Will negative partisanship kill another popular bipartisan energy initiative?

Nov 5, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition

Seven years ago I wrote a piece for The Regulatory Review called “Energy Policy’s Orphaned Good Idea.” It argued that the only reason why the 1935 Federal Power Act didn’t authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to permit interstate transmission...

Having learning conversations (rather than lobbying conversations)

Oct 31, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate

Given the Supreme Court that we have, the United States’ transition to authoritarianism can only be stopped at the ballot box. But inside ideological media bubbles there is a disconnect between how people vote and how they feel about our descent into a more...

Can we count on A.I. to solve the energy problems it is exacerbating?

Oct 18, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate

Amid the chaos and constant alarm that is MAGA GOP governance, the news from the World Meteorological Association (WMO) about the large increase in atmospheric carbon didn’t get a lot of press attention. But it is worrying to anyone who understands climate...

Private vs Public Provision of Energy Services

Oct 6, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking

U.S. electric customers are facing sharp rate increases, and they are not happy about it. Climate change is part of the problem, but most of it boils down to market forces: too much projected demand for the projected supply. Those supply and demand projections, in...

Where have you gone David Broder? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

Sep 30, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Journalism, Bias & Censored News

Charlie Cook, founder of the Cook Political Report (CPR), wrote a column last month for CPR (behind a pay wall) about gerrymandering that began this way: After 47 years at The Washington Post, Dan Balz recently announced he is stepping back from his role as the...

Keeping the lights on: central planning or markets? An explainer for agnostics.

Sep 24, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate

Recently, two items came across my energy news feed within a few days of one another, each underscoring a different aspect of the ongoing challenge of maintaining a reliable electricity supply on a rapidly changing electric grid. The first item was an a report from...