Welcome to Energy Bytes with John Kalfayan and Bobby Neelon. Your essential guide to the intersection of data and energy. This podcast dives deep into the world of energy, shedding light on how data, AI, and technology are revolutionizing this sector. Each episode equips listeners with insights into the most efficient tools and resources, paving the way for a data-driven future in energy. From technical nuances to broader industry trends, Energy Bytes offers an unparalleled perspective on the evolution of the energy industry. Join us as we decode the algorithms of energy, one byte at a time.
Utilities are drowning in paperwork long before a repair crew ever leaves the yard. Aarya Borele, co-founder and CTO of Evardi Energy, walks John and Bobby through outage requests getting rejected a day out, FERC 881 pushing line ratings from seasonal to hourly, and why 95 percent accuracy is a failing grade when the lights are on the line. Also in here: the grid as cloud infrastructure, Griddy's flameout, and a 49ers conspiracy theory involving a substation.
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0:00 Agents, VMs and running everything at once
3:26 Back in the studio
4:34 What Evardi does
5:45 Uri and the incentive problem
10:28 When the ISO rejects your outage
12:35 How the grid actually works
15:02 FERC 881 and hourly line ratings
17:46 Where Evardi fits in
21:37 Blackouts in India and Kenya
25:28 The grid as cloud infrastructure
30:17 Griddy and the wholesale gamble
33:45 The stack, compliance and weather models
37:40 Accuracy in critical infrastructure
40:22 Jargon, bad data and context
45:56 Models, local hosting and token costs
55:29 The 49ers substation theory
57:13 Speed round
1:05:38 Physical AI and robot ducks
1:11:25 Paying attention in a granola world
1:14:09 The ask
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13 Aug 2026
EP 84: Ben Dickinson & Bryan Frantz from NexTier Completion Solutions
Host John and Guest Ben Dickinson and Bryan Frantz from NexTier Completion Solutions discuss building an end-to-end frac data platform to unlock insights from oil and gas completions data.
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EP 83: Paul Brown from BDE Data
Host John and Bobby interview Paul Brown, Founder and Principal Engineer at BDE Data, discussing his journey from drilling engineer to digitizing legacy well data and the future of AI in energy.
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