<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[DER Task Force: Newsletter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Monthly community updates]]></description><link>https://www.dertaskforce.com/s/newsletter</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g61B!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F15e66be5-7e86-4ca0-9245-e14e88f959b4_1095x1095.png</url><title>DER Task Force: Newsletter</title><link>https://www.dertaskforce.com/s/newsletter</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:43:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[DER Task Force]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[dertaskforcenews@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[dertaskforcenews@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[DER Task Force]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[DER Task Force]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[dertaskforcenews@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[dertaskforcenews@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[DER Task Force]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Announcing New Energy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Don't miss the solar-powered music fest after DERVOS]]></description><link>https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/announcing-new-energy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/announcing-new-energy</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan Campbell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:52:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!f2oB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47a297e4-fac7-4250-953a-b2dab218637c_1200x1500.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As promised, the day after DERVOS we&#8217;re putting on a 1-day music festival powered by off-grid solar and batteries. We&#8217;re finally at the stage where we can announce it, so we wanted to make sure the DERTF community was the first to know.</p><p>The show will be on Governor&#8217;s Island in the same location as DERVOS. There will be 4 great acts on the main stage, plus a DJ set. Doors open at 3pm, show starts at 5pm, and it will all wrap up at 10pm.</p><p><a href="http://www.newenergyfest.com">Buy your tickets here</a>! And check out the official press release below for more details.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!f2oB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47a297e4-fac7-4250-953a-b2dab218637c_1200x1500.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!f2oB!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47a297e4-fac7-4250-953a-b2dab218637c_1200x1500.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!f2oB!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47a297e4-fac7-4250-953a-b2dab218637c_1200x1500.webp 848w, 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The lineup includes <strong>Eartheater, Junglepussy, Doss, GIFT</strong>, and <strong>Ivan Berko</strong>.</p><p>&#8220;After last year&#8217;s successful proof of concept, we&#8217;re thrilled to officially launch New Energy, the solar-powered music festival,&#8221; DERTF&#8217;s James McGinniss says. &#8220;While there are still challenges for the industry to achieve 100% solar-powered festivals, we want people to realize that if we can do it, they can too. There&#8217;s so much doomerism and blackpilling about the climate and our ability to shift away from fossil fuels. Everything about New Energy&#8217;s vibe and curation is aimed to inject a different kind of energy into the world &#8212; one that says the future is actually going to be awesome.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;The name New Energy has a double meaning, and we&#8217;re echoing the forward-thinking ethos of the overall event in our music curation,&#8221; organizer Ryan Leas adds. &#8220;Building upon the groundwork laid last year, we want to feature artists on the rise and on the bleeding edge &#8212; both sonically and thematically reshaping our present while plotting a course towards a future we can&#8217;t see yet. These are musicians that make us feel that mystery isn&#8217;t frightening, but exhilarating.&#8221;</p></blockquote>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[DERVOS Sneak Peak - VPPs ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Utilities and grid operators are swiping right on DERs]]></description><link>https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-sneak-peak-vpps</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-sneak-peak-vpps</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan Campbell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:13:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d3mx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F87b9e2d2-bacb-41de-ba06-321687c51e8e_1280x623.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;ve got another DERVOS content announcement for you! Our third ThunDERdome of the day will cover the most infamous topic in our space. Check out the details below!</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://luma.com/dervos2025&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Buy Tickets&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://luma.com/dervos2025"><span>Buy Tickets</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h2>Deploying and Orchestrating GWs of Distributed Capacity</h2><p><em>It&#8217;s time to transition from hype to happening.</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d3mx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F87b9e2d2-bacb-41de-ba06-321687c51e8e_1280x623.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Frankly, that might be right.</p><p>But over the last 18 months, we&#8217;ve seen something change. For the first time, utilities and grid operators seem to asking for VPPs. The industry used to beg for permission to participate, but its now accepting invitations.</p><p>Aggregating and dispatching DERs used to be about offering emergency capacity, or maybe some economic optimization on the margin. Compare that to today, where this asset class is being deployed to meet load growth.</p><p>Utilities are short capacity and need all the help they can get. Gas plants aren&#8217;t easy to build these days, nuclear takes forever, and grid-scale solar and wind are deployable but need firming/flexibility. And it turns out, a properly managed VPP can at times be even more valuable than a traditional power plant. </p><p>VPPs have graduated from nice-to-have to must-have.</p><div><hr></div><h2>Speakers</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eueI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fca99ae3c-1995-4243-be35-12096a0d0152_1879x232.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eueI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fca99ae3c-1995-4243-be35-12096a0d0152_1879x232.jpeg 424w, 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>For this ThunDERdome we've pulled together guests representing each quadrant on the 2-axis chart of deployer versus orchestrator and power-market vs. vertically-integrated context. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FNdB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F451518da-14ba-4407-92c6-258f45f31c9e_800x800.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FNdB!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F451518da-14ba-4407-92c6-258f45f31c9e_800x800.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FNdB!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F451518da-14ba-4407-92c6-258f45f31c9e_800x800.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FNdB!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F451518da-14ba-4407-92c6-258f45f31c9e_800x800.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FNdB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F451518da-14ba-4407-92c6-258f45f31c9e_800x800.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FNdB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F451518da-14ba-4407-92c6-258f45f31c9e_800x800.jpeg" width="310" height="310" 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FNdB!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F451518da-14ba-4407-92c6-258f45f31c9e_800x800.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FNdB!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F451518da-14ba-4407-92c6-258f45f31c9e_800x800.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FNdB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F451518da-14ba-4407-92c6-258f45f31c9e_800x800.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" 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x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>Ryan Long, Executive Vice President at Xcel Energy</strong>, led a distributed capacity procurement in his previous role as the President of Xcel Energy for the Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota service territories. Under this model, Xcel will procure and operate DERs as a part of their planning process, to meet resource adequacy and improve system reliability. You can learn more about this concept in <a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/utility-led-dervolution">the DERTF episode</a> with Pier LaFarge.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ClaR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8807350-b009-4cae-ae30-6da402dbe279_750x750.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ClaR!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8807350-b009-4cae-ae30-6da402dbe279_750x750.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ClaR!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8807350-b009-4cae-ae30-6da402dbe279_750x750.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ClaR!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8807350-b009-4cae-ae30-6da402dbe279_750x750.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ClaR!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8807350-b009-4cae-ae30-6da402dbe279_750x750.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ClaR!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8807350-b009-4cae-ae30-6da402dbe279_750x750.jpeg" width="300" height="300" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e8807350-b009-4cae-ae30-6da402dbe279_750x750.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:750,&quot;width&quot;:750,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:300,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Profile photo of Seth Frader-Thompson&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Profile photo of Seth Frader-Thompson" title="Profile photo of Seth Frader-Thompson" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ClaR!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8807350-b009-4cae-ae30-6da402dbe279_750x750.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ClaR!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8807350-b009-4cae-ae30-6da402dbe279_750x750.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ClaR!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8807350-b009-4cae-ae30-6da402dbe279_750x750.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ClaR!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8807350-b009-4cae-ae30-6da402dbe279_750x750.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>Seth Frader-Thompson, Co-Founder and CEO of EnergyHub</strong>, has quietly built what we believe is the largest VPP in the country. And they&#8217;ve done it with zero hype. And interestingly, despite talk about VPPs often being hyper market oriented, EnergyHub&#8217;s customer base is 90%+ within vertically-integrated utilities. To hear more about Seth&#8217;s story and how ENergyHub was built, <a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/der-startup-school-with-seth-frader">check out this recent episode</a> of the DERTF podcast.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GcuC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6c06d048-7910-408d-886f-6f0c541d4401_800x800.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GcuC!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6c06d048-7910-408d-886f-6f0c541d4401_800x800.jpeg 424w, 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stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line 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To learn more about Dana and Voltus, listen to <a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/der-baby-der-with-dana-guernsey-co">the recent DER Task Force podcast</a> that featured her.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0oO8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffddd37ba-fd5b-41ed-b653-2b41cff7a4e5_800x800.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0oO8!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffddd37ba-fd5b-41ed-b653-2b41cff7a4e5_800x800.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0oO8!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffddd37ba-fd5b-41ed-b653-2b41cff7a4e5_800x800.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0oO8!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffddd37ba-fd5b-41ed-b653-2b41cff7a4e5_800x800.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0oO8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffddd37ba-fd5b-41ed-b653-2b41cff7a4e5_800x800.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0oO8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffddd37ba-fd5b-41ed-b653-2b41cff7a4e5_800x800.jpeg" width="292" height="292" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/fddd37ba-fd5b-41ed-b653-2b41cff7a4e5_800x800.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:800,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:292,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Profile photo of Chris Rauscher, J.D.&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Profile photo of Chris Rauscher, J.D." title="Profile photo of Chris Rauscher, J.D." srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0oO8!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffddd37ba-fd5b-41ed-b653-2b41cff7a4e5_800x800.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0oO8!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffddd37ba-fd5b-41ed-b653-2b41cff7a4e5_800x800.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0oO8!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffddd37ba-fd5b-41ed-b653-2b41cff7a4e5_800x800.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0oO8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffddd37ba-fd5b-41ed-b653-2b41cff7a4e5_800x800.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>Chris Rauscher, VP of Grid Services &amp; Electrification at Sunrun</strong>, is focused on ensuring residential solar and storage solutions are deployed in a manner than produces both customer and grid value. Chris joined DER Task Force 4 years ago for one of our old-school virtual meetups that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4UDrTJmlPE">you can check out here</a>.</p><div><hr></div><p>Buy your tickets before the sell out!</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://luma.com/dervos2025&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Buy Tuckets&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://luma.com/dervos2025"><span>Buy Tuckets</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[DERVOS Sneak Peak - Permissionless DERs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just plug it in. No one can stop you.]]></description><link>https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-sneak-peak-permissionless</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-sneak-peak-permissionless</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan Campbell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 12:30:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bDXN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd3e8113-1bc6-45a5-915e-65c22a4371d2_1447x1856.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The DERVOS content announcements are rolling out! Our second ThunDERdome of the day is one we&#8217;re super excited about. Check out the details below!</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://luma.com/dervos2025&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Buy Tickets&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://luma.com/dervos2025"><span>Buy Tickets</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h2>Permissionless DERs Wait for No One</h2><p><em>This new category promises to put the power in your hands.</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bDXN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd3e8113-1bc6-45a5-915e-65c22a4371d2_1447x1856.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bDXN!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd3e8113-1bc6-45a5-915e-65c22a4371d2_1447x1856.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bDXN!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd3e8113-1bc6-45a5-915e-65c22a4371d2_1447x1856.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bDXN!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd3e8113-1bc6-45a5-915e-65c22a4371d2_1447x1856.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bDXN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd3e8113-1bc6-45a5-915e-65c22a4371d2_1447x1856.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bDXN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd3e8113-1bc6-45a5-915e-65c22a4371d2_1447x1856.jpeg" width="1447" height="1856" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bd3e8113-1bc6-45a5-915e-65c22a4371d2_1447x1856.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1856,&quot;width&quot;:1447,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Remembering E. 11th St. green-power pioneers - The Village Sun&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Remembering E. 11th St. green-power pioneers - The Village Sun" title="Remembering E. 11th St. green-power pioneers - The Village Sun" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bDXN!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd3e8113-1bc6-45a5-915e-65c22a4371d2_1447x1856.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bDXN!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd3e8113-1bc6-45a5-915e-65c22a4371d2_1447x1856.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bDXN!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd3e8113-1bc6-45a5-915e-65c22a4371d2_1447x1856.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bDXN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd3e8113-1bc6-45a5-915e-65c22a4371d2_1447x1856.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The very early days of distributed solar often fell into the &#8220;guerrilla solar&#8221; bucket. Enterprising home owners, indoor pot farms, and anyone else who wanted to reduce their power bill or hide their electricity consumption might mount solar on their roof, wire it into their panel, and let the meter spin backwards without telling their utility.</p><p>One of our favorite examples of this was the original Energy Task Force in NYC, who put an old wind turbine on top of their Lower East Side co-op, got sued by the monopoly utility, and ended up charting a legal path for distributed energy that culminated in PURPA being signed.</p><p>While it spurred tons of innovation and we are grateful for these pioneers, this approach was not scalable. Paralleling your own power source with the grid without the appropriate protections processes could put the power system and its staff at risk.</p><p>With that in mind, the last 25 years of mainstream distributed energy project development have involved lengthy permitting and utility interconnection processes. While these things serve their purposes, this established a highly permissioned structure for DERs to operate within. Timelines move slowly as they bounce between different authorities. Projects undergo rounds of design revisions in attempt to gain permission. Many customers get frustrated with the timelines and drop off, raising the soft costs of the installer.</p><p>What if there was another way? What if you didn&#8217;t need to beg for permission to make or store your own power? What if a complicated project sale was simplified into an easy product or service experience? And all of this would be done while still ensuring safety.</p><p>A new category of Permissionless DERs promise this. By virtue of their architecture, they don&#8217;t require all or some of those authorities to sign off, and some don&#8217;t even need professional installers. There are many different types, from plug and play solar like Germany&#8217;s (and now Utah&#8217;s) well known approach, to batteries that sit in your home like a beautiful appliance, to electrical devices that integrate batteries natively, to on-demand commercial and industrial power systems that can get you up and running in days rather than years.</p><h4>Permissionless DERs are here and they don&#8217;t wait for anyone.</h4><div><hr></div><h2>Speakers</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xNNt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F08bfb92f-5329-4a72-b17c-6ba976018489_1627x310.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>This is likely one of the more novel topics we&#8217;ll be exploring during DERVOS, so we&#8217;ve assembled a true supergroup of guests to dive in and help us out. </p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SELf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8ad5c47b-9faa-435d-ae8c-9334a6dcf1cb_800x800.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SELf!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8ad5c47b-9faa-435d-ae8c-9334a6dcf1cb_800x800.jpeg 424w, 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data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8ad5c47b-9faa-435d-ae8c-9334a6dcf1cb_800x800.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:800,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:308,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Profile photo of Cole Ashman&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Profile photo of Cole Ashman" title="Profile photo of Cole Ashman" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SELf!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8ad5c47b-9faa-435d-ae8c-9334a6dcf1cb_800x800.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SELf!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8ad5c47b-9faa-435d-ae8c-9334a6dcf1cb_800x800.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SELf!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8ad5c47b-9faa-435d-ae8c-9334a6dcf1cb_800x800.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SELf!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8ad5c47b-9faa-435d-ae8c-9334a6dcf1cb_800x800.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" 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x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>Cole Ashman, Founder &amp; CEO of Pila Energy, </strong>is a former Tesla engineer who&#8217;s team is building the future of plug and play batteries. Pila&#8217;s sleek batteries are meant to be plugged in at the device level, offering backup power, energy shifting, and more. <a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/going-permissionless-with-cole-ashmanceo">Cole recently appeared on the DER Task Force podcast</a> shortly after he launched the product.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MntQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F866a1e5d-9362-4e71-a04c-1cbfc3ad697d_800x600.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MntQ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F866a1e5d-9362-4e71-a04c-1cbfc3ad697d_800x600.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MntQ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F866a1e5d-9362-4e71-a04c-1cbfc3ad697d_800x600.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MntQ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F866a1e5d-9362-4e71-a04c-1cbfc3ad697d_800x600.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MntQ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F866a1e5d-9362-4e71-a04c-1cbfc3ad697d_800x600.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MntQ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F866a1e5d-9362-4e71-a04c-1cbfc3ad697d_800x600.jpeg" width="314" height="235.5" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/866a1e5d-9362-4e71-a04c-1cbfc3ad697d_800x600.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:600,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:314,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Bala Ramamurthy&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Bala Ramamurthy" title="Bala Ramamurthy" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MntQ!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F866a1e5d-9362-4e71-a04c-1cbfc3ad697d_800x600.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MntQ!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F866a1e5d-9362-4e71-a04c-1cbfc3ad697d_800x600.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MntQ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F866a1e5d-9362-4e71-a04c-1cbfc3ad697d_800x600.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MntQ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F866a1e5d-9362-4e71-a04c-1cbfc3ad697d_800x600.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>Bala Ramamurthy, Co-Founder and CEO of Critical Loop</strong>, previously held a key leader at SpaceX, where he led the development of the human-rated Falcon 9 rocket, playing a pivotal role in the United States' return to human spaceflight. Bala is bringing his experience in developing mission critical hardware and software to on-demand power systems for commercial and industrial facilities.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!suJG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Feebb14de-164d-46ca-a48e-f6478ef0b02a_300x301.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!suJG!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Feebb14de-164d-46ca-a48e-f6478ef0b02a_300x301.webp 424w, 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>Stephan Scherer, co-founder of Craftstrom Solar</strong>, wants anyone with a standard power socket and a wifi connection to be able to easily install solar and batteries. Their suite of solar panel, inverter, battery, and smart breaker products promise to make solar a simple product purchase that anyone can self-install.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5azp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd38fee7d-54df-4fa2-b33b-ad113afd5a45_450x450.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5azp!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd38fee7d-54df-4fa2-b33b-ad113afd5a45_450x450.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5azp!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd38fee7d-54df-4fa2-b33b-ad113afd5a45_450x450.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5azp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd38fee7d-54df-4fa2-b33b-ad113afd5a45_450x450.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5azp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd38fee7d-54df-4fa2-b33b-ad113afd5a45_450x450.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5azp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd38fee7d-54df-4fa2-b33b-ad113afd5a45_450x450.jpeg" width="284" height="284" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d38fee7d-54df-4fa2-b33b-ad113afd5a45_450x450.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:450,&quot;width&quot;:450,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:284,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Profile photo of Kevin Chou&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Profile photo of Kevin Chou" title="Profile photo of Kevin Chou" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5azp!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd38fee7d-54df-4fa2-b33b-ad113afd5a45_450x450.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5azp!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd38fee7d-54df-4fa2-b33b-ad113afd5a45_450x450.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5azp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd38fee7d-54df-4fa2-b33b-ad113afd5a45_450x450.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5azp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd38fee7d-54df-4fa2-b33b-ad113afd5a45_450x450.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>Kevin Chou, Co-founder &amp; Executive Director of Brightsaver</strong>, leads a nonprofit with the mission to make solar energy and battery storage accessible to everyone. They work to build a future where clean, affordable energy is in everyone&#8217;s hands, and everyday people, no matter their income or address, can power their own lives, save money, and lead the shift to a more sustainable world.</p><div><hr></div><p>We can&#8217;t wait to see you all there! Snag your ticket quickly before they sell out!</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://luma.com/dervos2025&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Buy Tickets&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://luma.com/dervos2025"><span>Buy Tickets</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[DERVOS Sneak Peak - Big DERs Energy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rad or Fad? Co-located DERs for massive data centers.]]></description><link>https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-sneak-peak-big-ders-energy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-sneak-peak-big-ders-energy</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan Campbell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:01:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eelC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffb52f761-463c-4d6b-a54f-f6ce0717bab2_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every year our goal with DERVOS is to put on the best damn show we possibly can. We&#8217;ve been really cooking for everyone this year, so we&#8217;re excited to take the cover off one of the main themes we&#8217;ll be exploring and the amazing guests who we&#8217;ve found to help out.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://luma.com/dervos2025&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Buy Tickets&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://luma.com/dervos2025"><span>Buy Tickets</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h2>Big DERs Energy (BDE)</h2><p><em>Co-located DERs are enabling massive data center growth.</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eelC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffb52f761-463c-4d6b-a54f-f6ce0717bab2_1536x1024.png" 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Many analysts confidently proclaim that today&#8217;s moment, where AI data centers are being powered by on-site systems, is just the fleeting expression of several unfortunately timed constraints. The distributed energy folks are going to have their fun for a few years, but soon enough the grid and its institutions will remember how to expand, at which point things will go back to normal.</p><p>What if that&#8217;s not true? What if it was always the destiny for large new loads to be powered by, or at least enabled by, on-site power systems? Up until last year, electricity demand hadn&#8217;t grown in the US for nearly a quarter-century. And our last big wave of growth happened well before that, at a time when power generation technology and the <a href="https://www.notboring.co/p/the-electric-slide">electric stack</a> were less mature.</p><p>Things couldn&#8217;t be more different today. We have massive solar and battery manufacturing capacity that is deployed to projects quickly and at low cost. We have natural gas prime movers that are standardized, modular, and highly performant. We have sophisticated controls and power distribution hardware that command Odin&#8217;s spark in ways never seen before.</p><p>And despite the common assertion that data centers require 100% capacity factors, it appears even these large new loads themselves may act as distributed energy resources, flexing their might when it matters most.</p><h4>What if things wont return to normal? What if <em>THIS </em>is the new normal?</h4><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://luma.com/dervos2025&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Buy Tickets&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://luma.com/dervos2025"><span>Buy Tickets</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h2>Speakers</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!w5sT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc945274e-521a-4fe6-842a-6aa7688ec3dd_2408x327.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>To settle this question we&#8217;ve pulled together a few of our favorite people at the bleeding edge of the industry:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fmws!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95ce1974-6bb2-4324-9f85-40196fd410c7_1412x1324.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fmws!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95ce1974-6bb2-4324-9f85-40196fd410c7_1412x1324.webp 424w, 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fmws!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95ce1974-6bb2-4324-9f85-40196fd410c7_1412x1324.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fmws!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95ce1974-6bb2-4324-9f85-40196fd410c7_1412x1324.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fmws!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95ce1974-6bb2-4324-9f85-40196fd410c7_1412x1324.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>Cully Cavness, Co-Founder &amp; COO of Crusoe</strong>, and his team are building the Stargate effort for OpenAI &#8212; a series of truly massive data center campuses in Texas and elsewhere that will be powered by gas turbines, batteries, solar, wind, and the grid.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lh6w!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F922456b1-36bd-43a8-918c-a2104cd242e6_560x560.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lh6w!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F922456b1-36bd-43a8-918c-a2104cd242e6_560x560.jpeg" width="316" height="316" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/922456b1-36bd-43a8-918c-a2104cd242e6_560x560.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:560,&quot;width&quot;:560,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:316,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Profile photo of Hallie Cramer Carrao&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Profile photo of Hallie Cramer Carrao" title="Profile photo of Hallie Cramer 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We&#8217;re about 5 weeks out and we&#8217;ve sold out every year, so reserve your spot asap!</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://luma.com/dervos2025&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Buy Tickets&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://luma.com/dervos2025"><span>Buy Tickets</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[DERVOS '25 - Early Bird Tix Nearly Sold Out]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grab one of the last discounted tickets to save $200!]]></description><link>https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-25-early-bird-tix-nearly-sold</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-25-early-bird-tix-nearly-sold</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan Campbell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 18:03:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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We have an absolutely insane day in store for everyone and can&#8217;t wait to make this thing happen. See our <a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-2025-announcement">original announcement post</a> for more details on the best energy event of the year.</p><p>For the true believers out there who want to come before we reveal the day&#8217;s content, there are <a href="https://lu.ma/dervos2025">discounted early bird tickets</a> available. There&#8217;s less than 100 of these left, so act fast!</p><p>We plan to start making announcements in August, at which point the early bird ticket option will expire.</p><p>See you all in three months!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[DERVOS 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[The time is now for distributed energy. 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lu.ma/dervos2025&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;BUY TICKETS&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://lu.ma/dervos2025"><span>BUY TICKETS</span></a></p><p></p><h2>This year we are going BIG!</h2><p>Big DER Energy. American Energy Dominance. We are - as Jigar would tell us to do - thinking in billions not millions.</p><p>For this year&#8217;s event we secured a truly incredible new location on Governors Island&#8217;s Parade Ground. The main stage <a href="https://i2.wp.com/www.atinytrip.com/wp-content/uploads/governors-island-viewe.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1">backdrop will overlook a Revolutionary War military fort and the Financial District skyline</a>. Biiiig shouts to The Trust for Governors Island in helping make this happen.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;2ccb85b5-f496-4616-b327-00b379fee8be&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><h2>The High Level</h2><ul><li><p>When: Oct 17, 9am-6pm (plus night time activities)</p></li><li><p>Where: Governor&#8217;s Island, NYC</p></li><li><p>Tickets: $800</p></li></ul><p>We&#8217;ll also be throwing a fully solar-powered music festival on October 18th at the same location. It will be separately ticketed with details to follow, so save that date as well! <a href="https://www.stereogum.com/2285036/nation-of-language-is-the-surprise-headliner-for-brooklyns-first-solar-powered-concert/news/">Last year</a> was incredible. Nation of Language <a href="https://youtu.be/8gzvjwI1bFA?t=3621">said it was one of their favorite NYC shows they&#8217;ve ever played</a> and we even got a <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture-council/articles/community-leaders-innovators-making-climate-equity-possible-1235245149/">shoutout from Rolling Stone</a>.</p><p></p><h2><strong>You can expect a full day complete with</strong></h2><ul><li><p>Incredible speakers and panels, zero pay to play</p></li><li><p>Topics that actually matter with unrestrained hot takes</p></li><li><p>An expanded demo day with the coolest startups in energy</p></li><li><p>Time to hang with a seriously awesome group of peers</p></li><li><p>A big ass party at the end</p></li></ul><p></p><h2>Schedule</h2><p>9:00 AM - Kickoff (Main Stage)</p><p>9:20 AM - Keynote, Jesse Peltan (Main Stage)</p><p>9:40 AM - <a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-sneak-peak-big-ders-energy">ThunDERdome 1 - Big DERs Energy (BDE)</a> (Main Stage)</p><p>10:40 AM - Showcase 1 - Hypervolt (Main Stage)</p><p>11:00 AM - Break</p><p>11:30 AM - Showcase 2 - Permissionless DERs Showdown (Main Stage)</p><p>11:50 AM - <a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-sneak-peak-permissionless">ThunDERdome 2 - Permissionless DERs Wait for No One</a> (Main Stage)</p><p>12:30 PM - Lunch</p><p>1:00 PM - Demo Day (Chapel, optional &amp; space limited)</p><p>2:00 PM - Circuit Breaker Session - Jigar Shah + Nick Chaset (Main Stage)</p><p>2:40: PM - <a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-sneak-peak-vpps">ThunDERdome 3 - Deploying &amp; Orchestrating GWs of Distributed Capacity</a> (Main Stage)</p><p>3:30: PM - Break</p><p>4:00: PM - Showcase 3 - Sunrun&#8217;s VPP Update (Main Stage)</p><p>4:20: PM - <a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-sneak-peek-energy-dominance">ThunDERdome 4 - Energy Dominance and the Electrostate</a> (Main Stage)</p><p>5:10 PM - Wrap-Up (Main Stage)</p><p>5:30 PM - DER Beers</p><p>7:30 PM - AFTER PARTY + DINNER ON THE ISLAND</p><h2>Logistics</h2><p>Getting to Governors Island requires taking a super quick ferry ride either <a href="https://www.govisland.com/plan-your-visit/ferry">from Fidi</a> or <a href="https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/south-brooklyn/">from Brooklyn</a>.</p><p>If you want to be there for the Kickoff at 9am, make sure you&#8217;re on the 8:15am (8:30 at the latest!) ferry from FiDi (10 minute ferry, 10 minute walk to DERVOS, 10 mins to register and settle) or the 8:22am ferry from RedHook.</p><p>As for leaving, ferries to FiDi leave every 30 minutes, with the last ferry at 11pm. 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None of us make a dollar off of this. Ticket prices have increased this year to support putting on a more ambitious show than ever.</p><p></p><h2><strong>This year&#8217;s event is brought to us by:</strong></h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zm2m!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe2a59f72-5ac4-49ba-8dad-6730aec8f7e1_800x300.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zm2m!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe2a59f72-5ac4-49ba-8dad-6730aec8f7e1_800x300.png 424w, 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Most conferences (&amp; I've been to a million) are boring AF. But at DERVOS everyone on stage all day -- and seemingly everyone in the audience! -- is doing fascinating, bleeding-edge stuff. What a great time to be DER-pilled!&#8221;</p><p>- David Roberts, Volts Newsletter</p></div><p>Here&#8217;s some content from last year if you&#8217;re curious about what it&#8217;s like:</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-24-demo-day">Demo Day</a> with Impulse Labs, Electric Era, Paces, and Westinghouse</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-24-load-growth-panel">Load Growth</a> with Duncan Campbell (Scale Microgrids), Ari Matusiak (Rewiring America), Astrid Atkinson (Camus), Jesse Pelton (Type 1 &amp; Abundance Institute), Andy Lubershane (EIP)</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-24-power-markets-panel">Power Markets</a> with James McGinniss (David Energy), Jacob Mays (Cornell), Brian Bartholomew (REV Renewables), Eric Goff (Goff Policy), Andy Reger (PA Consulting)</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-24-policy-panel">Policy Panel</a> with Allison Clements (FERC), Marissa Gillett (CT PURA), Arushi Sharma Frank (Luminary Strategies, former Tesla), Allison Bates Wannop (DER Task Force)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lu.ma/dervos2025&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;BUY TICKETS&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://lu.ma/dervos2025"><span>BUY TICKETS</span></a></p></li></ul>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYC Meetup Tomorrow!]]></title><description><![CDATA[And be sure to check out the new meetup calendar.]]></description><link>https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/nyc-meetup-tomorrow</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/nyc-meetup-tomorrow</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan Campbell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 21:11:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g61B!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F15e66be5-7e86-4ca0-9245-e14e88f959b4_1095x1095.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just a heads up that there&#8217;s an <a href="https://lu.ma/5yqf58zb">NYC meetup tomorrow</a> at the David Energy HQ at 6:30pm.</p><p>We also have a <a href="https://lu.ma/zff3lk9j">San Francisco chapter meetup</a> coming up during climate week on April 23rd that should be a great time.</p><p>And if you&#8217;re in another city, be sure to check out the meetup calendar. You can always find it at the meetups link in our header.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lots of Meetups Coming!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plus some big updates on how meetups work]]></description><link>https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/lots-of-meetups-coming</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/lots-of-meetups-coming</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan Campbell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:45:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8981629d-3dbf-4161-930a-b91db5912bba_580x375.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you haven&#8217;t been to <a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/meetups">our meetups page</a> in a while, its definitely time to check it out.<br><br>Now each chapter city has its own easy to use event calendar where you can see all meetup details and RSVP to them. Each calendar is run by a local admin now too, so you can be sure it&#8217;s always up to date.</p><p>You can also subscribe to a city&#8217;s calendar so you&#8217;re always in the loop without having to check it constantly.</p><p>Be sure to take a look because we have a ton of great meetups coming up!</p><ol><li><p><a href="https://lu.ma/dertf_toronto">Toronto, 2/20</a> (tonight!)</p></li><li><p><a href="https://lu.ma/dertf_chicago">Chicago, 2/25</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://lu.ma/dertf_seattle">Seattle, 2/28</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://lu.ma/dertf_nyc">NYC, 3/12</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://lu.ma/dertf_sf">SF, 4/23</a></p></li></ol>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[DERVOS 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year we've cranked up the voltage on the most engaging energy event out there.]]></description><link>https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-2024-final-schedule</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/dervos-2024-final-schedule</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[DER Task Force]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 17:20:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qE_Z!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe889f272-f3d2-4f05-9f0a-5bc45d92dba2_1820x1038.gif" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qE_Z!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe889f272-f3d2-4f05-9f0a-5bc45d92dba2_1820x1038.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qE_Z!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe889f272-f3d2-4f05-9f0a-5bc45d92dba2_1820x1038.gif 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qE_Z!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe889f272-f3d2-4f05-9f0a-5bc45d92dba2_1820x1038.gif 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qE_Z!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe889f272-f3d2-4f05-9f0a-5bc45d92dba2_1820x1038.gif 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qE_Z!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe889f272-f3d2-4f05-9f0a-5bc45d92dba2_1820x1038.gif 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qE_Z!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe889f272-f3d2-4f05-9f0a-5bc45d92dba2_1820x1038.gif" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e889f272-f3d2-4f05-9f0a-5bc45d92dba2_1820x1038.gif&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:null,&quot;width&quot;:null,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:14083070,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/gif&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qE_Z!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe889f272-f3d2-4f05-9f0a-5bc45d92dba2_1820x1038.gif 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qE_Z!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe889f272-f3d2-4f05-9f0a-5bc45d92dba2_1820x1038.gif 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qE_Z!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe889f272-f3d2-4f05-9f0a-5bc45d92dba2_1820x1038.gif 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qE_Z!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe889f272-f3d2-4f05-9f0a-5bc45d92dba2_1820x1038.gif 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Buckle up because it&#8217;s going to be a big day of DERs. Check out the overview and then read below for details on some epic panels.</p><p>And of course, if you don&#8217;t have tickets yet, be sure to scoop them. They&#8217;ll be sold out very soon!</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dervos-2024-tickets-911417713917?aff=oddtdtcreator&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Buy Tickets Here&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dervos-2024-tickets-911417713917?aff=oddtdtcreator"><span>Buy Tickets Here</span></a></p><p>If you&#8217;re interested in a press pass, <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQa_5UaeCSk2mhOAPtFOsyqDzmIrKfctJeTEC2uSkZFKBkyw/viewform?usp=sf_link">fill out this form</a>.</p><div><hr></div><h2>Logistics</h2><p>DERVOS 2024 will be on October 25th at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Newlab/@40.6988592,-73.9747271,15z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x89c25bc8d538176d:0x90a44fb90f44d351!8m2!3d40.6988592!4d-73.9747271!16s%2Fg%2F11b7l5qxzw?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D">New Lab</a> in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Plan to arrive at 9am to check in for a 9:30 start.</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>Schedule</strong></h2><p>Agenda: </p><p>9:00 - 9:30am Check-In + Coffee</p><p>9:30 - 10:00am Welcome &amp; Kick-off</p><p>10:00 - 11:00am Load Growth Panel</p><p>11:00 - 12:00pm Policy Panel</p><p>12:00 - 12:30pm Demo Day Part 1</p><p>12:30 - 1:45pm  Lunch and Showcase</p><p>1:45 - 2:30pm Circuit Breaker Session</p><p>2:30 - 3:30pm Tech Panel</p><p>3:30 - 4:00pm Demo Day Part 2</p><p>4:00 - 5:00pm Power Markets Panel</p><p>5:00 - 5:30pm Wrap-up</p><p>5:30 - 7:30pm Drinks</p><div><hr></div><h2>Speakers &amp; Participants</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9DGE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f9cbfdd-d8c5-4567-86d4-02e2d53ebaeb_1020x2880.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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They&#8217;ll fill us in on what we&#8217;ve got planned for the day and the year ahead. We&#8217;ll also get a keynote welcome from one of our favorite humans, Tim Hade, co-founder of Scale Microgrids.<br><br><strong>10:00 - 11:00am:  Load Growth Panel<br><br></strong>Demand growth has returned to the US electricity sector for the first time in two decades and the cracks are showing in the system. Reindustrialization, electrification, and the AI juggernaut have catapulted us into a new era. New loads are suddenly having trouble getting grid connections, interconnection times for new generation keep growing with no end in sight, and transmission and distribution costs are escalating faster than ever. And yet, technology costs continue to plummet. Will the demand growth story of the 2020s look radically different than that of the 1950s?</p><p><em>Speakers: Ari Matusiak (Rewiring America), Astrid Atkinson (Camus), Jesse Pelton (Type 1), Andy Lubershane (EIP), Duncan Campbell (Scale)<br><br></em><strong>11:00 - 12:00pm:  Policy Panel<br><br></strong>New energy technologies can thrive or die due to regulatory policy. This unbelievable policy panel will feature regulators who have actually supported new technologies and advocates who have successfully fought for paradigm-shifting policies. We know we have great technologies--this panel will explore how we get them to scale.<br><br><em>Speakers: Allison Clements (FERC), Angela Navarro (Virginia), Marissa Gillett (CT PURA), Arushi Sharma Frank (Luminary Strategies) and Allison Bates Wannop (DER TF)</em></p><p><strong>12:00 - 12:30pm:  Demo Day<br><br></strong>10-15 minute product demos from some of our favorite companies that have new stuff to share.</p><p><em>Participants: Impulse Labs, Westinghouse eVinci, Paces AI, Electric Era</em></p><p><strong>12:30 - 1:45pm:  Lunch &amp; Showcase</strong></p><p>Enjoy complimentary lunch and mosey around the floor to talk to hang with other attendees and chat up the Demo Day participants plus some additional interesting companies and organizations who will be set up in the main room.</p><p><strong>1:45 - 2:30pm:  Circuit Breaker Session</strong><br><br>David Roberts (Volts podcast) and Mary Powell (CEO of Sunrun and DER legend) will sit down in a &#8220;fireside chat&#8221; style session to review the past year and chart a course for the future of DERs as two giants in our space.</p><p><em>Speakers: David Roberts (Volts) and Mary Powell (Sunrun)</em></p><p><strong>2:30 - 3:30pm:  Tech Panel</strong><br><br>GridTech has arrived (RIP &#8220;ClimateTech&#8221;). Hardware startups are back. AI is transforming software. There is a whole new frontier in Gridtech that wasn&#8217;t here even 5 years ago. We&#8217;ll hear from DERTF&#8217;s favorite tech thinkers and doers in the space to learn about the exciting future to come: everything from consumer hardware to grid infrastructure and device connectivity. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br><em>Speakers: Henrik Langeland (Enode), Quincy Lee (Electric Era), Kiran Bhatraju (Arcadia), Sam D&#8217;Amico (Impulse) and Nick van Osdol (Climate Capital)</em></p><p><strong>3:30 - 4:00pm:  Demo Day Part 2</strong></p><p><strong>4:00 - 5:00pm:  Power Markets Panel<br><br></strong>Renewables have been breaking a lot of the mechanisms in our power markets, irrespective of structure. Across energy only, IRP, and capacity markets, we have been seeing "weirdness" in price action and regulatory responses as solar and wind continue to dominate new installs. It&#8217;ll be an acronym stew: from PCM and RUC buying in ERCOT, adjusting ELCCs&nbsp;in PJM leading to capacity prices 10x'ing, to NEM 3.0 in CAISO. We want to contend with what this means today&nbsp;and then try to map a path into where it all leads tomorrow. Will these existing structures adapt, or will something new emerge?<br><br><em>Speakers: Jacob Mays (Cornell), Brian Bartholomew (REV Renewables), Eric Goff (Goff Policy), Andy Reger (PA Consulting) and James McGinniss (David Energy)</em></p><p><strong>5:00 - 5:30pm:  Wrap-up<br><br></strong>Final words from the DERTF crew and others.<strong><br></strong><br><strong>5:30 - 7:30pm:  Drinks &amp; Food<br><br></strong>We&#8217;ll end the day with networking, drinks, and a food truck or two. 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Reindustrialization, electrification, and the AI juggernaut have catapulted us into a new era. </p><p>New loads are suddenly having trouble getting grid connections, interconnection times for new generation keep growing with no end in sight, and transmission and distribution costs are escalating faster than ever. </p><p>And yet, technology costs continue to plummet. Will the demand growth story of the 2020s look radically different than that of the 1950s? Join us to find out with four of the sharpest minds in our space.</p><p>Our tickets are selling out fast and we have a price increase happening after the next 30 tickets are sold. Grab yours today.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.eventbrite.com/e/911417713917?aff=oddtdtcreator&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Register here&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/911417713917?aff=oddtdtcreator"><span>Register here</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Event Reminder - NYC TMRW @ 6PM!]]></title><description><![CDATA[DER Task Force & Keyframe Capital Present : Peak Heat &#8220;Hot Takes&#8221;]]></description><link>https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/event-reminder-nyc-tmrw-6pm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/event-reminder-nyc-tmrw-6pm</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan Campbell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 15:07:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[July Meetups and a Special Event!]]></title><description><![CDATA[DERTF has a bunch going on this month.]]></description><link>https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/july-meetups-and-a-special-event</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/july-meetups-and-a-special-event</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan Campbell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 15:47:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/32adb460-7e11-4740-a237-5edc6958216f_2286x1231.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We had a great NYC meetup last night &#8212; thanks to all who attended. Here&#8217;s a list of everything else we&#8217;ve got going on this month, and be sure to scroll to the end. Also, keep in mind the latest events calendar <a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/meetups">can always be found here</a>.</p><p></p><p><strong>TORONTO MEETUP DATE CHANGE</strong></p><p>The Toronto meetup is being changed from today (7/11) to next Tuesday (7/16). Same location. During the summer we&#8217;ll be going will Tuesdays moving forward as well. Check out <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=jkuje19uabftukt3b6941go7qg%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;ctz=America%2FNew_York">the meetup calendar here</a> for more details.</p><p></p><p><strong>SEATTLE</strong></p><p>No meetup scheduled yet for July, but we&#8217;ll be sure to keep you in the loop if one comes up.</p><p></p><p><strong>&#8220;PEAK HEAT&#8221; HOT TAKES WITH KEYFRAME CAPITAL</strong></p><p>Join Keyframe Capital and DER Task Force on July 24th from 6-8pm for an evening of cool gelato and hot takes.</p><p>&#8203;We'll have a lineup of participants give a 1 min hot take on anything energy followed by a rapid-fire Q&amp;A. Let us know if you want to speak before the group - there might just be a prize for you if you do!</p><p>&#8203;Hot Take Examples:</p><ul><li><p>&#8203;Urban rooftop solar installations will become the primary source of renewable energy for cities by 2030</p></li><li><p>&#8203;Coal mines will be converted into giant underground greenhouses, turning former pollution sites into food hubs</p></li><li><p>&#8203;Fusion will always be 30 years away, no matter how much we invest in it</p></li></ul><p>&#8203;Have some fun with it - there are no rules!</p><p>&#8203;Date/Time: July 24th, 6:00-8:00pm</p><p><a href="https://lu.ma/37lgf59c?tk=ek0QAI">RSVP HERE</a></p><p>&#8203;Exact location will be provided to approved guests only... but it is an indoor/outdoor rooftop, so bring your shades!</p><p>&#8203;P.S. This event is BYOHT. 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Save this year's date - October 25, 2024 in Brooklyn]]></description><link>https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/save-the-date-third-annual-dervos</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/save-the-date-third-annual-dervos</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[DER Task Force]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2024 18:34:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6nwV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6655f2e4-2aca-437a-928b-d97b130ecac1_1920x1080.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What you might have missed last year:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6nwV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6655f2e4-2aca-437a-928b-d97b130ecac1_1920x1080.png" 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This year, we&#8217;re releasing a limited # of early bird, discounted tickets so if you know you can make it, grab yours today <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dervos-2024-tickets-911417713917?aff=oddtdtcreator">here</a>.</p><p><strong>Agenda:</strong><br>Stay tuned, we&#8217;ve got some exciting sessions in the works.&nbsp;<br>And if you have any cool ideas to add to our cool ideas, definitely hit us up. (nicole@dertaskforce.com)</p><p><strong>Location:</strong><br><a href="https://www.newlab.com/about">NEWLAB</a><br>We can&#8217;t leave our friends at NewLab, so this year we are expanding to include a large tented outdoor area to accommodate up to twice as many attendees! </p><p>This space is seriously dope. It&#8217;s home to over 800 entrepreneurs, engineers, and inventors, solving the world&#8217;s biggest challenges with leaders and experts across industries and cities. It really fits our vibe and we think you&#8217;ll love spending the day with us there.</p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><br>DER Task Force is run exclusively by volunteers, so we rely on your help! If your company would like to sponsor this event and see us work endlessly to advocate for distributed energy policy across the country, contact us about some unique sponsorship opportunities.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meetups in Seattle, Toronto, and NYC this week!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Come hang with the DERTF squad.]]></description><link>https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/meetups-in-seattle-toronto-and-nyc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/meetups-in-seattle-toronto-and-nyc</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan Campbell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 21:34:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5d7a5139-0460-48c3-8e78-a7eb83519827_2749x1512.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lots of cool stuff happening this week:</p><p></p><p>&#9748; Our first ever Seattle meetup will be at the <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/BoAHvHFniVxbKwyk8">Electric Era headquarters</a> (yes, that is the address) on Friday May 10th from 4-6PM. This one should be awesome and has already attracted a great crew of 25+. <a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/meetups">RSVP Here</a>.</p><p>&#127809; We&#8217;re also doing another Toronto meetup, this time hosted by Powerhouse Ventures at their <a href="https://google.com/maps/place/EAST+ROOM/@43.6598946,-79.3520412,17.29z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x89d4cb6be6356375:0x2a9c8646b670787f!8m2!3d43.6601806!4d-79.3534831!16s%2Fg%2F11b6rwsc_2?entry=ttu">East Room location</a> on Thursday May 9th at 7pm. Octavi from Powerhouse can let you in, send him a message on the DERTF Slack or email octavi@powerhouse.fund. And be sure to <a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/meetups">RSVP here </a>ahead of time.</p><p>&#128509; And of course, our monthly NYC meetup will be on Wednesday May 8th at the usual time place. <a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/meetups">RSVP here</a>.</p><p></p><p>See you all there!!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reminder, meetups in NYC and Toronto this week!]]></title><description><![CDATA[come hang with the squad]]></description><link>https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/reminder-meetups-in-nyc-and-toronto</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/reminder-meetups-in-nyc-and-toronto</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan Campbell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 19:24:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g61B!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F15e66be5-7e86-4ca0-9245-e14e88f959b4_1095x1095.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;ve got two meetups this week!</p><ol><li><p>&#128509; NYC - Wednesday @ 6:30 <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/David+Energy+Systems/@40.711866,-73.953716,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x124c64501a40c07b?sa=X&amp;ved=1t:2428&amp;ictx=111">here</a></p></li><li><p>&#127809; Toronto - Thursday @ 7pm <a href="https://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&amp;q=Hemingway%27s+Restaurant+and+Bar,+142+Cumberland+St,+Toronto,+ON+M5R+1A8,+Canada">here</a></p></li></ol><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.dertaskforce.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">DER Task Force is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Please RSVP if you intend on coming. You can always find the latest meetup calendar and rsvp form <a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/meetups">here on our meetups page</a>.</p><p></p><p>Also check out the #nyc and #toronto slack channels to get to know these local chapters. If you&#8217;re not on the slack <a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/resources">you can get in via this link</a>.</p><p></p><p>See you there!</p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.dertaskforce.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">DER Task Force is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feb NYC Happy Hour is Next Week!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just a heads up, in February we&#8217;ll be doing our NYC meetup on the first Wednesday of the month (2/7).]]></description><link>https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/feb-nyc-happy-hour-is-next-week</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/feb-nyc-happy-hour-is-next-week</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan Campbell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2024 17:01:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g61B!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F15e66be5-7e86-4ca0-9245-e14e88f959b4_1095x1095.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just a heads up, in February we&#8217;ll be doing our NYC meetup on the first Wednesday of the month (2/7). Usually we do it on the second Wednesday of the month, but wanted to give you all the chance to enjoy Valentines Day without thinking about what you&#8217;re missing at the DERTF meetup.</p><p>Also, keep in mind we have a new way to RSVP that doesn&#8217;t use Eventbrite anymore. On our <a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/meetups">meetups page</a> you can check out the events calendar at will and RSVP to any event you&#8217;d like. After RSVPing it will link you to a donation page if you&#8217;d like to toss us a few bucks to help with making all of this happen. 100% of donations go to real costs and none of us make money from this.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.dertaskforce.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">DER Task Force is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reminder: NYC Happy Hour is tomorrow]]></title><description><![CDATA[Come hang IRL!]]></description><link>https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/reminder-nyc-happy-hour-is-tomorrow</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/reminder-nyc-happy-hour-is-tomorrow</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James McGinniss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 17:43:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/63f308fa-d59b-4fd6-9000-d06f7aef256c_3300x2103.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Friends,</p><p>We&#8217;ll be hosting a happy hour tomorrow at 630pm at the David Energy HQ at 417 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11211.</p><p>As a reminder, we do these every second Wednesday of every month. Same time, same place.</p><p>Apologies that we haven&#8217;t been better at announcing these &#8212; we&#8217;ve been having some trouble with eventbrite. We have a new much simpler RSVP process now that you can find on the <a href="https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/meetups">Meetups page</a> at the top of the site.</p><p>See you tomorrow!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[V2R (Vehicle-to-Rave) Dervos After Party!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Because off-grid solar-powered beats just hit harder.]]></description><link>https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/v2r-vehicle-to-rave-dervos-after</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.dertaskforce.com/p/v2r-vehicle-to-rave-dervos-after</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[DER Task Force]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2023 13:58:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/32b573bc-20df-4bfd-8b45-52548325af9d_716x536.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;8d0c3593-bff3-4be4-9e72-a183a9c3ac2c&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>Dervos is officially sold out and the waitlist is over-capacity, but great news, we&#8217;ve opened up tickets for our late-night after party where the networking is guaranteed to be dope. </p><p>The first ever V2R application, brought to you by SOLARPUNKS and the DER Task Force. 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