Brian Deese was a top economic adviser to Obama and in 2020 became the director of Biden's National Economic Council and the primary author of the administration's industrial strategy. As he prepares to depart the administration, I talk with him about industrial policy, the challenges of implementation, and the geostrategic importance of clean energy.
...what did he say?... I can't get through the buzzword-compliant wonk-speak :(
'...I don't want to get too far ahead of where we will be, and our agencies will be shortly. But I think I could say that I think you'll see from us shortly that there are tools within our existing authority, under existing statutes that will allow us to very significantly prioritize and streamline the process at the federal level in terms of agency approvals and also use our federal authorities in ways that create stronger and more significant incentives for not only project sponsors, but also states and localities, municipalities to operate in line as well....'
Excellent episode, I think the question about the need for further urbanization is important on so many levels, especially for decarbonization. I would love a very specific episode discussing the types of policies that lead to this issue and how it affects climate change.
...what did he say?... I can't get through the buzzword-compliant wonk-speak :(
'...I don't want to get too far ahead of where we will be, and our agencies will be shortly. But I think I could say that I think you'll see from us shortly that there are tools within our existing authority, under existing statutes that will allow us to very significantly prioritize and streamline the process at the federal level in terms of agency approvals and also use our federal authorities in ways that create stronger and more significant incentives for not only project sponsors, but also states and localities, municipalities to operate in line as well....'
Excellent episode, I think the question about the need for further urbanization is important on so many levels, especially for decarbonization. I would love a very specific episode discussing the types of policies that lead to this issue and how it affects climate change.
After some deep digging, the closest I could find is this DOE webinar from Oct 2022. Possible one of the many maps here is what’s being referred to?
https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2022-11/NTPS%20Public%20Webinar%20no%202%20October%2021%202022_ICF%20v2_508.pdf
Secretary Granholm hasn’t posted anything like this though as far as I can tell, so I’m not sure how she’s “trying to make it famous.”