Can AI Data Centers Lower Costs for Residential Consumers? Reading & Podcast Picks, September 21, 2025

Flexible AI loads; who gets blamed for high energy costs; bipartisan permitting reform in DC; solar and battery records in Texas; the "pragmatic climate reset"; quarantining monopolies; and more

Reading and Podcast Picks is a collection of what I’ve been reading and listening to over the last week or so about energy topics.

In addition to these R&P Picks, paid subscribers receive access to the full archives, Grid Roundups, and select episodes of the Energy Capital Podcast, including this one with Jana Gerber of Schneider Electric on microgrids.