This week the chat is 50% about energy and 50% about queues. Who doesn't like a good queue? Could this be a whole new direction for the pod? Andy seems to think so, whilst Keaton theorises "Does Brad Pitt actually queue?".

On the energy front, the guys talk energy portals and why the technology is finally available to connect the dots from supplier, to broker, through to the consumer. More so, the suppliers finally seem ready to embrace this technological change.

Note that we were more waffly than usual for this episode so if you want to avoid all non-energy-related chatter, then skip to around the 27-minute mark.

The subject of Carbon Reporting is very much in Andy and Keaton's thoughts. When not appearing on an award-winning podcast*, the guys have been busy working away on an all-singing and dancing Carbon Reporting module for UtilityClick.

So in Episode 10 of the Energy Waffle Podcast, we play a little devil's advocate and ask: Can we trust the process of carbon reporting or indeed believe it when a company announces that they're now "Net Zero"?

As well as energy-related waffle, there's also holiday chit-chat and some fun times remembering cassette players.

*The Energy Waffle Podcast hasn't actually won an "Official" award as yet but our mums do think it's "almost award worthy".

Incredibly Andy and Keaton are back for the first time in 2022. So much has happened since they were last in front of the mics, especially in the energy industry.

Andy's delighted to find that his big brain of energy knowledge has finally meant he's now useful in pub conversations. Whilst much of the chat is of course around the recent energy price hikes, there's also irreverent waffle about being a bad loser, rules of monopoly and being happy at others' misery.

Andy and Keaton are back behind the mic speaking with yet another industry expert. This time they sit down (remotely) with Ashley Webber, a newfound expert in taking businesses to Net-Zero.

Ashley has many years of experience within the broker side of the industry but at the beginning of 2021 opted to change tact and now runs his own energy consulting business, Balanced Energy.

In this episode, we drill down to what Net-Zero and Carbon Neutral actually means for your business and discuss why it's financially inevitable that we'll all have to make the transition soon.

We welcome back Rod Westwood to the pod and ask him about his thoughts and tips on how you transition from knowing relatively nothing about the energy industry to becoming one of the leading figures.

We also chat Snapchat photo filters and try to play a little game of Energy Jeopardy (Jenerdy?).

Have you ever had an idea for a piece of software that you felt the energy industry was crying out for, but you've not known how to get it to market?

Then this episode of The Energy Waffle Podcast is for you.

There aren't many times in life where you can sit down for an hour and get advice from a bona fide expert who's been there and done it.

In this episode, we're delighted to talk to Rod Westwood, the technical brains behind the UtilityClick CRM. What makes his story even more compelling is that pre-UtilityClick, he'd not written a line of code in his life. 5 Years later he heads up a large team of developers and regularly makes critical changes to the platform.

Many of us have that burning idea tucked away behind our eyes but how can we take that leap and get it built? Listen on...

Oh and there's also a good amount of waffle here too (fast-forward to the 17-minute mark to miss the pre-interview fun).

The ERCOT Crisis 3 Months On. Andy and Keaton take a backseat as this week they're genuinely chuffed to be joined by long-serving US Energy expert, Jeff Nottingham.

If, like them, you were unfamiliar with the term "ERCOT" and its connections to the freezing conditions that caused mass power outages in Texas, then listen on.

Join Andy and Keaton as they try to understand what exactly happened, what's changed three months on and how it can be compared to the UK industry.

Don't worry, there's still some good US/UK waffle cooking chat here too.

This episode, sees Andy and Keaton talk lockdown haircuts, children's books and how we can all save the world by just changing the way we cook our waffles. Viva la Revolution!

There's also more US/UK chat where this time we look at the similarities that take place during the procurement process and discuss energy-saving opportunities.

It's a jammed packed Waffle podcast so if you're keen to miss the waffle, fast forward to the 24:06 mark where the real energy discussions start.