In this episode of Signals, Nick Mazing sits down with Camila Sarmiento, a ESG analyst from HSBC, based in New York.

First, Camila covers the surge in renewable energy investments in the United States, driven, in part, by the Inflation Reduction Act. The US is still playing catch-up in the area.

Then Camila discussed the current state of the US grid: from the lack of a single national grid, to the complex relationship between utilities, local governments, and federal regulators. A major concern is the age of the grid, with 70% being more than 30 years old.

Finally, the guest goes over the new challenges and potential solutions that the grid faces. Historically, the grid was fed by few, relatively large energy sources while now, with increasing renewables, the size of the sources is smaller but there are a lot more of them. Further, balancing demand with production is harder due to the intermittency of renewable energy.

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