Brian Bartholomew, a renewable energy developer, joins Jacob Mays, a Cornell professor, Eric Goff, a regulatory consultant, and Andy Reger, a DER consultant. They tackle the chaos in power markets as renewables surge, discussing how pricing strategies are adapting to extreme events. The conversation reveals Texas’s and California’s contrasting approaches to managing electric demand. They also explore skepticism towards Distributed Energy Resources and the urgent need for innovative solutions and regulatory reforms to meet future energy challenges.