{"id":6241,"date":"2024-06-28T21:31:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T04:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartermarkets.media\/?p=6241"},"modified":"2025-09-08T15:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T22:52:10","slug":"the-future-of-energy-episode-5-joe-raia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartermarkets.media\/the-future-of-energy-episode-5-joe-raia\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Raia, Chief Commercial Officer, Abaxx Exchange and Clearinghouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6241\" class=\"elementor elementor-6241\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-846ce1a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"846ce1a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d06bfb6\" data-id=\"d06bfb6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-244bb8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"244bb8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe title=\"The Future of Energy Episode 5 | Joe Raia, Chief Commercial Officer, Abaxx Exchange and Clearinghouse\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);height:150px;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=5sjqv-1654215-pb&from=pb6admin&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=1&font-color=auto&logo_link=none&btn-skin=c73a3a\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a7677c episode-info elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a7677c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65826b4\" data-id=\"65826b4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71d63ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71d63ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We continue <strong>The Future of Energy<\/strong> this week with Joe Raia. 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