{"podcast":{"title":"Energy Gang","slug":"energy-gang-887131","podcast_index_feed_id":887131,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/the-energy-gang","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/the-energy-gang","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/eb/77/cd/8a/eb77cd8a-67ce-411b-bf0e-c526711bc1aa/3c13de2a603359e3c72edb66785394ca3cd8d31691034f741cce62e4014c8c528ce94e6791256bba4882574c2084270cc5b6d84e7d332025e5434515d4927872.jpeg","author":"Wood Mackenzie","episode_count":579,"summary":"Covering breaking news in clean tech, going deep on global energy policy, and debating the levers that need to move to accelerate the energy transition. Energy Gang is the podcast covering clean energy technology, renewable energy, and the environment. The world of clean energy moves fast, and you need a reliable source to stay on top of the news that matters. You’ll find it on Wood Mackenzie’s Energy Gang . How will changes to the US government affect decarbonisation and energy security? When will hydrogen, nuclear and carbon capture deploy at scale? Where’s the money for the energy transition green finance coming from and how much more is needed? What’s the outlook for EVs? What are the energy predictions for solar energy? What's the latest on climate change? Get answers to questions like these, bi-weekly on Tuesdays at 7am ET. Plus, get special live episodes recorded at the biggest climate and energy events throughout the year, like COP30 and Climate Week NYC. Don’t worry if you can’t make it in person, Energy Gang brings you all the updates on energy policy, energy finance and energy innovation you need to hear. Energy Gang is presented by Wood Mackenzie and hosted by Ed Crook…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T18:23:06.292646+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/energy-gang-887131"},"episode":{"title":"How US utilities are adapting to a high-growth world for power demand. 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Data centres, electrification, and reshoring of manufacturing are driving a surge in demand that is stronger that anything that anyone currently working in the industry has yet seen in their professional lifetimes. The question of which market and regulatory structures are needed to respond to this new and fast-changing world is now at the centre of the policy debate. Host Ed Crooks is joined by Drew Maloney, President and CEO of the Edison Electric Institute, the trade body representing America's investor-owned utilities, which together serve more than 70 per cent of the US population. Drew argues that the current moment is exposing a fundamental divide in the US power system: vertically integrated, regulated utilities can plan generation, transmission, and distribution over 20-year horizons, while competitive markets like PJM are struggling to send the investment signals needed to get new power plants built. The conversation starts with one of the hottest topics in US politics: affordability and household electricity bills. There are some misconceptions about electricity bills that have gained traction with the American public. Drew points to EEI research showing that 34 states have kept increases in electricity rates below general consumer price inflation over the past five years. And he adds that the states where prices are rising fastest tend to be in deregulated markets, where capacity costs are climbing but no new generation is being built. Ed draws on the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's 2025 study of electricity bills and data centres ( You can read that study here .). That study found that demand growth alone did not explain rising bills, and that the drivers vary significantly by regi…","meta_description":"The era of stagnant electricity demand in the US is over. 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