Energy Matters with Commissioner Echols
224 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPodcast by Commissioner Tim Echols
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David Roberts of Volts Podcast interviews Jigar Shah.
April 16, 2024 22:30 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBWith permission, I am sharing David Robert's incredible interview of Jigar Shah about the future of nuclear
Berkeley California invades Energy Matters. Find out how!
April 09, 2024 17:30 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBKarinna, Timothy and Jaimie join and share their Berkeley stories. Chief Grogran from Norcross talks about their Mustang MachE electric police car.
Toyota's Approach to EVs. It is different.
April 02, 2024 22:30 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBSteve Middlebrooks of Toyota explains how Toyota is pushing hybrid powertrains instead of full battery electric vehicles.
Mary Bagby and Mian Shafiq join to talk about charity projects
March 26, 2024 17:30 - 53 minutes - 24.3 MBTim and KC laugh it up with listeners Mary and Mian as they join in the studio.
Rojiar Aldashi on solar. Will it work on my house?
March 19, 2024 11:00 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBListen in as Rojiar Aldashi of Better Solar Tomorrow talks about her solar business, how it got started, and why she continues to encourage young women to get involved in the renewable energy biz.
Georgia Cities play an important role in community life. Catch their leaders here.
March 12, 2024 22:30 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBFrom Savannah to Soperton to Porterdale, Georgia is a great state. Hear from city leaders on this episode.
Sustainable Aviation Fuel. Bitcoin? Is it a thing? Plus, Mayor Walker.
March 05, 2024 23:30 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBDeep in South GA is Lanza's new sustainable aviation fuel, and we were there. Mayor Randall Walker talks about being a small town Mayor. Finally, bitcoin mining and its impact on the grid.
UGA Law Students speak out about their Moot Court Enviro Competition
February 27, 2024 16:00 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBEmily, Joseph, and Drake along with Dr. Adam Orford join Tim and KC to talk about their pipeline moot court problem at UGA Law.
Alan Shedd, Danny Johnson, John Wieland, and Clay Jones talk clean energy
February 21, 2024 02:00 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBAlan Shedd co-hosts the show. Leeward Renewables John Wieland calls in. Danny Johnson joins to talk low income energy assistance again. Special guest Clay Jones joins to talk manufacturing.
David Gattie, Jeff Pratt, John Crawford and Danny Johnson join in studio.
February 14, 2024 02:00 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBDavid Gattie talks about his testifying on Capitol Hill. John Crawford talks about glass recycling. Jeff Pratt talks about a Green Power EMC. Danny Johnson talks about low income energy assistance.
From the World Nuclear Exhibtion in France, Tim Echols interviews nuclear experts.
February 06, 2024 23:00 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBIn this episode, Commissioner Tim Echols interviews Dr. Sunil Felix and Jeff Whitt from WNE in Paris. In segment 4, Chuck Leavell drops in.
Can EV batteries serve to strengthen the grid?
January 30, 2024 22:30 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBIn this episode, Tim Echols is joined by Alan Shedd and Danny Johnson in studio. The second segment features Kenny, an Uber driver in Denver. In the last half of the show, Tim interviews Dr. Daniel Violette from rolling energy resource.
Todd Abrajano and Dr. Rita Baranwal join Energy Matters from WNE in Paris
January 23, 2024 21:30 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBTodd runs the US Nuclear Industry Council and Dr. Baranwal works for Westinghouse. They talk about the latest technologies and how they are impacting the world.
Dr David Gattie, Gerard Kottmann, Danny Johnson and Congressman Mark Cojuangco
January 16, 2024 21:00 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBTim Echols talks nuclear energy with WNE Founder, Gerard Kottman, and studio guests Dr. David Gattie and Danny Johnson. In the last segment, Congressman Mark Cojuangco joins.
From Paris and the World Nuclear Exhibition
January 09, 2024 12:30 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBIn this episode, Tim travels to the World Nuclear Exhibition and speaks with nuclear engineer Dr Yung Liu and Andra’s Sébastien Farin.
Kitty Adams, Jake Hopkins and Sam Collier talk about EVs and EV charging
January 02, 2024 12:00 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBKitty Adams, founder of Adopt-a-charger, joins to share how the non-profit got started. Then Jake Hopkins and Sam Collier discuss the impact of the vision trip to California organized by Commissioner Echols
Come See the Future of EVs and EV Charging
December 26, 2023 12:00 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBBrian Johnson from Peacthree Corners, GA, John Asbell from Georgia Power, Stephanie Valdez Streaty from Cox Automotive, and KC Boyce talk about all they have learned at the "Come See the Future" Conference in California.
Tim interviews Phil Jones, Thatcher Young, Cory Hewatt, Janek Metzner, and the ABM team at LAX.
December 19, 2023 13:30 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBTim goes on the road with leaders who want to find out more about California's vast EV charging network. What is working? What is not?
Meredith Angwin on grid fragility and Mike Bradford on helping the energy burdened.
December 12, 2023 13:30 - 53 minutes - 24.3 MBMeredith Angwin previously worked at the respected EPRI, but now focusing on her book, Shortening the Grid. Mike Bradford runs Project Share in GA for the Salvation Army and shares how everyone can get involved with helping the poor with their energy bills during the holiday season and beyond.
Monte McLeod on easy school bus refueling with propane and Ted Terry from DeKalb County.
December 05, 2023 12:30 - 53 minutes - 24.3 MBMore than half the buses coming off the Blue Bird line run on either propane or CNG. Learn how buses are fueled and the environmental benefits of propane. Commissioner Ted Terry talks about DeKalb County's sustainability efforts.
Allen Berg talks about racing, Commissioner Ted Terry about DeKalb and Bill Nussey on solar.
November 28, 2023 12:31 - 53 minutes - 24.3 MBIn this episode, Tim Echols visits with Allen Berg about racing, Commissioner Ted Terry about DeKalb and Bill Nussey on solar. Allen was a Formula 1 racer and now has a racing school. Bill Nussey is a Georgia Tech grad and solar developer
Live from Taiwan, Energy Matters visits with Angelica Oung about Taiwan.
November 21, 2023 12:30 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBAngelica Oung joins Tim Echols to talk about Taiwan’s economy, energy and people. She is a wind energy reporter, but in this episode Tim Echols shares about Taiwan's 26 million people, 14 million scooters and their disappearing nuclear plants, an island just 100 miles from Mainland China.
Samantha Douglas from Dragon Con, Kenny Burgamy from Farm Bureau & Joy Kramer.
November 14, 2023 13:30 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBTim Echols and his daughter go to Dragon Con to talk history and energy. Then, on the road to the Sunbelt Ag Show to talk with Kenny Burgamy of the Georgia Farm Bureau, and Joy Kramer of the Clean Energy Roadshow. Finally, another hippy segment studio guess what energy policy certain 70s songs remind them of. Special appearance from Spiderman--and we are not kidding.
Jeff Smith, Eric Wilson, Jeremy Nelms and Jake Hopkins talk about energy savings.
November 07, 2023 13:00 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBJeff Smith from Georgia Power goes over the latest energy efficiency offerings. Forsyth Mayor Eric Wilson talks about being a small town mayor. Jeremy Nelms and Jake Hopkins talk about Flint Energies, an EMC in middle Georgia. Finally, a new hippy segment with Faith Henning and Logan Booker.
Tim Echols talks with David Mook, Philip Seagraves, Eric Frederickson, and Mas Fukumoto.
October 31, 2023 12:00 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBDavid Mook and Philip Seagraves talk with Tim about the Georgia Environmental Conference, held every August at Jekyll Island. Eric Frederickson discussed lithium ion recycling. Mas Fukumoto talks hydrogen. Finally, enjoy the Hippy Segment, where Tim plays 70s music and you guess the energy policy it relates to.
Dr. Rich Simmons and Marqus Cole talk transportation. Ukraine power executives talk war.
October 25, 2023 14:30 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBIn this episode, Dr. Rich Simmons from Georgia Tech co-hosts a special show from the Dunkin Lounge. Joining is Evangelical Environmental Network exec Marqus Cole and Better Tomorrow Solar's Kaveh Kamooneh. Finally, the hippy segment to wrap up the show with Faith Gunter and Logan Booker.
Shawn Cody, Kenny Mullins, Shane Gilstrap and Randy Beall
October 17, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this episode, Shawn Cody, Kenny Mullins, Shane Gilstrap and Randy Beall talk about blue collar opportunities through their Unions in this Labor Day special.
BJ Johnson, Scott Childers, Dr. Rich Simmons, Cliff Meidl and Chantal Audran
October 10, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBIn this episode, Tim Echols talks with remote guests BJ Johnson, Scott Childers, Dr Rich Simmons, and Cliff Meidl. Special guest Chantal Audran gives a tour of the Marine Science Center.
Kevin Greiner, Dr. Marilyn Brown, Rex Hamre and Russ Seifert
October 02, 2023 10:21 - 53 minutes - 36.4 MBGas South President Kevin Greiner banters with Georgia Tech's Dr. Marilyn Brown to discuss natural gas, pollution and energy burdens. Rex Hamre and Russ Seifert talk about solar and sustainability consulting.
Comm. Dave Baker, Frank Morris and Cindy Nolan
September 26, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBComing to you from the Georgia Environmental Conference, Tim Echols visits with former Commissioner Dave Baker, elected 1994 to the GA PSC. Clean Cities Prez Frank Morris discusses the upcoming Alt-Fuel Conference, and Cindy Nolan of United Consulting breaks down brownfields, superfund sites, and all things "clean up."
Tim Echols and KC Boyce visit with Elba Pareja, Kaveh Kamooheh, Kwanza Hall and Sam Collier
September 21, 2023 20:37 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBCommish, KC and guests laugh it up in the Dunkin Lounge Studio about glass recycling, EV Questions, Swiss Mechanical Storage and Congressman's Hall time in Congress.
Jack Conness and Deann Peterson
September 19, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this episode, Jack Conness joins in the first half of the show. In the second half, Tim and KC talk policy. Plus, another Hippy Segment!
Fantasy Energy Draft with Andrew Saunders and Faith Henning
September 12, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this special episode, the Fantasy Energy Draft returns with Tim Echols, KC Boyce, Andrew Saunders, and Faith Henning!
Deann Peterson and Dr. Arshad Mansoor
September 05, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this episode, Tim Echols and KC Boyce give an Energy Matters award to Deann Peterson and her church. Then, Dr. Arshad Mansoor from EPRI calls in. Finally, the hippy segment in the last part of the show.
Keith Adams and Deann Peterson
August 29, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this episode, Tim Echols and KC Boyce are joined by Keith Adams of Snapping Shoals EMC. Then, the new hippy segment is introduced with special guest Deann Peterson joining the show.
David Echols, Scott Slade, Robert Gordon, Rep. Jeremiah Moore and Student Entrepreneurs
August 22, 2023 09:59 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this episode, Commissioner Echols goes on the road the Fitzgerald to visit with his son, David, about EV mowers. Then, Scott Slade interviews Tim, DeKalb’s Robert Gordon wins a sustainability award, Tim interviews young entrepreneurs in Savannah. In the final segment, Tim interviews State Rep. Jeremiah Moore, elected at 27.
Clean Energy Roadshow – Part Two
August 15, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this episode, Tim Echols interviews Roadshow participants including Steve Epstein, Brant Mitchell of Clubcar, John Noel, Kigwana Cherry and Hampton Harbin of Plant Riverside—who received a sustainability award.
Clean Energy Roadshow – Part One
August 08, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this episode, Tim Echols goes on the road with his Clean Energy Roadshow to interview Byron Franklin of Kenworth, Austin Broin of POET, James Marlow of Southface, Stephanie Gossman of Georgia Power electric transportation, and Alderman, Nick Palumbo, of Savannah.
Steve Chiariello and Rep. Soo Hong
August 01, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this episode, Tim Echols and KC Boyce are joined in studio by Steve Chiariello from Inman Solar and Representative Soo Hong.
Matt Teske and Steve Chiariello
July 25, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this episode, Tim and KC are joined by Matt Teske from Chargeway to talk about their EV charger app. In the second half of the show, Steve Chiariello from Inman Solar comes in-studio to discuss medium-size solar projects.
Tunc Kip, Louis Ting and Dr. Patricia Yager
July 18, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this episode, Tim and KC talk with Tunc Kip and his brother about fleet electrification and Louis Ting about his Hydrogen Lexus. In the second half of the show, Dr. Patricia Yager from UGA discusses her climate plan.
Juliet Shavit (SmartMark Communications)
July 11, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this episode, KC Boyce and Tim Echols present an Energy Matters award at a congregation. In the second segment, Tim Echols talks about the new nuclear plant. Then, Tim and KC visit with Juliet Shavit from SmartMark Communications about latest technology trends. Finally, Athens–Clarke County is presented with two sustainability awards.
Nick Palumbo, LInday Wilder-Bryan and Soo Hong
July 05, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this episode, Tim Echols begins in Savannah with with Alderman Nick Palumbo and Alderwoman Linda Wilder-Bryan. Then, State Representative Soo Hong joins Tim in studio.
Anne Blair, Frank Morris and Andy Moore
June 27, 2023 10:00 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBIn this episode, Tim Echols goes on the road to talk alt-fuel with Anne Blair, Frank Morris and Andy Moore.
Fred McKissick, Michael Carrigan and Keith Kurb
June 20, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBGo west young man! Join Tim Echols from the West Coast on Energy Matters as he talks nuclear energy R&D with fellow commissioners.
Jim Pulos, Dennis Coleman, Mark Bolton and Jeremy Nelms
June 13, 2023 09:59 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBIn this episode, Tim Echols goes on the road to his Darien Earth Day Summit to talk with Dr Jim Pulos, Dennis Coleman, Mark Bolton and Jeremy Nelms.
Andrew Wrobel, Tom LoTurco and Christopher Juckins
June 06, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBIn this episode, Tim Echols and KC Boyce are joined by auto expert Andrew Wrobel, Tom LoTurco of EDP Renewables, and consumer Chris Juckins.
Cindy Rogers and Marqus Cole
May 30, 2023 10:00 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBIn this episode, Tim Echols talks with Cindy Rogers and EEN’s Marqus Cole about hospitality, Korean culture and energy efficiency.
Jamie Wimberly and Adrian Davis
May 23, 2023 10:00 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBIn this episode, Tim Echols and KC Boyce talk with Jamie Wimberly and Adrian Davis about ways to help lower-income citizens manage their energy bills.
North Carolina CleanTech Conference
May 16, 2023 10:00 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBIn this episode, Tim Echols goes on the road to the UNC Chapel Hill NC CleanTech Conference and interviews guests.