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When the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was enacted, a widespread reading was that US power-sector decarbonization had been derailed.
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Grid operators sit at the center of many of the biggest forces reshaping the global energy system. They’re navigating rising electricity demand, a lack of transmission infrastructure, shifting...
The National Academy of Engineering has called the American power grid the “supreme engineering achievement of the 20th century.” A network of generation, transmission and distribution, the grid brings reliable and affordable electricity virtually all the time to virtually all Americans, providing a service essential to the nation’s economy, security and wellbeing. But the structure and management of the grid are both changing rapidly. Information technology and increasingly networked systems, distributed generation and more intermittent energy sources, smart grids and new technologies that link our appliances, cars, and smartphones to the grid, provide great benefits but also pose potential risks. Threats of cybersecurity, physical security, natural disasters must be addressed, as well as local opposition to new infrastructure and simply aging infrastructure and limited resources. All of these make maintaining the reliability and affordability of electricity services a daunting challenge.
On this episode of Columbia energy Exchange, host Jason Bordoff sits down with Cheryl LaFleur, Commissioner at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the grid today. Among the topics of they address:
Grid operators sit at the center of many of the biggest forces reshaping the global energy system. They’re navigating rising electricity demand, a lack of transmission infrastructure, shifting...
Concerns about the affordability of electricity in the US have been rising along with prices. And while the headlines have pointed to AI and data centers as the...
The energy transition is in the midst of its own transition. Spiking electricity demand and geopolitical events are driving up energy prices, while debates over the best sources...
Yesterday, the US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding starting the clock on a 60-day truce. The agreement intends to halt attacks, begin lifting the US naval...
In early 2026, CGEP held a roundtable and several hybrid closed-door meetings in Mexico City on Mexico's mining sector.
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) was built, sold, and attacked as the largest climate investment in U.S. history. […]
When the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was enacted, a widespread reading was that US power-sector decarbonization had been derailed.
As the Senate weighs the CLARITY Act, gaps in oversight could hand adversaries new ways to evade sanctions and launder money.
