Jigar Shah

12 statements across 6 episodes · 6 bullish · 4 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 19, 2023 by Jigar Shah · said 12 times in 7 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Everything said about Jigar Shah, oldest first

Jan 19, 2023 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
Shah: Reconductoring existing lines provides all needed US grid transmission capacity
“You can reconductor all of the existing lines and get all of the existing, All the new transmission capacity that you need. We have reports out of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory that say that. We have, like, private sector and geo reports, et cetera, that say th…”
Jigar Shah Jan 19, 2023 ▶ 29:12 The make-or-break moment for America’s energy transition
Jan 19, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Shah: 1.2 terawatts of solar and wind sit in interconnection queues
“The renewable energy industry to pay for it, because they're the ones who have 1.2 terawatts of solar and wind projects waiting in our connection queues”
Jigar Shah Jan 19, 2023 ▶ 29:30 The make-or-break moment for America’s energy transition
Jan 19, 2023 negative
Opinion
Shah: EV charging stations should be legally required to co-locate battery storage
“Like, we should not allow any electric vehicle charging stations to be installed without co-locating batteries at that location. It literally makes no sense, because that, that use case needs batteries to be co-located to minimize grid impacts.”
Jigar Shah Jan 19, 2023 ▶ 29:46 The make-or-break moment for America’s energy transition
Jan 19, 2023 negative
Disclosure
Shah: Incompetent states are failing to apply for $4B in federal funds
“There are states that you think should be competent that aren't. Right. They are not applying for the money that we have. And we will literally say to them, here is the 14 step process you should follow to use this because you only have two hundred million dol…”
Jigar Shah Jan 19, 2023 ▶ 23:47 The make-or-break moment for America’s energy transition
Jan 19, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Shah: DOE contacted 500 climate tech CEOs to coordinate policy and capital
“We were able to call 500 CEOs across the climate tech space and say, what do you need? Like, you know, what do you need to actually do what you've said you're going to do? And it was the first time that these CEOs had ever interacted in policy directly, and th…”
Jigar Shah Jan 19, 2023 ▶ 10:53 The make-or-break moment for America’s energy transition
Mar 8, 2023 bearish
Assertion Contradicted
Shah: US Grid Capacity Utilization Peaked in 1979 and Continues Falling
“It is very clear to everybody that in 1979, we hit our peak in terms of capacity utilization of our grid. Right. And every single year since then, we have gone down in capacity utilization.”
Jigar Shah Mar 8, 2023 ▶ 37:06 Are oil & gas majors abandoning clean energy?
May 1, 2023 bullish
Assertion Supported
Shah: US adds 2 GW monthly in app-controllable distributed energy assets
“Today we're adding, and we're adding two gigawatts a month to our homes and businesses of things that you can control with an app on your phone, right?”
Jigar Shah May 1, 2023 ▶ 47:33 America’s green industrial strategy 2.0
May 1, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Shah: Advanced reconductoring can triple existing electric grid capacity
“Replacing the existing wire with fantastic new wire that can three X the current grid capacity.”
Jigar Shah May 1, 2023 ▶ 46:11 America’s green industrial strategy 2.0
Oct 16, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wesoff: DOE has shifted from basic science to commercial project financing
“It's not the intense science-based Department of Energy of Ernest Moniz or Stephen Chu. The DOE is being helmed by Business people and industrialists like Jigar Shah, like David Crane, like Elaine Shea, and many, many others, and so we, we've gone away from a …”
Eric Wesoff Oct 16, 2023 ▶ 2:37 Investors riff on the new era for climate investing
Jul 16, 2024 bearish
Prediction Open · timeframe Jul 2029
Shah: Annual electricity load growth will likely be around 2.5%, not 7%
“I don't think we're going to have seven percent load growth every year. I think it's probably more like two and a half percent, but it's still something that we don't have the tools to deal with right now.”
Jigar Shah Jul 16, 2024 ▶ 10:05 Our final episode: The top stories of 2024 so far
Feb 19, 2025
Insight
Shah: Opponents should use local permits, not federal power, to stop projects
“If people want to stop a project, they should stop a project with a local permit in the local jurisdiction. They should not be using the federal government to stop projects.”
Jigar Shah Feb 19, 2025 ▶ 37:48 Open Circuit: Jigar, Katherine, and Stephen are back
Feb 19, 2025 positive
Prediction Open · timeframe Jan 2029
Shah: Trump's DOE will honor all closed and obligated LPO loans
“But like, for closed loans and loans that have obligated funds, I think they'll honor all those loans.”
Jigar Shah Feb 19, 2025 ▶ 39:35 Open Circuit: Jigar, Katherine, and Stephen are back
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