Columbia Energy Exchange
Energy-policy conversations with government, business, academic and civil-society leaders.
- Host
- Jason Bordoff & Bill Loveless
- Published by
- Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
- Topic
- Energy & Electrification
- Format
- Interview
- Orientation
- Sustainability
- Themes
- Just Transition, Net Zero
- Made for
- Corporate Leader, Investor, Policymaker / Public Sector
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20 Oct 2026 · 51 min
DOE's Julie Kozeracki on the Federal Role in US Nuclear Financing
The US may finally, after years of trying, be on the cusp of a nuclear renaissance. Commercial nuclear generation began in this country in 1958. Today, the US has 94 operating reactors, supplying roughly a fifth of the nation's electricity. But since 1996 only three new reactors have come online. Now the picture is changing fast. In May 2025, President Trump signed four executive orders to speed up nuclear deployment; they include a goal to have ten new large reactors under construction by 2030. Nuclear startups have raised $4.6 billion this year alone. And with AI and data centers driving ele
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13 Oct 2026 · 65 min
Daniel Palken on the Bipartisan Senate Bill to Reform Energy Permitting
Permitting reform—to allow for faster approvals on new projects—is one thing that both climate advocates and energy developers have wanted for a long time. With demand for power climbing, the pressure to act is as strong as it has been in years. Now, a new effort is on the table. Last month, leaders of the Senate's two main energy and environment committees reached a bipartisan agreement on the most significant permitting overhaul in decades. At its core, the bill would make it easier to build energy infrastructure across the board. It would shorten the window for legal challenges, tighten env
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6 Oct 2026 · 50 min
Gautam Jain and Ned Shell on the Promise of Carbon Credit Markets
Carbon credit markets have become one of the most hotly debated tools in the fight against climate change. Supporters call them essential to closing the gap between corporate climate pledges and what companies can actually achieve on their own. Critics call them a shell game that lets polluters buy their way out of real action. But the debate is about more than just whether carbon credits can work; it's about the integrity of the markets designed to trade them. The promise of these markets is fairly straightforward. The complexity comes in determining whether the credits actually deliver the c