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Energy Explained
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Assessing the Energy Impacts of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
This special CGEP blog series, featuring six contributions from CGEP scholars, analyzes the potential impacts of the OBBBA across a range of sectors.
Blog
by Jack Andreasen Cavanaugh, Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Tom Moerenhout, Matt Bowen, Ashley Finan & Noah Kaufman • July 14, 2025
Podcasts
Hear in-depth conversations with the world’s top energy and climate leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society.
Climate Shocks Are Redefining Energy Security
Many parts of the US have experienced brutal, deadly heat in recent weeks—and there’s plenty of summer left. Intense rainfall, made more likely by warming, dropped more than...
Biography
Helaina Matza currently serves as the Chief Strategic Development Officer at TechMet Ltd. where she leads strategic partnership and business development. Before joining TechMet she spent the last 14 years leading several high-level U.S. international economic and climate policy engagements from the State Department and White House. Most recently she served as the U.S. government’s global infrastructure and investment envoy focused on securing western supply chains, U.S. market access and economic development opportunities in emerging markets. Prior to government service spent several years in the private sector managing board relations, institutional fundraising, and program development for various trade associations and NGOs. Helaina currently serves on the board of Energy Source Minerals and is a Senior Non-Resident with the CSIS Critical Minerals Security program. Helaina holds a B.A. in International Affairs and an M.A. in Public Administration and Energy Management from George Washington University.