Energy for the People: The Green New Deal and the Technical/Political Potentials of Grid Transformation

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Energy for the People

The Green New Deal and the Technical/Political Potentials of Grid Transformation

Ashley Dawson

Irene Shen

Josh Karpoff

Lia Soorenian

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Environment

The US electric grid is often described as “the largest machine in the world.” Under a Green New Deal, how could this machine be brought under public ownership and social control - and rapidly re-engineered to eliminate carbon emissions?