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Congress Takes Another Swing at Grid Reliability

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The bill forces regulators to consult stakeholders, effectively bringing sidelined fossil fuel industry groups back into the energy policy room.

This episode analyzes the Grid Power Act (H.R. 1047), a Republican-led bill that passed the House on a party-line vote. It examines the bill's shift from prioritizing clean energy to focusing on grid reliability by favoring 'dispatchable' power sources like gas and nuclear over intermittent renewables like wind and solar, framing it within global energy struggles and domestic political divides.

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