POLITICO Energy

The nuclear industry is on a hot streak, with the federal government backing the restart of one shuttered plant, Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, and another, the Three Mile Island plant, also slated to fire up again. POLITICO’s Catherine Morehouse breaks down the latest nuclear news, the Biden administration’s involvement, and what’s driving the industry’s revival. Plus, a new Congressional...

Today, POLITICO Energy host Josh Siegel sits down for an extended interview with Ohio GOP Rep. Bob Latta, who is running for the top Republican position on the powerful House Energy and Commerce committee next Congress. The race could have a big impact on the future of President Joe Biden’s climate agenda, and the interview comes a month after Siegel spoke with Latta’s competitor, Kentucky GOP Rep...

While corporate leaders from across the world were praising President Joe Biden’s climate and clean energy accomplishments at New York Climate Week, they were hesitant to talk about what a new Trump or Harris administration might mean for their businesses. POLITICO’s Zack Colman takes the temperature of the corporate energy world ahead of the upcoming presidential election. Plus, the Energy Depart...

President Joe Biden touted his administration’s climate and energy legacy at this week’s New York Climate Week and the United Nations General Assembly – his last major opportunity to publicly address an international audience about his ambitious agenda before the November election. Sara Schonhardt from POLITICO’s E&E News breaks down Biden’s swan song on climate and how he addressed Donald Trump a...

The ongoing controversy over who should be permitting carbon capture projects escalated recently after the news of a leak at the nation’s first carbon injection plant. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre and Annie Snider break down how the fight over permitting CCS is playing out in states like Texas and why that’s a big deal for President Joe Biden’s climate agenda. Plus, a senior Interior Department officia...

The US-China clean energy trade war took a significant turn this week, with the World Trade Organization approving China’s request for a panel to determine whether the Inflation Reduction Act violates global trade rules. POLITICO’s Doug Palmer breaks down the dispute and the potential implications for both countries. Plus, President Joe Biden will tout his climate change achievements to an interna...

Today, POLITICO Energy host Josh Siegel sits down for an extended interview at the White House with President Joe Biden’s top climate adviser Ali Zaidi. They discuss what the Biden administration aims to accomplish during the rest of its term, the political and policy challenges they face, how Vice President Kamala Harris has played a role in the administration’s climate efforts, and why the next...

Although President Joe Biden made domestic manufacturing a core part of his reelection campaign in the Rust Belt, Vice President Kamala Harris has shifted away from that messaging. POLITICO’s Gavin Bade breaks down why the Harris campaign made that pivot and how some Democrats are concerned it could cost her voters in the highly coveted Blue Wall states. Plus, FERC Chair Willie Phillips said he’s...

The nation’s largest power market, PJM Interconnection, is proposing to stop payments for energy efficiency initiatives, which are meant to encourage households and businesses to use less power. POLITICO’s Catherine Morehouse breaks down PJM’s proposal, how FERC is involved, and why clean energy advocates aren’t thrilled. Plus, the Treasury Department is proposing a rule implementing a potentially...

The Biden administration is eyeing the use of carbon markets to help generate billions of dollars in promised international climate aid. But critics are concerned about the use of the markets and say they might not deliver. POLITICO’s Zack Colman breaks down this effort from the Biden administration and why it’s coming now. Plus, Gene Karpinski, the president of the League of Conservation Voters,...

A leading U.S. steelmaker exclusively told POLITICO that it’s considering forgoing a $500 million grant from the Biden administration to produce steel with fewer carbon emissions, also known as green steel. POLITICO’s Zack Colman breaks down why the company is potentially abandoning the federal money and how it could be a major setback for President Joe Biden’s efforts to make American manufacturi...

Politico scooped last week that the Environmental Protection Agency has launched an enforcement action against the country’s first underground carbon sequestration facility in Decatur, Illinois…after a leak at a monitoring well was discovered earlier this year. The Biden administration has made carbon capture a key piece of its effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Politico's Annie Snider bre...

In the wake of the presidential debate earlier this week, Republican strategists POLITICO spoke to said that what could have been a winning attack from Donald Trump to one of Vice President Kamala Harris’s biggest vulnerabilities — energy — fell flat. Ben Lefebvre breaks down the critiques. Plus, the House Thursday passed a GOP-led bill cracking down on President Joe Biden’s EV tax credit rules, b...

Today, POLITICO Energy host Josh Siegel sits down for an extended interview with Representatives Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) and Rob Wittman (R-Va.), a bipartisan pair of House lawmakers planning to introduce legislation before the end of the year that aims to bolster the U.S. critical minerals industry and counter China. The congressional effort could be massively important since China currently domina...

A federal program under the Inflation Reduction Act is encouraging rural utilities, which were long seen as laggards in America's green transition, to seek out cleaner sources of energy. Ben Storrow from POLITICO’s E&E News breaks down why this program could transform America’s energy consumption and how it’s bringing together unlikely political allies. Plus, congressional Democrats are pressing o...

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are set to face off for the first time tonight in their highly-anticipated presidential debate. POLITICO’s Matt Daily breaks down how Trump and Harris offer vastly different visions for the country in terms of energy policy and how the issue may show up in tonight’s debate. Plus, the Biden administration says it has purchased another 3...

Electric vehicles are transforming Georgia’s economy with billions of dollars in investments and jobs, but local voters aren’t interested in in buying the new vehicles. That presents a unique political problem for Democrats and Republicans who want to win the crucial swing state this November. David Ferris from POLITICO’s E&E News breaks down Georgia’s EV identity crisis and what that means for th...

On the campaign trail, Republican nominee Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are stuck in a nearly two-decade-old energy debate: should America support fracking, the technology that set off today’s U.S. oil and gas boom? POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre breaks down what the Trump-Harris fracking feud is really about and what it says about their campaigns. Plus, Donald Trump pledged on Thursday t...

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has promised to raise tariffs on all imported goods if he’s elected. But experts warn that those tariffs could hurt consumers' wallets at the pump and would almost certainly spark a trade war that could negatively impact U.S. exporters. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre breaks down how Trump’s tariffs could raise gasoline prices at home and complicate US relation...

The Biden administration is considering a new policy that would use federal dollars to support U.S. critical minerals projects, which have faced cancellations and delays because of an influx of cheaper Chinese materials. POLITICO’s James Bikales breaks down what he learned about this potential policy move and the potential complications. Plus, Kamala Harris' presidential campaign has hired Camila...

FERC Commissioner Mark Christie, a Republican, says the agency has dramatically departed from one of its core missions over the years: keeping power bills for millions of Americans affordable. Today, POLITICO Energy host Catherine Morehouse sits down with Christie for an extended interview about why he thinks the regulatory process has shifted in favor of large power companies at consumers’ expens...

Even though Democrats have been openly hostile to the oil and gas industry at the party’s national convention this week, fossil fuel leaders say there are reasons to feel optimistic by Vice President Kamala Harris' rise and that party officials speak differently behind closed doors. Emma Dumain from POLITICO’s E&E News breaks down how oil industry leaders were messaging at the DNC and if that’s a...

The Biden-Harris administration is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into clean energy projects in Pennsylvania, a crucial swing state in the 2024 presidential election. But it’s unclear if those projects will help Vice President Kamala Harris in her presidential campaign and if voters are even noticing the investments. Ben Storrow from POLITICO’s E&E News looks at whether the Biden-Harris...

Democrats delivered hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to an Ohio steel plant that coincidentally played a big role in the family history of Senator JD Vance. But if the Trump-Vance ticket wins the White House in November and Republicans take back Congress, that plant could lose the funding it needs for its resurgence. Scott Waldman from POLITICO’s E&E News breaks down how the Ohio...

Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats are trying to convince voters that the Inflation Reduction Act has created a clean energy boom. And they may use her running mate, Tim Walz, and his clean energy efforts in Minnesota as an example of the law’s success. POLITICO’s Josh Siegel, Kelsey Tamborrino and Catherine Morehouse discuss how Minnesota benefited from the IRA and why Dems think it could...