Currents

Brent Nelson, senior managing director of market intelligence at Ascend Analytics, discusses how load growth, capacity market challenges and data center demand are reshaping power markets and long‑term planning.

Amy Brachio, CEO of Carbon Measures, discusses how product‑level carbon data and regulation can align market incentives to reduce emissions in hard‑to‑abate sectors.

Joseph Vellone, CEO of ChargeScape, discusses how connecting electric vehicles to the grid can turn EV batteries into a flexible energy resource that benefits utilities, automakers and drivers.

Mark Taylor and Kim Zou, co‑founders of Currence (formerly Sightline Climate), discuss how data center growth is reshaping power markets, including credibility challenges for announced projects, energy procurement strategies and the fastest paths to bringing new capacity online.

Jon Powers, president of CleanCapital, discusses energy security, affordability and how distributed solar and storage can strengthen a more resilient and diversified US energy system.