<p>Since Democrats swept to statewide victories in Georgia and New Jersey last year by campaigning against high power prices, “electricity affordability” has been the watchword for climate-concerned politicians everywhere. But what can states and cities actually do to bring down power prices?</p><p>The Federation of American Scientists, through its new Center for Regulatory Ingenuity, has&nbsp;<a href="https://fas.org/publication/cels-playbook/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>a new report</u></a>&nbsp;out on Tuesday about how to make it happen — and speed up clean energy deployment at the same time. On this episode of Shift Key, Rob is joined by Arjun Krishnaswami, a senior advisor at FAS and the new report’s lead author. He was previously a senior policy advisor for clean energy infrastructure in the Biden White House; before that, he was a special advisor to the chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Energy.</p><p>Shift Key is hosted by Robinson Meyer, the founding executive editor of Heatmap News.</p><p>You can find a full transcript of the episode <a href="https://heatmap.news/podcast/shift-key-s3-e39-arjun-krishnaswamy-transcript" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><strong>Mentioned:</strong></p><p><a href="https://fas.org/publication/cels-playbook/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>CELS Playbook: Clean Electricity for Local and State Governments</u></a></p><p>Previously in Heatmap:&nbsp;<a href="https://heatmap.news/energy/why-is-electricity-so-expensive" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>How Electricity Got So Expensive</u></a></p><p>Previously on Shift Key:&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shift-key-with-robinson-meyer/id1728932037?i=1000754626718" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>A New Theory About Why Biden’s Big Climate Law Failed</u></a></p><p>--</p><p>This episode of Shift Key is sponsored by …</p><p>Accelerate your clean energy career with&nbsp;<strong>Yale’s online certificate programs</strong>. Explore the 10-month Financing and Deploying Clean Energy program or the 5-month Clean and Equitable Energy Development program. Use referral code&nbsp;<strong>HeatMap26</strong>&nbsp;and get your application in by the priority deadline for $500 off tuition to one of Yale’s online certificate programs in clean energy. Learn more at&nbsp;<a href="https://cbey.yale.edu/online-learning-opportunities" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>cbey.yale.edu/online-learning-opportunities</u></a>.</p><p>Music for Shift Key is by Adam Kromelow.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>