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Don't miss this week's exciting episode of SHIFT KEY. Robinson Meyer sits down with U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm to chat about the past, present, and future of climate policy and clean energy. What climate policies is she most proud of — and what does she hope Democrats do better next time? What does she wish that Democrats understood about fossil fuels? And what does she think the outlook for clean energy is in the years to come? Listen below to the full episode. Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/eaQNcdSB Spotify: https://lnkd.in/ekrERCGx Amazon: https://lnkd.in/ekyVGVES

On this week's Shift Key, Robinson Meyer chats with U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm to discuss 2025 and beyond.

'The Loan Programs Office this morning announced a conditional loan commitment of up to $15 billion for Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s Project Polaris. The project “will support a portfolio of projects to expand hydropower generation and battery storage, upgrade transmission capacity through reconductoring and grid enhancing technologies, and enable virtual power plants throughout PG&E’s service area,” the DOE said. This is the largest loan in the history of the LPO, and the office plans to finalize it before the end of President Biden’s term, according to The Wall Street Journal.' Via today's Heatmap News AM newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eEGUgfuB

In case you missed it, senior reporter Jael Holzman's final The Fight newsletter of the year dropped last week. Here's what you can find in the latest edition: ✅ A spotlight story on the worst threat facing renewables developers and their projects: misinformation. Attorney Mark Thomson explains why fighting against conspiracy-fueled renewables defamation is "a sizable and growing part of what we do here" at Meier Watkins Phillips Pusch LLP. ✅ The top five renewables fights of the year, including Savion's solar difficulties in Ohio, the embattled LS Energy Lava Ridge wind project, and bp's heartaches over solar in Kentucky. ✅ A wide-ranging Q&A with R Street Institute's energy and environment policy director Devin Hartman on the "Keystonization" of energy permitting, conspiracy-powered politics, and the future of renewables under Trump. Catch up on The Fight below.

Lord Acton’s quote from 1877 remains as valid as ever, all these years later: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. h/t Heatmap News #climatecrisis #sustainability #electrifyeverything

We are heading into a bull market for people that have solutions to load growth. Time to tighten the belt, show more discipline, and deploy solutions to problems at scale. “That is what drives the transition. It’s not financiers who drive it. It’s not technologists who drive it. It’s not even policy makers who drive it. It’s people who want something, they have a problem to solve. And if we solve that problem for them, we tend to get paid.” -Scott Jacobs Andrew Beebe #DeployDeployDeploy

Great piece from Katie Brigham of Heatmap News. Full of useful thoughts from Andrew Beebe and Scott Jacobs who gets the kicker quote that Jigar mentions below.

New piece by Jeva Lange from Heatmap News! https://lnkd.in/gfmqgmUJ

Tomorrow, our client, Klean Energy Kulture, will be hosting a virtual event with Heatmap News on Climate Pioneers: Black Americans at the Forefront of Environmental Action and Clean Energy, at 2pm EST. The webinar will explore the intersectionality of race and climate impacts, highlighting the contributions and unique perspectives of Black Americans in the environmental movement and the culture shifts that will accelerate clean energy adoption. You don't want to miss this! You can register here: https://lnkd.in/eumxWdpC

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