Council, where he built a reputation for effective industry advocacy and strategic leadership. Prior to that, he was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs.   On this episode, Drew discusses his priorities for EEI, the electric power industry's commitment to providing reliable, affordable energy for customers nationwide, and how the industry is strengthening America's energy dominance. 

This episode is part of our EEI 2025 Highlights series. In this episode, you will hear conversations about demand growth, mission-critical networks, and the intersection of energy and artificial intelligence. The speakers are: Chris Rogers, Partner, Communities, Energy, & Infrastructure, Guidehouse Michelle Fay, Global Energy Providers Practice Leader, Guidehouse Charlie Sanchez, President, Infrastructure Advisory, Black & Veatch Hans Kobler, Founder and Managing Partner, Energy Impact Partners You can also visit EEI's website to read EEI 2025 recap newsletters, see photos from our annual thought leadership forum, and watch videos from some of the keynotes.

This episode is part of our EEI 2025 Highlights series. In this episode, you will hear conversations about keeping costs as low as possible for customers, how drones are enhancing electric company operations, advanced nuclear, and new technologies that are strengthening grid resilience. The speakers are: Mary Sprayregen, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs & Market Development, Oracle Utilities Tom Keefe, Vice Chair and Power, Utilities & Renewables Sector Leader for Deloitte Chris Levesque, President and CEO, TerraPower Duke Austin, President and CEO, Quanta  You can also visit EEI's website to read EEI 2025 recap newsletters, see photos from our annual thought leadership forum, and watch videos from some of the keynotes.

During EEI 2025, Edison International and Southern California Edison (SCE) were recognized as the winners of this year's Edison Award. Fortis Inc. and Wataynikaneyap Power were recognized as the winners of this year's International Edison Award. We were joined live at EEI 2025 by leaders from each company to learn more about their innovative projects. On this episode, Edison International President and CEO Pedro J. Pizarro and Southern California Edison Vice President of Transmission, Substations & Operations Vik Trehan discuss the Advanced Waveform Anomaly Recognition system. Then, Fortis Inc. Executive Vice President of Operations and Technology Gary Smith and Wataynikaneyap Power CEO Margaret Kenequanash talk about the Wataynikaneyap Power Transmission System, which connects 17 rural and remote First Nations communities to the Ontario provincial energy grid.

This episode is part of our EEI 2025 highlights series. We were thrilled to be joined live at our annual thought leadership forum by EEI Chair Calvin Butler, president and CEO of Exelon; Entergy Chair and CEO Drew Marsh; and Entergy Louisiana President and CEO Phillip May. These leaders discussed how America's electric companies are enhancing grid resilience while working to meet the growing demand for electricity. Efforts to keep customer bills as low as possible also were front and center throughout the conference. Visit the Electric Perspectives website to read recaps and see photos from EEI 2025.

In early May, EEI and several energy industry partners, along with organizations that represent firefighters, scientists, tech innovators, and other stakeholders, joined together to form the Partners in Wildfire Prevention coalition. The goal is to advance actionable, evidence-based policy solutions that will make communities and the nation more prepared to handle the growing wildfire threat.  On this episode, EEI Managing Director of Public Affairs Jeff Ostermayer is joined by Partners in Wildfire Prevention Communications Director Chet Wade to discuss the new coalition, federal policy that can support efforts to prevent wildfires, and how we can work together to mitigate wildfire risks and protect vulnerable communities.  Visit the Partners in Wildfire Prevention coalition website to learn more and sign up for updates: https://preventwildfires.org/. This episode also is available on The Current, a podcast produced by EEI's We Stand for Energy platform: https://westandforenergy.com/.

EEI interim President and CEO Pat Vincent-Collawn, who also serves as chairman and CEO of TXNM Energy, has been a leader in the electric power industry for more than 30 years. As one of the longest-serving directors on the EEI board, she has helped to shape EEI's strategy for more than a decade.  On this episode, Vincent-Collawn discusses some of today's most pressing industry issues, including rising demand for electricity, the efforts underway to enhance grid resilience, and our sector's role in strengthening America's energy security. She also discusses how our sector works with new presidential administrations and handles the flurry of executive orders and cabinet appointments that follow inauguration day.  This episode is sponsored by Sense, a company that embeds its software in next-generation smart meters, unlocking real-time insight into the home and grid. Learn more here.

As the energy sector wrestles with decarbonization and digital transformation, AI for utilities has emerged as a potential game-changer. But while AI has generated excitement for years, real-world ROI has often remained elusive. That gap between hype and value is beginning to close. According to IBM's 2024 Enterprise Generative AI report, 64% of CEOs say they face significant pressure from stakeholders to accelerate generative AI adoption, while many energy leaders acknowledge their organizations are still early in the journey. The industry now faces a pivotal moment to either move beyond pilot projects and unlock measurable results or risk falling behind.So, how are utilities starting to realize actual business value from AI, and what does it take to scale beyond experimentation?This episode of Pro AV Today, hosted by Ben Thomas, welcomes back Casey Werth, North American Energy & Utilities Leader at IBM. Together, they unpack the changing AI landscape in energy, explore successful early use cases, and explain how utilities—from major players to rural co-ops—can take the next step in digital transformation.Highlights from the Conversation:AI's ROI Moment: After years of experimentation, utilities are demanding proof. From better load forecasting to smarter maintenance, machine learning and language models are now tied to measurable savings—sometimes in the tens of millions.Beyond the Chatbot: Many utilities started with low-risk deployments, such as internal search tools or customer-facing chat. However, the most impactful use cases often lie deeper in operations, like field ticketing, failure analysis, and demand response modeling.Small Utilities, Big Moves: Rural co-ops like Dairyland Power are proving nimble with AI for utilities, building internal GPTs and blazing trails that some investor-owned utilities haven't yet followed.Casey Werth is the Global General Manager for the Energy Industry at IBM, where he leads efforts to drive energy transition and decarbonization using AI, automation, and enterprise system optimization. He has spent more than a decade at IBM in global leadership roles focused on cloud strategy, sales, and technology development for the energy and utilities sectors. Werth also serves on the Board of Directors for the GridWise Alliance and is a member of several industry organizations and presents at industry forums, such as EEI, DistribuTECH, Cloud for Utilities and others.

InTerConectArt, așa se numește proiectul lansat de colectivul de artiști și psihoterapeuți ai Asociației Entuziart, o invitație la conectare interumană prin terapii expresiv-creative. Pe 6 aprilie, de la ora 15:00 Green Hours Jazz Cafe din București găzduiește o serie de întâmplări care duc mai departe misiunea Entuziart, aceea de a da tuturor posibilitatea ca prin artă să-și cunoască potențialul terapeutic. Vorbim despre art terapie destinată nevăzătorilor, cu actorul Valentin Andrieș. Asociația Entuziart va lansa pe 6 aprilie la Green Hours, doua proiecte artistice InTerConectArt și Ecosisteme Empatice Incluzive - proiecte care subliniază importanța terapeutică a artei, susținând empatia și incluziunea. Evenimentul va reuni trei secțiuni principale: o expoziție de Outsider Art, un tur al instalației senzoriale incluzive „Micul Prinț” și un spectacol de teatru-forum intitulat „Zmeii și Cei-Care-Au-Devenit-Furtună”. Expoziția Outsider Art va putea fi vizitată începând cu ora 17:00 și va aduce în prim-plan lucrări realizate de persoane cu dizabilități, având ca scop celebrarea diversității și creativității. Aceasta va include desene şi picturi realizate de artiştii Ștefan Macovski și Elena Dobrică, ambii implicați în proiecte anterioare de succes ale Asociației Entuziart, de la ateliere de art-terapie din cadrul programului “Emoții prin Culoare și Muzică-IV”, finanțat prin Programul anual Mol pentru Sănătatea Copiilor în perioada 2022-2025, la proiectul „Prin art-terapie către sufletul celor lipsiți de voce”, o expoziție găzduită de Arcub,  Hanul Gabroveni, în care au fost prezentate lucrări de artă psihopatologică realizate de beneficiari ai centrelor DGASPC.  O atracție centrală va fi instalația senzorială „Micul Prinț”, creată pentru a fi explorată prin simțul tactil, ghidat, cu ochii fizici închiși, pentru simți și a "vedea" mai bine cu ochii minții și mai ales ai inimii, frumusețea din lucrările de ceramică realizate de persoane care prin actul creativ transcend întunericul datorat deficiențelor de vedere. Această abordare unică va promova empatia și va contribui la destigmatizarea persoanelor cu dizabilități, oferindu-le ocazia de a-și exprima creativitatea într-un spațiu public apreciat. Piesele din cadrul instalației senzoriale au o poveste aparte care va fi descoperită o dată cu parcurgerea turului. Instalația senzorială va putea fi vizitată între orele 15:00 și 20:00. Evenimentul este deschis publicului larg și este adaptat pentru persoane cu dizabilități motorii sau de vedere. Toți sunt bineveniți să trăiască această experiență artistică incluzivă, iar intrarea este liberă! Proiectul InTerConectArt este co-finanțat de AFCN. Proiectul nu reprezintă în mod necesar poziția Administrației Fondului Cultural Național. AFCN nu este responsabilă de conținutul proiectului sau de modul în care rezultatele proiectului pot fi folosite. Acestea sunt în întregime responsabilitatea beneficiarului finanțării. Totodată, Asociația Entuziart anunță și începerea implementării proiectului EEI! - Ecosisteme Empatice Incluzive, în cadrul Programului SAVE („School Anti-Violence Ecosystem”), coordonat de Fundația World Vision România și cofinanțat de Uniunea Europeană printr-un grant cu valoarea totală de 30.000 de euro, proiect care se va desfășura timp de nouă luni, implicând 6 școli gimnaziale și licee speciale și incluzive din București (Liceul de Nevăzători, Centrul Special de Educație Incluzivă, Școala Gimnazială nr 28, Școala Gimnazială 4, Școala Gimnazială 190 și Școala Gimnazială Ana Lugojana) și două din Timișoara (Școala Gimnazială Sfânta Maria și Colegiul Național Bănățean). Proiectul EEI! - Ecosisteme Empatice Incluzive, își propune să promoveze diversitatea și empatia față de situația vulnerabilă a copiilor cu cerințe educaționale speciale (CES) și nevoi speciale, să dezvolte conștientizare față de nevoile acestora reducând abuzul și hărțuirea provenite din partea comunității prin dezvoltarea comunităților de susținere, cât și să informeze beneficiarii și publicul larg în privința drepturilor copiilor cu CES. Prin tehnici artistice, performative și de teatru-forum, proiectul dorește să contribuie la crearea ecosistemelor empatice și incluzive, adresându-se unui număr de peste 2500 de beneficiari direcți - copii, părinți, profesori și specialiști instituționali.  Spectacolul de teatru-forum „Zmeii și Cei-Care-Au-Devenit-Furtună” va începe la ora 19:00 și este poate cea mai directă și interactivă parte a evenimentului, dizolvând granițele dintre public și actori și creând contextul pentru o poveste provocatoare despre depășirea obstacolelor și revendicarea propriei voci, într-un moment de reflecție și de dialog deschis. Finanțat de Uniunea Europeană. Punctele de vedere și opiniile exprimate aparțin, însă, exclusiv autorului (autorilor) și nu reflectă neapărat punctele de vedere și opiniile Uniunii Europene sau ale Fundației World Vision România. Nici Uniunea Europeană și nici Fundația World Vision România nu pot fi considerate răspunzătoare pentru acestea. Empatia reprezintă condiția de bază, absolut necesară pentru abilitatea de a accepta diferențele și de reducere a prejudecăților. Astfel, proiectele propuse de Asociația Entuziart sunt menite să creeze și faciliteze procese creative pentru a dezvolta toleranța, empatia și înțelegerea, dar și o atitudine proactivă care susține împuternicirea persoanelor vulnerabile din cadrul comunității. Asociația Entuziart este o organizație non-guvernamentală dedicată promovării și sprijinirii persoanelor de orice vârstă și cu orice tip de abilități, prin activități creative și artistice cu scopuri terapeutice. Asociația se implică activ în oferirea de ajutor psihoterapeutic persoanelor din zone defavorizate, colaborând cu şcoli speciale, şcoli de masǎ, spitale de psihiatrie și D.G.A.S.P pentru a extinde accesul la serviciile de art terapie și stabilește parteneriate semnificative cu instituții academice precum Universitatea București, oferind contexte de practică pentru studenții din Facultatea de Psihologie

Israel lanzó una serie de ataques aéreos contra varios puntos de la Franja de Gaza, poniendo fin a un alto al fuego que ya había terminado, pero que se mantenía con endebles prórrogas. En una llamada con Trump, Vladimir Putin acordó detener los ataques contra instalaciones energéticas en Ucrania por 30 días. Sin embargo, Washington y Moscú no pudieron ponerse de acuerdo en otros temas centrales, como los territorios ocupados en Ucrania.Además… La Fiscalía está detrás de “El Sapo”, principal responsable del campo de reclutamiento y exterminio en Jalisco; el Congreso de la CDMX aprobó la prohibición de las corridas de toro con violencia; el secretario de Salud, David Kersenovich, anunció que reforzarán la campaña de vacunación tras brote de sarampión; las acciones de BYD se dispararon por la presentación de de su nuevo sistema de carga “Super E-Platform”; los dos astronautas de la NASA atrapados en el EEI iniciaron su regreso a la Tierra en una cápsula de SpaceX; y Hungría aprobó una reforma para prohibir el Pride. Y para #ElVasoMedioLleno… La imágen de una familia de cuatro leopardos de las nieves, trepando por los acantilados del Parque Nacional Central Karakoram, generó una gran emoción en Pakistán.Para enterarte de más noticias como estas, síguenos en redes sociales. Estamos en todas las plataformas como @telokwento. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greg flexes because when he got to EEI the old heads poo pooed Twitch and Scheim grades Vrabel

Wiggy and Curtis argue who's a better coach: Mazzulla or Ime? // Wiggy says not to worry about the Celtics' recent woes ... // Greg flexes because when he got to EEI the old heads poo pooed Twitch //

Wiggy and Curtis argue who's a better coach: Mazzulla or Ime? // Wiggy says not to worry about the Celtics' recent woes ... // Greg flexes because when he got to EEI the old heads poo pooed Twitch // Courtney can't fathom rooting for the Eagles because their fans are douches // The new Jaguars HC has an all time cringe worthy moment...duuuuvvvaa // The News With Courtney: There are earthquakes in these here hills // Intense discussion over the most popular apps for the Super Bowl // Courtney and Curtis go at it over Curtis' alleged hate for Mazzulla // PSA: Don't use your baby to wipe snow off your windshield // Ty Law joins, says there's no way in hell you can bet against Mahomes // Another "segment of the morning show" from our favorite Hill Mailer .. // Wiggy doesn't like the bye week before the Super Bowl //

Protecting the nation's energy grid is a top priority for America's electric companies, and the electric power industry leads several initiatives to safeguard the grid from any potential threats and hazards. This episode explores Edison Electric Institute's (EEI's) Culture of Security initiative, which is comprised of a few different programs to help electric companies collaborate and share best practices, including a peer review to assess security culture.  On this episode, EEI Managing Director of Cyber and Infrastructure Security David Batz and EEI Senior Director of Cyber and Infrastructure Security Kaitlin Brennan discuss the Culture of Security initiative and others led by our industry, as well as our partnerships with federal agencies to enhance sector-wide resilience to both cyber and physical security threats. 

On this episode of The Current, we connected with Kregg Arntson, Executive Director of the Portland General Electric Foundation. He leads Project Zero, an initiative to inspire the next generation to explore clean energy challenges in the greater Portland community. Since 2020, they have shown more than 175K students how to combat climate change, earning them the EEI's 2024 Corporate Citizen Program award.Participants:Kristine Telford, Executive Director of External Affairs, EEI – ModeratorKregg Arntson, Executive Director Portland General Electric Foundation

Dan Brouillette, Donald Trump's former Energy secretary, abruptly exited from his role as the CEO of the powerful Edison Electric Institute after less than a year. POLITICO's Zack Colman and Catherine Morehouse break down Brouillette's tense exit and fallout for him and EEI. Plus, a major renewable energy developer has canceled its plans to develop three solar projects with Hawaiian Electric, the largest utility in the state.  Catherine Morehouse is an energy reporter for POLITICO.  Zack Colman covers climate change for POLITICO.  Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.  Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.  Annie Rees is the managing producer for audio at POLITICO. Gloria Gonzalez is the deputy energy editor for POLITICO.  Matt Daily is the energy editor for POLITICO. For more news on energy and the environment, subscribe to Power Switch, our free evening newsletter: https://www.politico.com/power-switch And for even deeper coverage and analysis, read our Morning Energy newsletter by subscribing to POLITICO Pro: https://subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter-archive/morning-energy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode: We discuss the list of dividend paying stocks from the PSE with ex-dates this November 2024. A couple of the companies paying dividends are Ayala, Cirtek, Double Dragon, Security Bank, EEI, RFM, and many more.

● El paso del huracán John generó caos en diferentes regiones de México, especialmente en Acapulco. Guerrero, que aún no se recupera del huracán Otis, sufrió inundaciones y consecuencias graves por este fenómeno climático. Las autoridades están tomando cartas en el asunto, de hecho, Claudia Sheinbaum aseguró que un día después de asumir la presidencia se reunirá con la gobernadora del Estado para analizar la situación y planificar estratégias. ● A lo largo del fin de semana, las tensiones en Medio Oriente siguieron creciendo. El viernes, el líder de Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, fue asesinado por un ataque de las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel, y a lo largo del fin de semana llevaron a cabo más ataques sobre Líbano y contra la milicia houthi en Yemen, que lleva semanas atacando los barcos que cruzan por el Mar Rojo.● Además... Comenzaron a llegar los presidentes que asistirán a la toma de protesta de Sheinbaum; el colectivo Culiacán Valiente convocó a una marcha por la paz; 48 migrantes siguen desaparecidos tras un naufragio cerca de las Islas Canarias; Y la misión de SpaceX para rescatar a dos astronautas de la EEI fue lanzada con éxito.● Y para #ElVasoMedioLleno... Como parte del Pacto Entre Medios, queremos platicarte de Mario Romero, quien lleva años trabajando como emprendedor social para transformar a su comunidad y ayudar a proyectos emergentes.● Para enterarte de más noticias como estas, síguenos en nuestras redes sociales. Estamos en todas las plataformas como @telokwento. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

EEI 2024 featured a lineup of exceptional keynote speakers. On this episode, you'll hear the full-length EEI 2024 keynote conversation between NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang and former EEI Chair Pedro J. Pizarro, president and CEO of Edison International. They discussed how NVIDIA's pioneering work to advance AI and quantum computing has, in part, driven a significant growth in electricity demand, and how electric companies are partnering with companies like NVIDIA to meet that growing demand. You also can watch the keynote on EEI's YouTube channel.

This episode is part of our EEI 2024 highlights series. In this episode, you will hear conversations about topics including building North America's hydrogen backbone, developing the next-generation workforce, and cybersecurity in supply chains. Plus, you'll hear from EEI President and CEO Dan Brouillette about his experience at the conference. The speakers are: Guidehouse Partner and Solutions Lead Michelle Fay and Guidehouse Partner and Energy Providers Segment Lead Dan Hahn, Quanta President and CEO Duke Austin, and Susan Herman, Industrial Cybersecurity Strategic Development Lead, Black and Veatch You can also visit EEI's website to read EEI 2024 recap newsletters, see photos from our annual thought leadership forum, and watch videos from some of the keynotes.

As the maritime industry faces increasing pressure to reduce carbon emissions and align with global sustainability targets, AXA XL's EEI offers a unique insurance solution. Their new product is designed to cover the additional carbon emissions that result from fortuitous events like course deviations to a port of refuge or repairs, by providing indemnity in the form of voluntary carbon credits. We will explore how this insurance product integrates with traditional marine insurance offerings, the process of calculating and verifying carbon credits, and the impact of regulatory changes on the demand for EEI. Hanna will also share insights into the challenges and future developments in the field of carbon offsetting within the shipping industry.

his week, EEI's Electric Perspectives Podcast and The Current are partnering for an episode to discuss the impacts of Hurricane Beryl and the tremendous restoration efforts that are underway. On this episode, you'll hear from StormGeo Meteorologist Justin Petrutsas — who is based in the Houston area— and Scott Aaronson, EEI Senior Vice President of Security and Preparedness, about the intensity of this hurricane as well the complex work that is underway to safely restore power to impacted customers.

This week, EEI's Electric Perspectives Podcast and The Current are partnering for an episode to discuss the impacts of Hurricane Beryl and the tremendous restoration efforts that are underway. On this episode, you'll hear from StormGeo Meteorologist Justin Petrutsas — who is based in the Houston area— and Scott Aaronson, EEI Senior Vice President of Security and Preparedness, about the intensity of this hurricane as well the complex work that is underway to safely restore power to impacted customers.

This episode is part of our EEI 2024 highlights series. In this episode, you will hear conversations about topics including clean energy technologies, opportunities for collaboration created by AI, building system resilience, distribution transformation, and more. The speakers are: Hans Kobler, Founder and Managing Partner, Energy Impact Partners, Creighton Oyler, Oracle Senior Vice President and General Manager  Paul Enoda, Founder and Chief Policy and Global Affairs Officer, ENODA, and Martin Stansbury, Deloitte US Power, Utilities & Renewables Risk & Financial Advisory Leader  You can also visit EEI's website to read EEI 2024 recap newsletters and see photos from our annual thought leadership forum.

La NASA ha vuelto a retrasar el regreso a casa de dos astronautas de la Estación Espacial Internacional. ¿Qué es lo que está sucediendo? Hablamos con el ex astronauta José Hernández para que nos explique.Se supone que Barry  Wilmore y Sunita Williams pasarían una semana en la EEI a la que llegaron a bordo de la nave Starliner. sin embargo tras tres semanas en la estación, su regreso a casa volvió a ser retrasado por problemas con el sistema de propulsión.¿Qué está sucediendo? ¿Corren peligro los astronautas?

Conoce uno de los centros astronómicos más antiguos del mundo, situado en el Vaticano bajo protección del Papa Francisco. Escucha además la anécdota del simulacro en la EEI, la cultura espacial de la Música de las esferas, y el desafío de este episodio. Escríbeme a: laika.podcast@gmail.com Sígueme en instagram: @laika.podcast Consulta aquí las fuentes de este episodio:  https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/frdo26ljnc02g7sh3h7nn/EPs-219-LOS-JESUITAS-DEL-OSSERVATORE-ASTRONOMICO-VATICANO.docx?rlkey=b2fsu62k4v2m5cunn5982ggwd&dl=0

Energy companies are working with their technology partners to gain insights and leverage data to make their operations more efficient and to enhance customer programs through AI. On this episode, Maria Kretzing, vice president and general manager of electric vehicles and analytics at Bidgely, and Andrew Barrington, products and services manager at Avista, discuss some of the fascinating ways Avista is working with Bidgely to optimize and streamline its operations. This episode is sponsored by Bidgely, the company that provides AI platforms that revolutionize grid management and customer engagement for energy companies. Want to hear more about AI use in our industry? Be sure to register for EEI 2024, which takes place June 18-20 at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas!

Summary In this episode, hosts Carolina De La Rosa Mateo and Vidhya Shanker ask, “why evaluation?” We wonder if evaluation can be a site of resistance against racial/gendered capitalism, when capital developed evaluation to support its interests and continues to control the means and ends of knowledge production. Can evaluators renounce capitalism and positivism to organize against exploitation alongside the working class? Can we refuse to take EEI, DEI, CRE, GEDI, CRT, etc. for granted and change the structure of the knowledge economy? Episode 2 transcript Notes 19:45: Access to the written word provides an advantage only in hierarchical systems that devalue oral traditions and non-written languages and knowledge to justify the displacement of entire bodies of knowledge and ways of knowing and the corresponding domination of entire peoples who are portrayed as primitive or unfit to govern themselves 20:30: (Vidhya's elaboration) Tamil language and culture predate Sanskrit and what people now call Hinduism. But the language that brahmins typically claim is Sanskrit. Though no longer spoken, Sanskrit is still used within Hindu hegemony in much the same way that Latin and Greek are used within European hegemony: to provide authority and legitimacy to specific ideas and practices and to discredit others. 23:15: The only time that there is not an adversarial relationship between workers and management is when workers are management, as in self-governed cooperatives 47:06: There is also ⁠the stereotype⁠ that Asians only like numbers—⁠cultivated largely through the 1965 Immigration Act⁠ 47:47: While this happened in 2020, Vidhya meant the 2016 elections References Rodríguez, D. (2016). ⁠The Political Logic of the Non-Profit Industrial Complex⁠. Scholar and Feminist Online—Navigating Neoliberalism in the Academy, Nonprofits, and Beyond, 13.2. ⁠Seizing the Means of Knowledge Production⁠ (6,000-word blog entry) ⁠How Environmentalism was Separated from Class Politics⁠ (60-min video of a Jacobin talk by Matt Huber) ⁠The Professional-Managerial Class⁠ (2-hr video of a Jacobin talk with ⁠Catherine Liu⁠) ⁠The Dialectic of Enlightenment⁠ (25-min video) How Europe Under-developed Africa: 50 years since its publication⁠ (2-hr video about Walter Rodney's activist scholarship) Vidhya's understanding is based on personal communication over time with Justin Laing of ⁠Hillombo Consulting⁠ ⁠Why Marx was Right: Alienation⁠ (25-min video) How Capitalism Absorbs Anticapitalism⁠ (15-min video) ⁠West India Emancipation⁠, speech delivered at Canandaigua, New York, August 3, 1857 “Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them” (p. 139 of Assata: An autobiography, 1987; Lawrence Hill) Marshall, A. G. (2015). ⁠Black Liberation and the Foundations of Social Control⁠. The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 74(4), 775–795. Delgado, R. (2009.) ⁠Explaining the Rise and Fall of African-American Fortunes: Interest Convergence and Civil Rights Gains⁠. Harvard Civil Rights—Civil Liberties Law Review, 37: 369–387. Kohl-Arenas, E. (2015). ⁠The Self-Help Myth: Towards a Theory of Philanthropy as Consensus Broker⁠. The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 74(4), 796–825. The ⁠MN IBPOC in Evaluation Community of Praxis⁠ Facebook group ⁠The Frankfurt School, Student Radicalism & Anti-Communism⁠ (75-min podcast by Unequal Exchange with ⁠Gabriel Rockhill⁠) ⁠The Frankfurt School: From a Failed Revolution to Critical Theory⁠ (25-min video) ⁠A place for solitude, community & healing for attendees who identify as Indigenous, Black, and People of Color (IBPOC) at Evaluation 2019!⁠ (AEA365 Blog post from 2019) Music “Inspired” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Contact us Website: ⁠https://themay13group.net⁠ LinkedIn: Carolina: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/carodela⁠ Vidhya: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/vidhyashanker

In April, EEI hosted its Spring Transmission, Distribution, Metering, and Mutual Assistance Conference. The conference's keynote panel focused on AI, datacenters, and how electric companies are meeting the explosive growth for electricity demand to power these innovative, industry-transforming technologies. EEI Senior Vice President of Security and Preparedness Scott Aaronson moderated the panel, which featured Alan Bradshaw, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Dominion Energy; Ariel Horowitz, Deputy Director, Grid Deployment Office, U.S. Department of Energy; and Chris Crosby, CEO, Compass Datacenters. Want to hear more about AI and datacenters from an industry perspective? You won't want to miss EEI 2024, which takes place June 18-20 at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Visit eei.org/2024 for more information and to register.

EEI will host the 40th Annual Business Diversity Conference in mid-May. For more on the history of the conference and diverse supplier partnerships, listen to our April episode, "Leading the Charge on Business Diversity," to hear from Charlotte Blount-Lewis, a former EEI employee who helped lead efforts to establish business diversity programs during her tenure from 1982 to 1997. She was in conversation with EEI Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer, and Chief Human Resources Officer Courtney Peterson.   On this episode, Georgia Power Distribution Manager Michelle Fuqua, Young Management President and CEO Brandon Young, and Pierce Powerline CEO Michele Pierce highlight how industry partnerships with diverse suppliers are evolving and thriving and the impact of these partnerships in their companies and in the communities they serve. Brandon and Michele also share their advice for fellow diverse business owners and discuss how they are supporting electric companies and their key priorities, like enhancing grid resilience and bolstering clean energy deployment.

In mid-April, EEI International Programs hosted the Global Electrification Forum (GEF), which brings together EEI's domestic and international member companies, industry experts, and thought leaders from around the world. This conference is dedicated to addressing the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing the electrification of our society. This year's event featured a line-up of distinguished speakers, and on this episode, you'll hear from a few. Dr. Lawrence Jones, EEI senior vice president of international programs, will talk more about the GEF. Then, we'll hear from Nigel Barbour, CEO of Orion Group (New Zealand); Peter O' Shea, Head of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs at ESB (Ireland); and Greg Jackson, CEO of Octopus Energy (England), about innovation, powering economies, electric transportation, and more. Want to see the sessions for yourself? All the GEF programming recordings are available now through the conference registration portal.

Charlotte Blount-Lewis worked at EEI from 1982 and 1997 and helped lead the charge to develop industry business diversity programs and helped organize the first Business Diversity Conference, which continues to bring together electric companies and diverse suppliers, in 1984. Today, electric companies spend billions of dollars per year on diverse suppliers, including businesses owned by minorities, women, and veterans. We celebrate these partnerships and the important roles these suppliers play in helping electric companies safely operate 24/7, 365 days a year.   On this episode, EEI Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer, and Chief Human Resources Officer Courtney Peterson leads a conversation with Charlotte, who reflects on the origins of the business diversity programs, the key partnerships that contributed to these important efforts, the lessons that that today's suppliers can learn from the experiences of those pioneering efforts of the 1980s, and more. 

Blind Mike and Tim in Canton are in studio as Tim talks to Kirk about having recently lost his job. (08:00) Tim seeks work in the KMS world by offering to be Kirk's body double. (10:50) Kirk breaks down the EEI rumors and reveals that it is looking like a Rich and Gresh show is in the works. (23:20) Mut was not able to be in because he was down with the shingles. (27:20) Steve Robinson is trying to bring down Janet Mills' brother in recent updates from The Maine Wire. (36:20) P. Diddy is on the run. (39:45) Coleman struggles with the correct pronunciation of vehemently. (45:10) Robert Kraft is also not a fan of The Dynasty documentary. (51:40) Tim brought in gifts for everyone. (58:00) Old school porn talk. (01:09:20) Shohei Ohtani has hired the best crisis PR firm in the business. (01:14:40) Kirk gives his thoughts of Jeremy Allen White potentially playing Bruce Springsteen. (01:18:10) Brianna Chickenfry got to meet Bruce Springsteen, and Kirk has not. (01:21:00) Cullinane made it on TMZ. (01:27:30) Zach Hinkley is releasing a new album. (01:29:20) Alex Bennett followed up on her Nancy Pelosi take. (01:32:50) Kirk imagines what it would be like if Kirk met others from Barstool. (02:36:35) The Greg Hill Show struggles to understand ratings and numbers in general. (01:41:30) Tim makes an announcement that he will be doing a how to save money show with Blind Mike's Daddy. (01:43:13) The Drips are back discussing parking and root canals. (01:45:35) Carrabis talked about how he introduced podcasting to Kirk on Baseball is Dead. (01:48:05) Pardon The Interruption. (01:56:45) Kirk wonders if Mut or Jeff hate Coleman more. (02:00:10) Tim has more last minute notes. (02:01:20). Kirk thinks the new Road House movie is horrible. (02:06:20) Kirk thought Nate's speed dating show was not funny. (02:17:45) Kirk remembers his prep school therapist. (02:19:05) Portland talk.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/kminshow

Blind Mike and Cinema Lord is in studio as Kirk wonders if Shane Gillis will actually be in the next Tarantino movie. (4:50) Menners is seeking legal advice to reclaim Mike and The Minifans. (9:05) There was controversy at the end of the Winchester/St. John's Prep title game, and Cullinane is nowhere to be found. (10:20) Cullinane calls in. (15:40) Minifans, Ryders, Jerry's Army, and the rest of the internet unite against Kevin Connolly. (21:00) Recapping Gus' St. Paddy's Day party. (29:20) Gus calls in to discuss his elaborate lie about his new job. (40:20) Kirk reached out to Rico following his suspension from Portnoy. (45:00) Justin doesn't understand what there is to do in Ireland. (52:30) Kirk still can't believe Steve's Miltons bit from Friday's show and calls the Burlington Mall's security. (1:00:00) Tim Ridgolds confused Kevin Connolly with Sean Astin and has vanished from Twitter in the process. (01:12:50) Kirk checks in on how the weight loss challenge is going. (01:36:00) Blind Mike thought he was a top talent at EEI on Pat Gilroy's show in 2018. (01:42:40) The Consistency Podcast debuted on KMSN. (01:47:40) The annual St. Patrick's Day Breakfast had a panel of DunQueens. (01:57:08) Dropkick Murphys were overly political this St. Paddy's Day. (02:02:05) Justin will be eating 10 Olive Garden breadsticks for dinner. (02:04:50) Mike weighs in on Steve's racist BBQ debate. (02:07:30) There will be an all-female Celtics broadcast tonight. (02:11:30) Justin gave up on The Sopranos halfway through the first season.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/kminshow

“It's hard to play a good game when you have been served weak cards”. This is the perennial challenge of Japan when it comes to the Energy Transition. And the game is getting harder when your two main choices, nuclear and hydrogen, are proving extremely costly in a world of cheap renewables.How robust is a business model based on a protected internal market with high margins and limited competition allowing Japan Inc. to expand abroad at super competitive prices, but stifling innovation and diversification? Japan is “Prisoner of its geography” (to quote Tim Marshall); thankfully its answer has been a world class level of engineering allowing to partially overcome its shortcomings.And Gerard, during his recent trip to Japan, has witnessed some extraordinary achievements in the energy transition in the downstream sector, with extreme energy efficiency, retail innovations, and digital developments.We have the pleasure to welcome Shuichiro Kawamura, who heads one of the rare investments' funds focusing on the Energy Transition. Established in 2006, Energy & Environment Investment (EEI) is Japan's first VC firm solely dedicated to the energy and environment sectors. They support startups with innovative technologies and services in this space, aiming to drive sustainable growth and positive global impact. As of Q1_24, the AUM of EEI is around US$500MM, with more than 130 portfolio companies. There is no easy formula in Japan. Only the smarts will survive.We thank our friends and partners AQUILA CAPITAL for supporting our show.

Blind Mike and Mut are in studio as Justin relaxes too hard. (3:24) Klemmer went on KFC Radio after his solitary confinement stream. (16:56) Getroman has returned. (27:18) Julie DiCaro appeared on the Dan Le Betard show. (37:08) Menners is no longer appearing on Thursday's show. (29:18) Mut discusses his new favorite show, Drips In The Office. (41:38) Mut took money from his dad. (43:58) Mut gives an update on the potential show with Cullinane. (44:58) Mut gives his take on the Minifan clones. (48:53) Gus is having a St. Patrick's Day party. (55:18) Mut gave up jerking off again for Lent. (59:58) Mut reviews his recent reads. (01:04:00) John Hinckley Jr. had to cancel another one of his concerts. (01:14:58) Kirk has concerns for Portland. (01:19:00) Mut previews EEI talk on this week's MutStack. (01:23:00) Intern Josh is back on Timeout Talks. (01:50:58) Mut is all in on a new podcast, Let's Chat with Kat and Pat.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/kminshow

Kirk is back in studio with Blind Mike and Steve from Glosta after feeling under the weather. (2:00) Kirk questions if Kate Middleton is dead. (4:24) Justin went to jury duty. (7:50) Steve texted Kirk about bringing The Consistency Podcast to The Kirk Minihane Show Network. (12:25) Justin is sensitive after going at it with the Mt. Kirkmore guys. (20:25) Deadspin dies yet again. (22:30) Ohio's Tate is already sensitive and deleting tweets. (23:20) Kirk recaps Klemmer's stream. (27:00) Steve from Glosta gives an update. (29:30) Kirk gives his thoughts on the Oscars. (31:45) Ben Mintz calls in. (35:50) Steve goes through his notes. (38:45) EEI's ratings are abysmally low. (43:20) Kirk tries to name 20 Boston radio stations. (50:30) Gerry is back. (56:04) Big Cat and Rico went at it on The Rundown. (01:15:50) ESPN Cleveland stole the Jim Thome challenge. (01:19:18) Feitelberg doesn't like the assumption that Barstool NY doesn't work. (01:33:08) Ryan Reynolds is in the phone business. (01:39:10) Turtleboy wrote a rap song. (01:41:30) Steve asks Kirk about his favorite Woody Allen movies. (01:44:20) Recapping The Justins. (01:49:43) Mike reveals that Getroman has passed away. (02:10:15) Remembering Mike Violette.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/kminshow

On this episode of The Current, our guests discuss the state of electric transportation in the U.S. Joining us are Kellen Schefter, Senior Director of Electric Transportation at EEI, and Scott Barrios, Manager of Electric Mobility at Entergy.

Mut and Mick are in Studio. (8:00) Lou Merloni returns to the afternoon drive timeslot at EEI. (10:36) The Consistency Podcast returns to its roots. (15:00) Mut explains his relationship with Kane (33:30) Mick is jealous of Harry Minihane wanting to take over the show. (34:00) We learn of Mick's issues with his brother. (40:00) The New York office needs to stop acting soft. (43:00) Mick's brother Al joins the show to tell his side of the story. (1:03:15) New charges have been filed against Turtleboy. (1:03:15) Chris Russo says Shaq is not a top 5 center. (1:14:30) A new song is submitted by Drizzy. (1:18:50) Mut announces who would make his 1st Team All Minihane. (1:21:00) Gus claims he wrote "Cullinane" as a topic and not "Christmas." (1:44:00) Calls.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/kminshow

Gran infografía sobre GPTs / Gobierno francés se prohíbe usar WhatsApp / Robot abre puertas con las ruedas / El metro de Quito es idéntico al de Madrid / China completa su estación espacial Patrocinador: Si no tienes aún instalado miBP en tu Android o iPhone estás perdiendo dinero. Puedes ahorrar hasta 20 céntimos por litro repostando carburante BP Ultimate con tecnología Active, cada vez que bepeas con tu móvil. Es fácil: muestras tu app gratuita al pagar y recibes el ahorro al instante. — Porque ahora la tarjeta de miBP es mucho mejor, todos a Bepear al máximo este otoño. Gran infografía sobre GPTs / Gobierno francés se prohíbe usar WhatsApp / Robot abre puertas con las ruedas / El metro de Quito es idéntico al de Madrid / China completa su estación espacial

Elon quiere la GPU de tu Tesla / Aviones espía para encontrar tesoros / ESA + SpaceLab / Aerotaxis en Nueva York / Nvidia sorprende con las nuevas H200 Patrocinador: Si eres autónomo o una pequeña empresa, ya sabes que necesitas contar con los mejores. Por eso Vodafone Business presenta la nueva tarifa Negocio a Medida. Tendrás fibra de 600 Megas y dos líneas de móvil 5G, y servicio de reparación y sustitución de dispositivos por tan solo 54,54€/mes más IVA. Elon quiere la GPU de tu Tesla / Aviones espía para encontrar tesoros / ESA + SpaceLab / Aerotaxis en Nueva York / Nvidia sorprende con las nuevas H200

El G-SHOCK de Casio será único / Puedes ver la bolsa perdida por astronautas / Centrales nucleares para los GPTs / Cielos despejados para las redes neuronales / Chats estilo Discord en WhatsApp Patrocinador: Si eres autónomo o una pequeña empresa, ya sabes que necesitas contar con los mejores. Por eso Vodafone Business presenta la nueva tarifa Negocio a Medida. Tendrás fibra de 600 Megas y dos líneas de móvil 5G, y servicio de reparación y sustitución de dispositivos por tan solo 54,54€/mes más IVA. El G-SHOCK de Casio será único / Puedes ver la bolsa perdida por astronautas / Centrales nucleares para los GPTs / Cielos despejados para las redes neuronales / Chats estilo Discord en WhatsApp ⌚ Casio consigue registrar la forma del mítico reloj G-SHOCK. Es inconfundible desde hace 40 años, y ahora literalmente tiene una protección legal especial por parte del gobierno japonés: un híbrido de marca registrada (pero tridimensional) y patente, que muy pocos productos consiguen. — Nadie podrá fabricar nada remotamente parecido.

Peticiones emocionales a GPTs / Gran radiografía de smartphones en España / Tocando el techo de emisiones de CO2 / Estación Espacial más allá de 2030 / Google Maps evita escaleras Patrocinador: El proyecto CRECE de Cruz Roja es una nueva iniciativa para luchar contra la soledad no deseada. Es un proyecto innovador desde el punto de vista tecnológico y social, con el objetivo de diseñar y probar nuevos métodos de ayuda social que eviten la institucionalización. — Si te encuentras en esta situación, quieres colaborar o ser voluntario, apúntate. Peticiones emocionales a GPTs / Gran radiografía de smartphones en España / Tocando el techo de emisiones de CO2 / Estación Espacial más allá de 2030 / Google Maps evita escaleras

ESA y NASA avanzan con sus naves reutilizables / Arm invierte en Raspberry / Geotermia en los aparcamientos / Dominios .ING / Los drones se rinden en Ucrania Patrocinador: El proyecto CRECE de Cruz Roja es una nueva iniciativa para luchar contra la soledad no deseada. Es un proyecto innovador desde el punto de vista tecnológico y social, con el objetivo de diseñar y probar nuevos métodos de ayuda social que eviten la institucionalización. — Si te encuentras en esta situación, quieres colaborar o ser voluntario, apúntate. ESA y NASA avanzan con sus naves reutilizables / Arm invierte en Raspberry / Geotermia en los aparcamientos / Dominios .ING / Los drones se rinden en Ucrania ⚡ Proponen utilizar los aparcamientos subterráneos para energía geotérmica. Académicos alemanes calculan que los coches que aparcan en los subsótanos de edificios, calientan el agua subterránea de sus alrededores por su mera presencia. Suficiente energía para 15.000 hogares en Berlín.

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