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Climate Risk Data Remains Critical with Larry Lawrence from Intercontinental Exchange

Season 4 · Episode 10

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 • Duration 39:35

Sponsored by: EDF power solutions -- Info@EDF-re.com

This episode marks the turn of one of the most popular guests we’ve ever had on this show: Larry Lawrence, Vice President of Sustainable Finance Data at Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). When we had him on the show back in 2023, our conversation veered into the various ways data was evolving to drive innovation in sustainable finance.

Well, it’s 2025 and it’s safe to say … things have changed. The very word sustainable is now taboo in some spaces, but Larry and the team at ICE don’t get caught up in all that. They don’t let semantics get in the way of the data.

And when it comes to climate risk data, the financial services industry is listening to what the data says. Asset managers are listening. Investors in mortgage-backed securities are listening. And perhaps most importantly, insurers are listening. Natural disasters like wildfires, floods and hurricanes have reshaped insurance markets. So much so that, as the team at ICE shared in a recent report, climate risks are creating affordability risks that can ultimately lead to default risks.

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ICE Report: How are home insurance costs changing across the United States?

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Importance of clarity in climate risk data - (4:27)

Natural disasters and 'on the ground' data - (6:27)

Innovative ways investors are using climate risk data - (13:10)

Impact of climate risk on home insurance costs - (18:38)

Can the insurance affordability problem be solved? - (20:55)

A shift in how we talk about 'sustainable' finance - (27:39)

Real-time markets for climate risk data - (31:06)

Larry's bold predictions for the future of climate risk data - (34:53)

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Are AI Data Centers the New Power Centers?

Season 4 · Episode 9

Thursday, October 23, 2025 • Duration 32:41

Sponsored by: EDF power solutions -- Info@EDF-re.com

One of the hottest topics these days -- not just in the energy sector, but across the entire economy -- is the anticipated energy demand from AI data centers. In an effort to separate the signal from the noise, Jeffrey Jakubiak, a partner at Vinson & Elkins, stops by the show to share his insights on the specific load demands AI data centers place on the grid. Perhaps most importantly, Jeffrey also discusses whether or not the US will be able to overcome a smorgasbord of challenges in order to build out enough generation capacity to meet that demand.

One tactic many big tech firms are embracing is colocation. Amid the new 'Bring Your Own Power' (BYOP) environment, Jeffrey and I ponder one possible long-term impact on the grid: Will data centers become power centers?

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Trump agenda hits jobs and US energy investment ... Data centers go portable ... Google turns to CO2

Friday, July 25, 2025 • Duration 06:03

National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory facing job cuts ... Foreign investors shy away from US ... Brightcore Energy's Mike Richter is on the way

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Grain Belt Express responds to cancellation of DoE loan guarantee ... NextEra's Ketchum sounds upbeat ... Powin declares bankruptcy

Thursday, July 24, 2025 • Duration 04:36

Plus ... White House AI plan and solar supply chain challenges

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BNEF issues renewables forecast ... PJM sees energy costs going up ... Texas weighs Senate Bill 6 ... Equinor takes $955 million impairment ... Fusion energy sees investment surge ... Clean energy lobbying falls short

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 • Duration 04:51

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Watchdog says PJM can't handle more data centers ... UN's Guterres weighs in on the future of energy ... Trump takes anti-renewables sentiment to a new level ... JP Morgan makes a play in carbon markets

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 • Duration 04:21

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Tough headlines for solar ... Congress pivots to permitting ... RMI aims to close funding gap

Monday, July 21, 2025 • Duration 04:10

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BP sells its US onshore wind business ... Moss Landing fire sparks BESS pushback

Friday, July 18, 2025 • Duration 03:41

BP sells its US onshore wind business ... Utilities accelerate renewables projects ... Moss Landing sparks more BESS pushback ... Trump taps LaCerte for FERC ... Commerce plans new duty on Chinese graphite ... The EU marks a solar power milestone

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Daily Dose of Renewables - July 17, 2025

Thursday, July 17, 2025 • Duration 05:45

Should Big Tech fret Interior Department's slow roll of wind and solar? ... Jigar Shah compares renewables now to fracking of the early 2000s ... Amazon's carbon emissions cllimb ... VPPs save the day in heat waves ... GOP districts come to grips with project cancellations

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Daily Dose of Renewables - July 16, 2025

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 • Duration 04:51

A salute to Cipher ... Renewables go missing in Pittsburgh ... The US threatens to pull out of the IEA ... Uncertainty persists for transferability of tax credits ... California bill tweaks net metering for home sales

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