Inevitable Ep 64: Shayle Kann, Managing Director at Energy Impact Partners
Today’s guest is Shayle Kann, Managing Director for Energy Impact Partners.
EIP is an investment firm that invests in companies shaping the energy landscape of the future. It's backed by a broad coalition of some of the world's largest and most innovative utilities that collectively span the globe, access millions of households, and spend more than 20 billion annually on new technologies and procurement. Shayle leads research & strategy at Energy Impact Partners.
Previously, Shayle spent over eight years building and running GTM Research, the market intelligence arm of Greentech Media, where he led a 30-person team tracking and forecasting the evolution of the electricity sector. Shayle oversaw this business through and beyond GTM’s successful 2016 acquisition by Verisk Analytics.
Shayle is a renowned expert on the energy transition. He has spoken at conferences around the world, testified in front of U.S. Congress, and is regularly cited in outlets including the New York Times, Wall St. Journal, Washington Post, Economist, and Bloomberg. His writing has been featured in publications such as Foreign Affairs, Nature Energy and Public Utilities Fortnightly.
Shayle is also Senior Advisor to Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy. Prior to GTM, Shayle was a U.S. Fulbright Scholar, researching renewable energy project finance in Australia. He also worked at Conservation Services Group (acquired by ClearResult) and the California Public Utilities Commission. He graduated cum laude, phi beta kappa from Pomona College.
In today’s episode, we cover:
- Overview of Energy Impact Partners
- Areas they invest in
- Shayle’s role with the firm
- How the utilities that are LPs engage, and what they are hoping to get out of their involvement
- Shayle’s history, and what led him to EIP
- When and why he started caring about climate change
- Shayle’s throughs on the nature of the problem and the best ways to solve
- Role of policy vs innovation
- Future of capitalism
- How Shayle would allocate a big pot of money to maximize its impact in the climate fight
- Shayle’s advice for how you and I can help
Links to topics discussed in this episode:
- Energy Impact Partners: https://www.energyimpactpartners.com/
- Greentech Media: https://www.greentechmedia.com/
- The Interchange: https://www.greentechmedia.com/podcast/the-interchange
- Xcel Energy: https://www.xcelenergy.com/
- California Public Utilities Commission: https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/
- Lazard’s levelized cost of energy: https://www.lazard.com/perspective/levelized-cost-of-energy-and-levelized-cost-of-storage-2018/
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