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Avg. Duration 38m
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Since Jan 2025
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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The Just Power Podcast is about making clean, affordable and reliable energy accessible to everyone. Created and hosted by Carolyn Parrs, CEO of Mind Over Markets, it features energy experts, policymakers, Tribal voices, and community champions who are working hard to make energy equity a reality in our energy transition.


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S5E12 Season Finale: I'm Not Waiting (S5:E12)

Jun 04, 2026 18m Transcript

This episode is different. No guests. No data. Just Carolyn Parrs revealing what she has been sitting with since finishing eleven conversations about energy affordability this season — and what she…

S5E11 Leading Through Energy Affordability: The Episode That Predicted This Season (S5:E11)

May 28, 2026 43m Transcript

The pendulum always swings towards justice. That's what Dr. Tony Reames told host, Carolyn Parrs in the last season of the Just Power podcast. It's the thread that has quietly connected every…

S5E10 Leading Through Energy Affordability: An Open Door Isn't a Seat at the Table (S5:E10)

May 20, 2026 40m Transcript

Most people will never set foot in an energy regulatory proceeding. And for the ones who do show up — without a lawyer, without technical expertise, without money to intervene — showing up is often…

S5E9 Leading Through Energy Affordability: Rewriting the Rules of Lending (S5:E9)

May 13, 2026 44m Transcript

When you design a financial system around people instead of profit, it works. That's not a theory. For Duanne Andrade, CEO of the Solar and Energy Loan Fund (SELF), it's 13 years of receipts: $60…

S5E8 Leading Through Energy Affordability: The Watchdogs Inside the Room (S5:E8)

May 06, 2026 36m Transcript

The affordability crisis isn't a fuel cost problem or an infrastructure problem — it's a power problem. Who's in the room when rates get set, who has decades of precedent on their side, and who's…

S5E7 Leading Through Energy Affordability: From Pilot to Practice With NICOR Gas (S5:E7)

Apr 29, 2026 39m Transcript

The energy affordability crisis is well understood. What's less clear is what's actually holding up as credible solutions from inside the system. Meena Beyers knows. As Vice President of Business and…

S5E6 Leading Through Energy Affordability: When Love Is a Business Strategy (S5:E6)

Apr 21, 2026 36m Transcript

What if the most radical thing a utility could do right now isn't build more infrastructure — it's decide that how it cares for customers is just as important as how it powers their homes?Utibe…

S5E5 Leading Through Energy Affordability | From Customer Service Issue to Business Crisis — Ben Nathan, E Source (S5:E5)

Apr 16, 2026 49m Transcript

The utility industry says affordability is a priority. So why do half of struggling customers expect to lose power in the next 12 months — and 80% don't even know help exists?That number — nearly 50%…

S5E4 Leading Through Energy Affordability | The Room Where Billion-Dollar Decisions Get Made —Colorado PUC Chair Eric Blank (S5:E4)

Apr 08, 2026 34m Transcript

What happens in a room most people never think about — no cameras, no headlines, no viral moments — shapes every electricity bill in your state. In this episode of Just Power, Carolyn Parrs sits down…

S5E3 Leading Through Energy Affordability | Beyond Programs — What Dignity-Centered Leadership Looks Like (S5:E3)

Apr 02, 2026 42m Transcript

We have programs. We have data. We have red-ink notebooks full of public comments. So what do credible, leadership responses to energy affordability actually look like — and who is truly stepping up…

S5E2 Leading Through Energy Affordability | The Human Reality Behind Rising Energy Costs (S5:E2)

Mar 25, 2026 50m Transcript

What does energy unaffordability actually feel like? Not the policy language, not the rate filings — but the lived experience of a family in Colorado's San Luis Valley watching a $900 bill arrive…

S5E1 New Series: Leading Through Energy Affordability | What Credible Responses Look Like (S5:E1)

Mar 19, 2026 36m Transcript

Season 5 Launch: "Leading Through Energy Affordability" series.Energy affordability is one of the defining challenges of the energy transition — and for millions of households, it is already a…

S4E10 Polarization to Progress: Decarbonization Without Sacrificing Affordability or Reliability (S4:E10)

Jan 30, 2026 35m Transcript

At a moment when energy conversations are more polarized than ever—and families are caught between rising bills and an uncertain grid—how do we actually move forward? In this final episode of Season…

S4E9 Microsoft, AI, and the Grid We Need Next (S4:E9)

Jan 22, 2026 48m Transcript

The grid is being asked to do the impossible: power AI and data centers, electrify homes and industry, integrate carbon-free energy, and still stay affordable and reliable. In this episode of Just…

S4E8 Clean Energy for Data Centers - Without Raising Rates (S4:E8)

Jan 16, 2026 41m Transcript

Data centers aren’t just energy-hungry—they’re reshaping the power system faster than almost anything we’ve seen before. Some now consume as much electricity as entire cities, and the rush to meet…

S4E7 Setbacks to Breakthroughs: The Hidden Upside (S4:E7)

Jan 08, 2026 23m Transcript

Feeling like progress toward a clean, affordable energy future has stalled — or even slipped backwards? You’re not alone. In this episode, I explore the real-world setbacks many of us are…

S4E6 Grasstops vs. Grassroots: How Real Community Engagement Looks (S4:E6)

Jan 01, 2026 33m Transcript

Behind every public hearing and polished plan is a simple question: who actually had a voice? My guest, Mary Palmer, founder of New Bayou and Director of Energy Equity & Inclusion at SEPA, and I…

S4E5 Denver’s Once-Every-20-Years Utility Franchise Showdown (Happening Now): S4:E5

Dec 24, 2025 47m Transcript

A once-every-20-years utility franchise renewal is unfolding in real time in Denver — and it’s turning into something much bigger than a routine contract extension.Denver’s franchise agreement with…

S4E4 Your Energy Bill Is Rising. Here's What You Can Do About It (S4:E4)

Dec 11, 2025 19m Transcript

If you’ve opened your bill lately and taken a deep breath before you dared look at the total, you’re not alone. Today, I break down—in simple, human language—why energy costs are rising, who’s paying…

S4E3 Stuck Before It Starts: A Belgian Student's Case Study on Citizen-Led Energy (S4:E3)

Dec 03, 2025 42m Transcript

This is the story of a Belgian graduate student who asked a simple question—can a neighborhood truly own its own energy?—and uncovered a web of hidden barriers buried deep inside the system. In this…

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