Erin Hardick
Erin Hardick

Erin Hardick

Erin Hardick is a producer for Latitude Media, working primarily on the Green Blueprint, With Great Power, and Columbia Energy Exchange podcasts. She wears a number of other Latitude Media hats in addition to her production work — she conducts research for Latitude Intelligence, writes pieces of reported analysis and commentary for the news site, and occasionally contributes writing to Latitude Studios as well.

Erin has almost a decade of experience researching the electric utility industry and energy transition, having held senior analyst positions at the Utility Analytics Institute and Zpryme. She is a former fellow of the Clean Energy Leadership Institute and Climatebase.

Erin Hardick is a contributing writer to Latitude Media.
Analysis
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Grid edge
This Colorado utility is building a VPP from scratch

Platte River Power Authority’s IRP calls for 32 megawatts of VPP capacity — but the utility currently doesn’t even have a DERMs.

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Sep 11, 2024
Analysis
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Grid edge
The DER revolution exposes flaws in traditional utility billing systems

Traditional customer information systems can’t keep up.

Interview
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AI
Grid edge
The transformative grid tech no one is talking about

Accelerated computing could have a big impact on utility operations — maybe even a bigger impact than artificial intelligence.

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Aug 21, 2024
Interview
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Grid edge
How LineVision made it out of utility 'pilot hell'

Hudson Gilmer said it took years to make the start-up’s dynamic line rating technology utility-grade.

Commentary
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Nuclear
U.S. market
Is large-scale nuclear poised for a comeback?

SMRs have long had the industry's attention, but with the surge in energy demand, shuttered nuclear plants may be ready for a second act.

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Interview
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Digital channels are making things harder at utility call centers

The shift toward websites and mobile apps is pushing more difficult customer problems to the call centers.

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Jul 23, 2024
Explainer
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Regulation
Beyond Chevron: How the Supreme Court is reshaping agency authority

Other recent decisions will also cut into regulators' power.

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Jul 11, 2024
Interview
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Global markets
Regulation
Why Chile’s copper and lithium mining dominance is starting to slip

“We're going to lose market share over the next five to 10 years,” said Chile’s ex-mining minister.

Interview
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AI
Grid edge
How Avangrid built a data foundation for AI operations

The first step for utilities deploying artificial intelligence? Ditch the spreadsheets.

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Jun 13, 2024
Interview
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Global markets
For now, Indonesia's energy transition needs China

The country has no plans to take sides in the West's trade war with China, and in fact wants more Chinese capital.

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May 15, 2024
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Interview
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Regulation
U.S. market
After fifty years, time-of-use rate tariffs are gaining traction

For decades, time-of-use pricing lived in pilot purgatory. But electric vehicles changed that.

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May 14, 2024
Workers install solar panels on a roof in Texas.
Commentary
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Grid edge
U.S. market
ERCOT needs more distribution data to grow VPPs, says executive

The grid operator decided to keep the 80 megawatt cap on its groundbreaking ADER pilot and focus on collecting device-level data.

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Apr 23, 2024
Analysis
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AI
Grid edge
Will AI strain the grid, help it, or both?

Fero Labs chief scientist said artificial intelligence will contribute to growing power demand — but could provide more benefits than stress to grid operators.

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Apr 15, 2024
Interview
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Hydrogen
Where can hydrogen create climate benefits?

EDF executive warns “we need to proceed on the basis of sound science” when it comes to clean hydrogen deployment.

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Interview
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AI
Grid edge
The grid needs an automation upgrade

Grid optimization expert Kyri Baker says AI can replace manual operations in many areas — as long as humans are in the loop.