Episode 200: We Reflect on the Biggest Changes in Energy

Energy Gang

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🗓️ 29 September 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

When we first hit the record button four years ago, the energy landscape looked very different. Oil prices were above $90 per barrel. Utilities were only just starting to take distributed resources seriously as grid assets. Coal was still on the upswing globally. There was great uncertainty around a global climate deal. And Donald Trump was still two years away from announcing his presidential campaign. For our 200th episode of The Energy Gang, we'll reflect on the biggest changes we saw coming -- and didn't see coming -- since the podcast started. Before we reflect back, we'll start the show with a conversation about Puerto Rico. The U.S. territory is facing unspeakable devastation after Hurricanes Irma and Maria -- made worse by a bankrupt utility and an American government slow to send help. What do we know about the scope of the commonwealth’s energy problems post-hurricane? This podcast is sponsored by Mission Solar Energy, a solar module manufacturer based in San Antonio, Texas. You can find out more about Mission’s American-made, high-power modules at missionsolar.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, a few words before we get talking. This is our 200th episode of the Energy Gang.
0:06.0	We say it all the time, but we can't say it enough. Thank you for listening.
0:09.0	Some of you have been with us from the very beginning, many of you are a little newer. However long you've been
0:14.0	a listener of the show, we're happy to have you alongside us trying to understand this wild energy
0:18.3	transition we all find ourselves in the middle of. Second, we're going to be off for the next three weeks after today's show.
0:24.8	I will be getting married and then off on my honeymoon. So we're going to be taking a break and be back on the week of October 23rd. Fear not, you can still get your energy fixed by subscribing to the Interchange,
0:37.0	the podcast I host with Shale Khan.
0:39.0	That's more of an interview-based show where we deliberate some of the big themes guiding this industry.
0:44.0	Just look for the interchange anywhere you get podcasts.
0:47.0	Finally, we can't forget our sponsor, Mission Solar Energy, a solar module manufacturer based
0:52.0	right here in America. Mission solar modules are designed,
0:55.3	engineered, and assembled in its Texas-based 200 megawatt facility, and they serve residential,
1:00.4	commercial government, and utility applications.
1:03.0	Adhering to strictest quality standards, Mission Solar's modules outperformed competition in real world conditions,
1:09.0	proving to be an easy choice for installers, distributors, and developers.
1:13.7	To find out more about Mission's high-powered American quality modules, visit Mission Solar
1:18.3	dot com. From Green Tech Media, this is the Energy Gang, a weekly digest on energy, clean tech, and the environment.
1:28.0	I'm Stephen Lacy. Welcome. For our 200th episode, we're going to look back over the last four years and reflect on the biggest changes we saw coming and didn't see coming since the podcast started.
1:46.0	We'll also crowdsource some of your thoughts.
1:48.0	And I've got a couple co-host here you may have heard of, Catherine Hamilton and Jigger Shaw.
1:52.0	By my rough calculation calculation I've spent about
1:54.6	350 hours behind the microphone with both of these folks over the years, which is probably
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