Tonja Wicks, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for Elevate Renewables, joins the NPM Podcast to discuss her active role in PJM’s reform on Capacity Interconnection Right (CIR) Transfers, how we got here, and what’s next for solving the gap in new and retiring assets.

Later in the program, she talks about her passion for energy policy, bringing renewables to overlooked communities, and her expectations for the incoming second act of the Trump administration.

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On this week's episode, Andrew Burnes is joined by Alex Delworth, Policy Associate at the Center for Rural Affairs. 

Alex and his organization have recently put together some resources for local officials in counties and municipalities in Midwestern states like Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota that are experiencing proposals from renewable project developers but have yet to put their own ordinances on the books to guide these projects. 

NPM has covered all of these growing renewable energy markets, as well as some of the hurdles and delays that can arise when local officials enact moratoriums to give them time to enact ordinances after receiving their first project proposals. In this discussion, Alex discusses how he and his colleagues are helping guide these newcomers grappling with project development for the first time as well as advice for project developers seeking to develop projects on these "new frontiers" in the Midwest.

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Ben Catt, CEO of Pine Gate Renewables, joins the podcast to chat with Kaitlin Gebby about the company’s new nonprofit arm that emerged out of Hurricane Helene and how it underscored the renewable industry’s role in climate change.

Later in the show, Catt also discusses key deals Pine Gate has announced in late 2024 and the political hurdles that lay ahead under a new Trump administration.

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On this week's episode of NPM Interconnections, host Andrew Burnes is joined by Doral Renewables’ CEO and Co-Founder Nick Cohen, VP of Development Jon Baker and VP of Development and Agrivoltaics, Ed Baptista.

All three guests have been directly involved in the development of two of the largest projects in the Midwest - Indiana's 1.3 GW Mammoth Solar and Wisconsin's 1.3 GW Vista Sands Solar.

The trio discuss the permitting and siting challenges related to developing projects at GW scale and also the interest level in adding storage components to these projects as the technology becomes more viable in the Midwest. Finally, Cohen provides a look ahead to the firm's pipeline in 2025 and whether the firm expects to stick with projects at this scale or change things up moving forward.

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NPM US reporter Skyler Frazer speaks with Todd Fryatt, CEO and founder of ECA Solar, a solar and battery storage project developer with operations across the US.

Todd discusses the practice of safe harboring solar projects and what companies across the solar industry are doing ahead of the Trump Administration taking over in January. 

Todd also talks about strategies he and his industry peers can use to best prepare for any potential legislative or regulatory shakeups in the coming months.

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NPM Europe’s Jon McNair speaks with JP Cerda, the CEO and co-founder of Renewabl, which is a start-up that aims to help companies better procure and manage their clean energy supplies, while aiming to avoid greenwashing.

Across a wide-ranging discussion, JP gives us his perspectives on the renewable electricity purchasing market, the role of PPAs and other similar products, the expected demand growth from AI, the move towards 24/7 renewable supply for offtakers, what governments are and could be doing to boost clean energy procurement, and much more.

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Allan T. Marks, a partner with Milbank and a member of the firm’s Global Project Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group and senior fellow at Columbia University in the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, joins Jon Berke on the podcast to discuss the impacts that the incoming Trump administration will have on clean energy policy.

More broadly, Marks discusses how the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Loans Program Office (LPO) under the Department of Energy will be impacted. The two also discuss the impacts that nominees for the Department of Energy and Department of Interior, Chris Wright and Doug Burgum, respectively, will have on clean energy policy.

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NPM Europe editor Peter Kneller welcomes Rosalind Smith-Maxwell, a Director at Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners onto the pod to discuss the UK planning environment, grid delays and how to solve them.

She also reviews the challenges facing the battery storage market and factors to bear in mind as the industry turns its attention to CfD Allocation Round 7 in 2025.  

Ms. Smith-Maxwell will also be a speaker appearing on the Capital Markets Outlook for Renewables panel discussion at NPM’s upcoming UK Development & Finance Forum on Wednesday, 27 November in London.


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Foresight Group Managing Director Ross Driver joins the podcast this week to assess the current fundraising and investment landscape for listed renewable energy funds, such as Foresight Solar Fund for which he oversees the mandate. 

These listed investment trusts, or yieldcos as they are often known, are almost universally trading at discounts to NAV at present due to a macroeconomic environment that is now host to elevated central bank base rates which have led to a reallocation away from real assets and towards safe havens like gilts. 

In the episode, Driver gives us his view on recent conditions as well as a way forward for his fund, with questions lingering over whether there will be a return to so-called normality any time soon. 

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Ben Huffman, a partner in Sheppard Mullin’s energy infrastructure and project finance team joins the NPM podcast to discuss some trends emerging in debt financing and tax transferability.

Later in the program, Huffman discusses what impact if any, the looming elections will have on clean energy policy.


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