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Factor This
Launched in 2022, the Factor This Podcast has featured many of the most influential leaders driving the energy transition. From solar and battery storage executives to utility CEOs, the Factor This Podcast brings unique insights and answers to the energy industry’s most pressing challenges. Go beyond high-level trends and mainstream talking points with actionable takeaways.
The Factor This Podcast grew in 2023 with the addition of This Week in Cleantech, a weekly roundup of the biggest stories in climate and clean energy in 15 minutes or less. With new episodes every Friday, Factor This content director Paul Gerke and Mike Casey, a cleantech commentator and president of Tigercomm, bring listeners the most important headlines of the week while featuring the leading journalists behind the stories.
The all-new FactorThis.com is your best source for news, commentary, and analysis of renewable energy and the power grid.
Episodes
229 episodes
This Week in Cleantech (04/24/2026) - Why the effects on the Iran conflict will be felt on the US grid
This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.This week's episode features special guest Bianca Giacobon...
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How intelligence augments infrastructure to unlock latent grid capacity
Headlines talking up the surge in energy demand driven by AI and connected to data center development highlight how much has changed across the sector. But what if the capacity to meet this demand is already there, just hidden behind outdated a...
This Week in Cleantech (04/17/2026) - Utilities are on a spending frenzy to power the AI boom
This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.This week's episode features special guest Jennifer Hiller...
This Week in Cleantech (04/10/2026) - Federal permits are slowing down clean energy development
This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.This week's episode features special guest Kelsey Tamborri...
Redefining the utility transformation roadmap
There’s no shortage of talk about the hardware and AI-driven transformations that will define the grid of the future. However, the true driver of success is about a strategic mindset that’s focused on change management, which is inherently more...
This Week in Cleantech (04/03/2026) - Could this huge CA solar+storage project help farmers cope with water shortages?
This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.This week's episode features special guest Jeff St John fr...
This Week in Cleantech (03/27/2026) - Iran conflict highlights perils of fossil fuel dependence
This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Robert Piconi, CE...
Why shifting from AMI 2.0 to NextWave AMI could define the future of grid intelligence
Terms like “AMI 2.0” often mean different things to different teams, depending on a utility’s current infrastructure and future goals. This lack of consensus is why Matt Wakefield, Director of Information, Communication & Cyber Security at ...
This Week in Cleantech (03/20/2026) - A rare victory for offshore wind
This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.This week's episode features special guest Jennifer McDerm...
This Week in Cleantech (03/13/2026) - Can this new coalition help bring down energy costs?
This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.This week's episode features special guest Chuck McCutcheo...
From reactive to predictive: Reimagining wildfire mitigation efforts for utilities
The energy landscape has entered a volatile era of climate disruption. Regions once considered safe now face the devastating reality of escalating wildfires and extreme weather. In this episode, we sit down with Don McPhail, VP of Market Develo...
This Week in Cleantech (03/06/2026) - Is the MAGA movement warming up to solar?
This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.This week's episode features special guest Evan Halper fro...
This Week in Cleantech (02/27/2026) - Clean energy bans 'skyrocket'
This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.This week's episode features special guest Elizabeth Weise...
How utilities are transitioning from short-term battery applications to long-term BESS planning
With global energy demand at an all-time high, battery storage is evolving from a flexible filler into a critical grid resource. Success in this new era depends less on the hardware itself and more on the digital intelligence used to run it. By...
This Week in Cleantech (02/20/2026) - Putting retired EV batteries back to work
This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.This week's episode features special guest Arcelia M...
This Week in Cleantech (02/13/2026) - Trump removes legal basis under Clean Air Act
This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.This week's episode features special guest Matthew Daly fr...
Prioritizing affordability while modernizing the grid, with Exelon EVP and COO Mike Innocenzo
As energy demand reaches historic levels, the utility industry needs to build a 21st-century grid while also keeping monthly bills affordable for the average family. What does it mean to do so on a practical level?To find out, we connect...
This Week in Cleantech (02/06/2026) - Can this safer nuclear fuel make a comeback?
This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Monika Gerhart, e...
This Week in Cleantech (01/30/2026) - How much can New England really depend on Canadian hydro?
This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.This week's episode features special guest Jon Chesto from...
PG&E defines a new utility model for data centers, onsite gas, and community connection
The scale of energy demand in Northern California has reached a historic inflection point. With a 10 GW pipeline of data center demand—enough load to power more than 7.5 million homes—utility planners at Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) are ...
This Week in Cleantech (01/23/2026) - What's a life worth to the EPA?
This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.This week's episode features special guest Maxine Joselow ...
This Week in Cleantech (01/16/2026) - Can American batteries keep up the pace?
This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.This week's episode features special guest Nico Rivero fro...
Meghan Dewey helps define a human-centric utility at Duke Energy
As the Senior Vice President of Products & Services and Pricing Solutions at Duke Energy, Meghan Dewey oversees a portfolio that generates over $1.5 billion in annual revenue. But for her, the true metric of success isn't about spreadsheets...
This Week in Cleantech (01/09/2026) - Time for a nuclear renaissance?
This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.This week's episode features special guest Ivan Penn from ...
This Week in Cleantech (12/19/2025) - Cleantech 2025: a year in review
This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.This week's episode features special guest Dana Clare Redd...