11.2 Rep. Sean Casten on How to Power a Clean and Affordable Future

For today's episode, EESI sat down with U.S. Representative Sean Casten, who serves the sixth district of Illinois (western suburbs of Chicago) and sits on the House Financial Services Committee and the Joint Economic Committee. He is also vice-chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition. In this interview with EESI, Rep. Casten shares his insights about all things energy policy, including infrastructure, productivity, and data.

Show notes:

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