{"podcast":{"title":"Energy Evolution","slug":"energy-evolution-890919","podcast_index_feed_id":890919,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/228500/destinations/1681160.xml","website_url":"https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/5/f/d/85fd2d008a71c0bc16c3140a3186d450/EE_Updated.png","author":"S&P Global Energy","episode_count":365,"summary":"Interviews, analysis and reporting from S&P Global Energy on energy and commodities' transition to a cleaner future. Host Eklavya Gupte speaks with policymakers, industry professionals and S&P Global Energy in-house experts worldwide on topics related to decarbonization, climate, emerging fuels and energy sources, and the outlook for commodity markets from oil to power to metals. The Energy Evolution podcast merged with the Platts Future Energy podcast in January 2025.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-08T16:21:27.396488+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/energy-evolution-890919"},"episode":{"title":"Balcony solar and EVs are giving consumers a greater role in grid flexibility","slug":"balcony-solar-and-evs-are-giving-consumers-a-greater-role-in-grid-flexibility","published_at":"2026-08-18T10:57:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/energy-evolution-890919/balcony-solar-and-evs-are-giving-consumers-a-greater-role-in-grid-flexibility","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/energy-evolution-890919","url":"https://batterymetals.libsyn.com/balcony-solar-and-evs-are-giving-consumers-a-greater-role-in-grid-flexibility","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/batterymetals/18082026_Balcony_solar_and_EVs_are_giving_consumers_a_greater_role_in_grid_flexibility.mp3?dest-id=1681160","summary":"Balcony or \"plug-in\" solar is rapidly gaining popularity, as it gives consumers who might not have easy access to distributed solar generation a straightforward way to deploy the technology and begin saving on their power bills. Meanwhile, as drivers transition to electric vehicles, the possibility of deploying the batteries as a flexible grid resource hooked up to bidirectional chargers is also growing. These new technologies are allowing residential utility customers to take greater control over their electricity consumption and spending. But wider adoption has implications for grid safety and reliability, and several states are already moving to regulate and manage the addition of these resources. In this episode, Dan Testa discusses these issues with Kirsten Errick , an S&P Global Energy reporter who covers renewables. Kirsten interviews Cora Stryker , co-founder of Bright Saver, a plug-in solar company, and Aseem Kapur , chief revenue officer at GM Energy.","meta_description":"Balcony or \"plug-in\" solar is rapidly gaining popularity, as it gives consumers who might not have easy access to distributed solar generation a straightf…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2539,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/energy-evolution-890919/episodes/balcony-solar-and-evs-are-giving-consumers-a-greater-role-in-grid-flexibility/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/energy-evolution-890919/balcony-solar-and-evs-are-giving-consumers-a-greater-role-in-grid-flexibility.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}