Electricity Prices Get Political in Trump’s World

July 17, 2024

E&E News

Republicans are using the cost of power — usually an arcane issue — in a populist attack on Biden’s economic and climate policies. Severin Borenstein, Energy Institute Faculty Director, explains the problems with this approach.

“’They could say we’re just going all in on fossil fuels and to hell with the carbon emissions. That would probably have some effect but relatively small,’ said Severin Borenstein, a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.”

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