E129: The AI Solution the Grid Desperately Needs with Gridmatic
From Everybody in the Pool by Molly Wood
April 2, 2026 · 28 min · Episode 129
About this episode
Molly Wood interviews David Miller from Gridmatic about the challenges and solutions in managing a renewable energy grid using AI.
The grid is getting smarter, cleaner, and infinitely more complicated all at once. Enter Gridmatic, a company using artificial intelligence to do what old-school grid modeling can’t: predict when the wind will blow, when prices will spike, and exactly when to charge or discharge a battery. This week on Everybody in the Pool , Molly is joined by David Miller, Chief Commercial Officer at Gridmatic, to nerd out about why managing a grid full of renewables is so much harder than managing one full of coal and gas, and what it actually takes to make renewable energy reliable at scale. We talk about: Why forecasting renewable output is so much harder than forecasting demand How Gridmatic uses AI to predict real-time price spikes a full day ahead and position batteries accordingly Why Texas's grid interconnection queue has ballooned to 230 gigawatts when the state only uses 90 on its hottest day What "Controllable Load Resources" are, and why they might be the key to unlocking faster grid interconnection for data centers The crucial missing link between the vision of virtual power plants and actual grid reliability, and how software finally closes that loop Links: Gridmatic…
People in this episode
Host: Molly Wood
Guest: David Miller
Topics covered
- artificial intelligence
- renewable energy
- grid management
- energy forecasting
- battery storage
- virtual power plants
Keywords
- AI
- grid modeling
- renewable output
- price spikes
- Controllable Load Resources
- virtual power plants
- battery charging
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Gridmatic
Places: Texas
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