Grid Forward Chats Podcast
1) Season 6 Finale — The Benefits of AI Technologies on Grid Modernization
In this season 6 finale, Luis D’Acosta, CEO of Uplight, recaps this season’s podcast highlights with a rapid-fire discussion with Bryce. They discuss: Providing solutions through AI technologies to...Show More
2) AI Impacts for a Resilient Grid with Duke Energy, NextEra and PG&E
On the first day of the GridFWD 2025 event, leadership from some of the nation’s largest and most AI-engaged utilities joined a panel to tell our audience about their acceleration of AI use cases. Jas...Show More
3) Utilizing Dynamic Line Rating to Increase Reliability and Reduce Costs
Dynamic line rating (DLR) is a Grid Enhancing Technology (GET) that measures the impact of ambient conditions on the carrying capacity of a grid. When DLR is employed network wide, it improves asset u...Show More
4) Weighing Solutions to Increase Flexibility on the Grid
Increasing flexibility on the electric grid is necessary as demand and capacity requirements rapidly rise. Diversifying generation portfolios with emerging technologies is a good start, and significan...Show More
5) Analyzing Data Center Flexibility to Meet Growing Power Demands
Power demand from data centers is clearly increasing faster than current electric infrastructure and markets can accommodate. Therefore, data centers and grid operators are exploring one workaround: f...Show More
6) Powering Texas: Grid Growth, Resilience & Innovation
In this episode of Grid Forward Forum, host Bryce Yonker speaks with Rudy Garza (CPS Energy) and David Naylor (Rayburn Electric) about the urgent challenges and innovations in the Texas energy sector....Show More
7) How State Energy Offices Are Tackling Load Growth, Affordability and Resilience on the Grid
State energy offices have a delicate balancing act in leading policy, tracking market signals, and encouraging economic development. All that is harder now that load growth is accelerating. David Terr...Show More
8) Supply Chain Constraints on the Grid - And What Needs to Improve
Since 2020, supply chain shortages have delayed the progress of necessary grid infrastructure improvements. Consolidation in the industry means fewer vendors are available which drives up prices, exte...Show More
9) Scientific Discovery and Commercial Acceleration of Advanced Grid Solutions at PNNL
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) draws on signature fundamental capabilities to advance scientific discovery, improve energy resiliency, and enhance national security. On this podcast epi...Show More
Scientific Discovery and Commercial Acceleration of Advanced Grid Solutions at PNNL
34:32 | Jun 18th, 2025
10) Hardening America’s Electric Grid—An Overview of the 2025 ASCE Infrastructure Report
Energy infrastructure received a grade of D+ in the 2025 Report for America’s Infrastructure, published by American Society of Civil Engineers. Bryce Yonker discusses why the energy sector received a ...Show More
Hardening America’s Electric Grid—An Overview of the 2025 ASCE Infrastructure Report
30:14 | May 19th, 2025