The Energy Show

On this week’s episode of The Energy Show, Barry Cinnamon is joined by Carl Guardino, a longtime leader in government affairs and public policy, to explain how smart advocacy, trust, and relationships shape the laws and regulations that impact our energy future.

Carl has helped guide policy from every angle — from leading the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, to expanding clean-energy markets at Bloom Energy, to bringing high-speed broadband to underserved communities at Tarana Wireless.

Barry and Carl explore:

• Why good policy takes more than great technology

• How businesses can effectively advocate without “pay-to-play” politics

• The biggest mistakes companies make when dealing with policymakers

• Why broadband is now as essential as electricity and water

• How clean energy and telecom can win in challenging political environments

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Nietzsche must have been referring to clean energy. Not even Nostradamus could have predicted this much turmoil in the energy sector in 2025. Nevertheless, Barry predicts steady clean energy progress due to lower solar, battery and heat pump costs.

1) Bad news - expect a record number of clean energy bankruptcies in 2026

2) AC2HP reach codes for homes will take off

3) Utilities will lie every time they say that the data center buildout will not cause electric rates to skyrocket

4) Battery storage costs will continue to decline rapidly

5) Cheap batteries + solar will threaten all other grid energy sources

6) Top tier battery system manufacturers will gain share

7) More rooftop solar MCIs, fewer MLPEs

8) Residential solar financing demand will exceed supply of compliant modules and batteries

9) Plug-in solar hype will eventually crack the utility interconnection monopoly

10) Automakers will fail with V2G but succeed with V2H

Tune into this week’s Energy Show for details on these predictions, as well as a translation of this new slew of clean energy acronyms (AC2HP, MCI, MLPE, V2G, V2H, ETC).

AI and data centers are driving unprecedented demand for power. At the same time, federal clean-energy support is being rolled back, leaving households and businesses exposed to higher costs and grid instability.

So where does that leave us?

In this episode of The Energy Show, Barry Cinnamon is joined by Sachu Constantine, Executive Director of Vote Solar, to break down what’s really happening behind the scenes — and why state-level solar and storage policy may be the most powerful lever left to protect affordability, reliability, and clean energy growth. Sachu breaks down:

• The growing federal backlash against solar and clean energy

• Why electricity prices are rising — and why it’s not going to stop

• How AI and data centers are pushing the grid to its breaking point

• Why solar + batteries are now the fastest, cheapest grid solution

Please tune in to this week’s Energy Show at www.energyshow.biz to understand how the fight for clean energy has moved to the states as the federal government returns to the expensive and polluting policies of the past.

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In this week’s Energy Show, Barry talks with Panama Bartholomy, Founder and Executive Director of the Building Decarbonization Coalition, about how heat pumps, induction cooktops, better incentive programs, and smart building codes are transforming homes and businesses across the U.S.

• Heat pumps are 400% efficient, yes that's thermodynamically possible.

• Learn about the new heat pump water heaters that plug into the wall

• Home cooks love induction cooktops

• Why many contractors love electrification but hate rebate paperwork

• What happens to gas utilities, pipelines, and workers as we electrify

Policy changes, tax credits, and rebate programs that actually work

If you’ve been wondering whether now is the time to upgrade to a heat pump HVAC, heat pump water heater, or induction cooktop, this episode is a great place to start.

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On this week's Energy Show we’re tackling one of the biggest challenges in America’s energy future: powering the exploding growth of AI data centers without causing electric rates to skyrocket even more. And without waiting 5-10 years for utilities to build new power plants and long distance transmission lines.

Here’s how: instead of building giant power plants hundreds of miles away, we can install new power capacity much closer to the data centers themselves — on the rooftops of homes, businesses, warehouses, and public buildings.

Think about it:

• Thousands of rooftop and battery power plants can be deployed around every data center in 1-2 years, not the 10+ years it takes to build a utility power plant and long distance transmission lines.
• These rooftop power plants connect to the same local distribution grid that the data centers use. No need to keep old coal power plants running, re-incarnate old nuclear plants, or build new natural gas and nuclear power plants
• Data center owners are willing to pay big bucks for power, and are more than willing to get clean power quickly from local rooftops
• Homes and businesses with these new rooftop power plants will see their electricity bills decline.
• It’s a win-win for everyone, except maybe your local utility — who will fight to their last lawyer to defend their archaic monopoly.

This data center power needs to be on the grid fast. PJM, the Mid-Atlantic grid operator recently announced that "No more large data centers can be constructed unless they can be reliably served."

Tune in to this week’s Energy Show for a simple, fast and cost-effective way to meet data center energy needs while at the same time reducing electricity rates.

Barry exposes political, corporate, and global climate failures — and explains why solar, wind, and batteries remain our only practical way forward.

Episode Highlights:

• How Donald Trump’s policies are gutting clean-energy investments and reversing progress on solar and wind.

• Why corporate giants are abandoning their sustainability promises.

• Why the UN Climate Conferences have become dominated by fossil-fuel interests.

• Why even Bill Gates’ new climate stance misses the mark.

The EnRoads Climate Model shows the world is still headed for a 3.3°C rise in global temperatures — and the excuses keep piling up.

Barry explains what real leadership looks like: supporting proven, cost-effective clean-energy solutions like solar, wind, and batteries — not vague pledges and science projects.

#ClimateCrisis #COP30 #CleanEnergy #SolarPower #FossilFuels #GlobalWarming #ClimateAction #TheEnergyShow #BarryCinnamon #RenewableEnergy

This week Barry sits down with Gary Lam, CEO of

Franklin WH. A New Jersey native who’s now building

batteries in Santa Clara, California, Gary has led

Franklin from startup to one of the top-selling

whole-home batteries in the U.S.

In this episode:

• OBBB explained: Why 2026 pricing changes and

financing shifts.

• Franklin’s edge: The A Power 2 battery, new A Power

S (battery + inverter), the Hub load-shedding

controller, and meter-collar installs

• Installer Advantage: Fewer callbacks, faster installs,

true whole-home solutions

Homeowner Checklist: Reliability, warranty, app

experience, and future-proof features (generator

support, EV-to-home, VPP readiness)

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The 30% residential solar credit ends on Jan 1, 2026 but performance still wins. Barry talks with Brian Ghiglia about how REC’s Alpha Pure-RX (HJT, G12, half-cut) squeezes more energy from tight roofs, why hair-thin wiring (no hot-spot solder points) improves longevity, and how installers/homeowners can navigate 2026 with smarter financing and ops.

Episode Highlights

• REC tech explained: HJT + G12 (210mm) + half-cut architecture; cooler operation & yield

• Degradation: ~0.24%/yr → ~92% output at 25 years (long-tail production matters)

• Installer tactics: distributor partnerships, CAC reduction, credit-union loans, prepaid leases, AI in lead-to-install

• Homeowner checklist: vet tech, warranties, installer health, and supply-chain exposure

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