There’s a New Playbook for Cutting Power Prices
About this episode
The episode discusses strategies for reducing power prices and accelerating clean energy deployment with insights from a new report by the Federation of American Scientists.
Since Democrats swept to statewide victories in Georgia and New Jersey last year by campaigning against high power prices, “electricity affordability” has been the watchword for climate-concerned politicians everywhere. But what can states and cities actually do to bring down power prices? The Federation of American Scientists, through its new Center for Regulatory Ingenuity, has a new report out on Tuesday about how to make it happen — and speed up clean energy deployment at the same time. On this episode of Shift Key, Rob is joined by Arjun Krishnaswami, a senior advisor at FAS and the new report’s lead author. He was previously a senior policy advisor for clean energy infrastructure in the Biden White House; before that, he was a special advisor to the chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Energy. Shift Key is hosted by Robinson Meyer, the founding executive editor of Heatmap News. You can find a full transcript of the episode here . Mentioned: CELS Playbook: Clean Electricity for Local and State Governments Previously in Heatmap: How Electricity Got So Expensive Previously on Shift Key: A New Theory About Why Biden’s Big Climate Law Failed -- This…
People in this episode
Host: Robinson Meyer
Guest: Arjun Krishnaswami
Topics covered
- electricity affordability
- clean energy deployment
- climate policy
- state and local government action
- energy prices
Sponsors
Yale
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Federation of American Scientists, Biden White House, U.S. Department of Energy
Books & works: CELS Playbook: Clean Electricity for Local and State Governments, How Electricity Got So Expensive, A New Theory About Why Biden’s Big Climate Law Failed
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