An insider's view of the Biden years in clean energy policy

As I previewed for Volts subscribers a few weeks ago, I attended
the third annual Yale Clean Energy Conference last week. It was a
blast! It’s always energizing (pardon the pun) to be surrounded
by so many young people doing so much cool stuff. It gives this
crusty old blogger some hope.


While I was there, I recorded a podcast — live on stage! — with
Sonia Aggarwal.


Sonia is well-known in Energy World. She co-founded (with
previous Volts guest Hal Harvey) the energy policy think tank
Energy Innovation, where she worked for years before heading into
the Biden administration as the (deep breath) special assistant
to the president for climate policy, innovation, and deployment.


She recently reemerged from the belly of that beast and is now
back running Energy Innovation. I chatted with her about her
experiences in the administration, what policymaking looks like
close up, what she’s proud of getting into law, and what gaps
remain in US energy policy. It was super-fun.


Thanks to Sonia, thanks to the kind folks at Yale, and thanks to
all of y’all for listening. Enjoy.


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