Predicting the future can’t be that hard, right? Sean Kelly, a 20-year energy veteran with a winning track record as an energy trader decided to take the entrepreneurial plunge when he saw a hole in the energy trading space and connected with his co-founder, Abe Stanway. Their plan - to come up with a better way to forecast what power grids were going to do - in the future.

“He told me if I could sell it, he could build it.” And in 2017 - Amperon was born.

Five years later, Amperon has doubled its revenue thus far in 2022 - from the previous four years combined. Yes, volatility has been good for the Amperon business. So what’s been the key ingredient besides volatility? We ask Sean about maintaining the same business model thanks to due diligence; having Houston as a homebase and its evolution as a tech and energy leader, and why asking for advice is better than asking for money. It’s a great conversation with a great young mind and leader in the energy space.

Learn more about Amperon and Sean Kelly.

Another Wednesday in the World of Energy and we’ve got stories to inform you on the latest - including dipping our toe into the Bitcoin pool as one prominent believer of the energy-demanding cryptocurrency steps downs from his CEO post - but doubles down on Bitcoin anyway —>

Battery Storage Was Boomin’ in ‘21

Food Waste Gets Served

Bolt Rebate - With a Twist

Bitcoin Believer Steps Down as CEO - to focus more on Bitcoin

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No one ever said regulatory meetings, no matter what the type, are what you would call entertaining. Dry and not particularly fast-moving, it’s the information inside these meetings that are important whether it’s ERCOT or a Public Utility Commission meeting. Enter Jim Curtin, Chief Product Officer of Grid Monitor. No he doesn’t make the meetings exciting, but what he and his do is make the widely available information in the meetings - widely accessible - and saves the user TIME with a data management system that brings thousands of hours of regulatory information to your fingertips in seconds. Curtin, no stranger to the SaaS world and a veteran of startup success stories, shares why Grid Monitor is so valuable and how the future of its capability goes far beyond capturing meeting data.

Find out more about Grid Monitor and Jim Curtin.

Happy Monday to You and the rest of the Energy World and to the Power Connecters - Far and Wide — here’s what we have going on - on a Monday:

Kentucky Braces for More Flooding

China and Russia Going Dark

European ESG Rules Costing Billions

TSwift in Trouble for CO2 Emissions

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As dizzying as the climate crisis is when you look at the myriad of issues causing it, is the equally dizzying number of ways to fix the problem - if only they were affordable and scalable. Now enter Peter Fiekowsky and Carole Douglis and their latest book, ‘Climate Restoration - The Only Future That Will Sustain the Human Race.’ A tremendously researched piece of literature, Peter and Carole give readers four truly actionable items that can reduce carbon emissions - almost immediately. Even more impressive, it’s been done before, the cost isn’t astronomical and all four ideas are scalable. The only bugaboo? Most people don’t know about them. Go figure. Now you do. One of the more promising episodes we’ve done, Peter and Carole take us on a path to real Net Zero - and don’t break the bank doing it.

Learn more about Peter Fiekowsky and Carole Douglis.

Friday is here meaning it’s time to celebrate both the weekend - and another edition of News You Can Use to get started —>

Stocks get a bump after clean energy bill announced

EV Tax credits for new AND USED cars

New Zealand fighting Oil and Gas permitting lawsuit

ESG a win-win according to new report

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Enjoy your weekend!

Your Wednesday Edition of News You Can Use —>

• MISO’s $10B investment on transmission

• China says it’ll meet its carbon goals

• US clean projects Stalling

• Alien Cats are ruining biodiversity

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What jumps out about the Zero Emission Transportation web site - aside from it’s sparkling appearance and seamless user experience, is the headline that ZETA is pushing for 100 percent EV sales by 2030. That’s certainly what caught my attention so I had to get ZETA Exec. Director Joe Britton on the show to discuss how the US is going to increase EV sales by 95 percent in the next eight years. And what I got - and what you’ll hear - is an EV education from Mr. Britton. An expert in the field, Britton breaks down infrastructure concerns, charging misnomers, why the gas station model isn’t the right example - and yeah - tell me about this 100 percent idea. It’s 30 of the best minutes you’ll spend on EV information.

Learn more about EVs and ZETA at ZETA2030.org.

Monday Edition of News You can use is here and this is what we’re kicking off your week with:

• Congo - Not our job to save the planet

• Five Year Droughts on the horizon

• Europe goes on a Solar installation tear

• Utilities actions and words not aligning on decarbing

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After two incredible parts to kick off what’s been a truly informative and eye-opening look at how competitive markets work, we close it out with Nate Richards telling us about Enerex, the biggest misconception and the future of competitive markets. I can’t thank Nate and his team enough for facilitating the conversation and for taking time to educate the masses on a topic that’s both important and under-reported. Please check out Parts One and Two if you haven’t done so already.

Learn more about Enerex and Nate Richards.