Feb 10, 2026 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
Internet-driven schadenfreude politics — what political scientists call negative partisanship — prevents Congress from addressing even the most pressing national problems. Facing the biggest national energy crisis since the 1970s, Congress has repeatedly...
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...
