<description>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit &lt;a href="https://www.volts.wtf/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2"&gt;www.volts.wtf/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why is clean electrification, the most exciting, dynamic, hopeful sector of the US economy, still such a 98-pound weakling in DC backroom fights? In this episode, I talk with investor and entrepreneur Steve McBee about Amped, his new effort to boost the industry’s political influence and give it a little swagger — by telling a more compelling story, getting better information to lawmakers, and pulling hundreds of billions of dollars in stranded capital off the sidelines.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Volts

David Roberts

Giving clean electricity a political voice of its own

MAY 29, 2026101 MIN
Volts

Giving clean electricity a political voice of its own

MAY 29, 2026101 MIN

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This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.volts.wtf/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.volts.wtf/subscribe</a><br/><br/><p>Why is clean electrification, the most exciting, dynamic, hopeful sector of the US economy, still such a 98-pound weakling in DC backroom fights? In this episode, I talk with investor and entrepreneur Steve McBee about Amped, his new effort to boost the industry’s political influence and give it a little swagger — by telling a more compelling story, getting better information to lawmakers, and pulling hundreds of billions of dollars in stranded capital off the sidelines.</p>