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Tim Montague discusses the modernization of America's electric grid with Zaid Ashai, CEO of Nexamp.

America's electric grid wasn't built for AI, electric vehicles, battery storage, or the rapid growth of renewable energy. So how do we modernize a system that was built and started in the late 1800s and early 1900s, more than a century ago? In this episode of Clean Power Hour, Tim Montague sits down with Zaid Ashai, CEO of Nexamp, the nation's largest community solar developer, to discuss community solar, battery storage, grid modernization, and why policy certainty is essential to building a...

People in this episode

Host: Tim Montague

Guest: Zaid Ashai

Topics covered

• electric grid
• community solar
• battery storage
• grid modernization
• renewable energy
• policy certainty

Keywords

• electric grid
• AI
• electric vehicles
• battery storage
• renewable energy
• community solar
• policy certainty

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Organizations: Nexamp

Places: America

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