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Chris Taylor

CEO & Founder, GridStor · 1 appearance on the record.

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Chris Taylor heads GridStor, a Goldman Sachs-backed utility-scale battery energy storage developer that executed one of the first IRA tax credit transfers with J.P. Morgan for its Goleta facility. Previously, he led clean energy investing for Google's global data center division and co-founded renewable energy developer Element Power.

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2 predictions · 2 assertions · 3 insights · 2 disclosures · 1 what if · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 4 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 3 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

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Assertion Supported
Taylor: Gridstor Was Among First to Transfer IRA Tax Credits
“We were one of the first, if not the first project to be able to effectuate a transfer of the new tax credits that are available under the Inflation Reduction Act, which is kind of an in the weeds, wonky finance thing, but critically important to taking these …”
Chris Taylor Jan 22, 2025 ▶ 2:25 Pioneering one of the first IRA tax credit transfers

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Assertion Supported
Taylor: Gridstor Was Among First to Transfer IRA Tax Credits
“We were one of the first, if not the first project to be able to effectuate a transfer of the new tax credits that are available under the Inflation Reduction Act, which is kind of an in the weeds, wonky finance thing, but critically important to taking these …”
Chris Taylor Jan 22, 2025 ▶ 2:25 Pioneering one of the first IRA tax credit transfers
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Robust domestic US battery supply chains won't be viable until late 2026
“So we are looking to focus our supply, de-risk our supply chain so that we have robust U.S. Supply options, but those are not likely to be viable until late 26 or early 27, realistically.”
Chris Taylor Jan 22, 2025 ▶ 29:31 Pioneering one of the first IRA tax credit transfers
Insight
Raising $100M-$200M only funds a single clean energy infrastructure project
“Most companies are raising a hundred million or two hundred million, which is just about enough to build one thing, and then you're out of money again.”
Chris Taylor Jan 22, 2025 ▶ 4:33 Pioneering one of the first IRA tax credit transfers
What-if
Financing unproven battery tech without a Tesla-level balance sheet is nearly impossible
“If we were using an unproven technology or a company that didn't have much of a balance sheet or a track record, I think that would have made this much more difficult, if not impossible.”
Chris Taylor Jan 22, 2025 ▶ 7:25 Pioneering one of the first IRA tax credit transfers
Insight
Double-digit storage growth triggers FOMO among traditionally cautious bank lenders
“When they see that a new sector like batteries is, Is poised for double digit annual growth. They don't want to see all that business go to their rivals. They want to make sure they get on the ground floor too. So there's kind of a chicken and egg thing where …”
Chris Taylor Jan 22, 2025 ▶ 13:30 Pioneering one of the first IRA tax credit transfers
Disclosure
Taylor: Gridstor executed an IRA tax credit transfer with J.P. Morgan
“There's got a ton of lawyers involved and accountants on every side and a lot of sort of reassuring of people, but it's a pretty straightforward process, and at the end, we got that done with J.P. Morgan, which is Fantastic is they're probably the biggest play…”
Chris Taylor Jan 22, 2025 ▶ 18:36 Pioneering one of the first IRA tax credit transfers
Insight
The IRA structurally fails without private buyers for energy tax credits
“The IRA doesn't work without private parties that are willing to buy these credits, right? The government doesn't actually write us a check.”
Chris Taylor Jan 22, 2025 ▶ 18:59 Pioneering one of the first IRA tax credit transfers
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Trump's manufacturing onshoring will actually drive up battery storage demand
“That said, I think that load growth will probably increase under Trump. If he's successful in everything he wants to do, he will, if we onshore manufacturing and do all these things that will drive up load growth, that will drive up the need for batteries.”
Chris Taylor Jan 22, 2025 ▶ 28:32 Pioneering one of the first IRA tax credit transfers
Disclosure
Gridstor is rushing Chinese equipment deliveries to beat incoming tariff deadlines
“And we're talking to manufacturers in China about, you know, moving equipment prior to tariffs getting imposed. We're talking to manufacturers about buying U.S. Equipment as soon as it's available, and we're talking to Other parties about buying from parties, …”
Chris Taylor Jan 22, 2025 ▶ 29:44 Pioneering one of the first IRA tax credit transfers
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gridstor installed a Tesla Megapack every 2.5 minutes at construction peak
“I think we were installing a mega pack every two and a half minutes at the peak of construction. It's pretty incredible. That's how fast they were able to load them on. Maybe it was every five minutes, but they were able to like pick them off this truck with a…”
Chris Taylor Jan 22, 2025 ▶ 16:02 Pioneering one of the first IRA tax credit transfers

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Pioneering one of the first IRA tax credit transfers Jan 22, 2025 20m
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