Erin Hardick
Erin Hardick is a producer for Latitude Media, working primarily on the Green Blueprint, With Great Power, and Columbia Energy Exchange podcasts. She wears a number of other Latitude Media hats in addition to her production work — she conducts research for Latitude Intelligence, writes pieces of reported analysis and commentary for the news site, and occasionally contributes writing to Latitude Studios as well.
Erin has almost a decade of experience researching the electric utility industry and energy transition, having held senior analyst positions at the Utility Analytics Institute and Zpryme. She is a former fellow of the Clean Energy Leadership Institute and Climatebase.
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems is building new supply chains for commercialization
Rick Needham explains why the startup’s approach to commercial fusion requires novel components, from tape to copper magnet caps.
Erin HardickJun 23, 2025 -
What Fervo’s approach says about financing first-of-a-kind energy projects
Sarah Jewett walks through how the company used a variety of capital to build its record breaking geothermal facilities.
Erin HardickMay 27, 2025 -
Tesla’s energy arm is no stranger to resource shortages
Tesla Energy is facing market pressures. The uncertainty recalls the early days of the Powerwall, plagued by supply constraints.
Erin HardickApr 24, 2025 -
A pandemic, an earthquake — and the end of Sunfolding
Inside the twists of the company's chaotic eight years.
Erin HardickMar 3, 2025 -
How GridStor proved a new grid-scale storage financing strategy
The battery storage company partnered with JP Morgan to complete one of the first IRA tax credit transfers.
Erin HardickJan 30, 2025 -
Climeworks COO on the risks of being first to market
Douglas Chan said that challenges complicated the process of building the world’s largest direct air capture and storage plant.
Erin HardickJan 9, 2025 -
Former FERC commissioner is optimistic about solving data center demand
LaFleur: "I think the state of the grid is very strong."
Erin HardickDec 18, 2024 -
How big does a heat battery brick need to be?
John O’Donnell explains how Rondo Energy decided to size the brick for their first commercial scale heat battery project.
Erin HardickDec 12, 2024 -
This Colorado utility is building a VPP from scratch
Platte River Power Authority’s IRP calls for 32 megawatts of VPP capacity — but the utility currently doesn’t even have a DERMs.
Erin HardickSep 11, 2024 -
The DER revolution exposes flaws in traditional utility billing systems
Traditional customer information systems can’t keep up.
