A major shift in U.S. energy and climate policy has reignited debate across the utility industry. When the Trump administration’s EPA moved to roll back the 2009 Endangerment Finding, the scientific determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health, it set off a wave of reactions throughout the energy sector. But how do utility professionals themselves actually view the move?
To start to answer that question, Energy Central posed a simple question in our daily newsletter: How does the endangerment finding rollback land with you? We got hundreds of responses, and to parse through the feedback we knew we had to pull in the whole team. In this episode, host Kinsey Grant Baker is joined by Community Manager Matt Chester and Energy Central’s new Editor, Molly Glick to unpack the results of that poll that highlighted an industry divided.
From concerns about regulatory whiplash and long-term planning uncertainty to arguments about overregulation and global competitiveness, the feedback surfaces the real debates happening inside the power sector. Kinsey, Molly, and Matt then also look ahead to what happens next. Through the voices of industry professionals and community members, this episode explores what the Endangerment Finding means not just for climate policy, but for the future of utility planning, investment, and the energy transition itself.