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Dems want a national electricity policy while GOP balks

Episode Summary

Democrats on a new Congressional power sector task force aim to tackle what they see as a major barrier to implementing President Joe Biden’s clean energy goals: the lack of a comprehensive U.S. electricity policy. But Republican resistance to any perceived or actual intrusion on states' authority to manage their own power systems could thwart efforts to set a national electricity policy. POLITICO’s Catherine Morehouse explains.

Episode Notes

Democrats on a new Congressional power sector task force aim to tackle what they see as a major barrier to implementing President Joe Biden’s clean energy goals: the lack of a comprehensive U.S. electricity policy. But Republican resistance to any perceived or actual intrusion on states' authority to manage their own power systems could thwart efforts to set a national electricity policy. POLITICO’s Catherine Morehouse explains.

 

Kelsey Tamborrino is a reporter covering clean energy and the host of POLITICO Energy podcast. 

Catherine Morehouse is an energy reporter for POLITICO. 

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. 

Carlos Prieto is an audio producer for POLITICO. 

Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Jenny Ament is the interim executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.