Crossroads: The Infrastructure Podcast
Jul 22, 2026 · 27 min · 9 segments
Aligned Climate Capital's Peter Davidson discusses how state regulatory regimes guide growth of the distributed generation sector.
Peter DavidsonGuestChuck StanleyHostWith energy demand growing across the country and grid infrastructure experiencing capacity constraints in much of the country, many consumers and investors are exploring opportunities to meet demand through smaller, localized solutions to serve communities and commercial and industrial needs.
Advocates say these distributed generation assets can bring energy to consumers faster than utility scale wind and solar without adding strain to the grid.
But the distributed generation sector is highly dependent on supportive state regulatory regimes.
I'm Chuck Stanley, senior energy reporter for Infralogic, and my guest today is Peter Davidson, CEO for Align Climate Capital.
Aligned is an investment firm focused specifically on the distributed generation sector.
And today he'll walk listeners through the relationship between the distributed generation and state regulatory measures and share some examples of states that are doing this particularly well.
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With energy demand growing across the country and grid infrastructure experiencing capacity constraints in much of the country, many consumers and investors are exploring opportunities to meet demand through smaller, localized solutions to serve communities and commercial and industrial needs.
Advocates say these distributed generation assets can bring energy to consumers faster than utility scale wind and solar without adding strain to the grid.
But the distributed generation sector is highly dependent on supportive state regulatory regimes.
I'm Chuck Stanley, senior energy reporter for Infralogic, and my guest today is Peter Davidson, CEO for Align Climate Capital.
Aligned is an investment firm focused specifically on the distributed generation sector.
And today he'll walk listeners through the relationship between the distributed generation and state regulatory measures and share some examples of states that are doing this particularly well.
