Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Title: An Energy Strategy for National Renewal
Author-Name: Joseph Majkut
Abstract: The United States’ energy strategy must bridge economic policy and
  geopolitical power, while offering a calibrated response to climate
  change. While the country 
  experienced two decades of relatively constant energy consumption, it
  now faces a surge in power demand driven by artificial intelligence,
  domestic manufacturing, and continued electrification. These
  developments challenge an already-constrained domestic electricity grid
  with limited spare capacity. This paper argues that a renewed strategy
  should motivate new action to increase energy supply, build
  infrastructure, and approach greenhouse-gas emissions reductions with
  competition in mind. Appropriate actions include expanding the
  development and deployment of nuclear energy, investing in improvements
  to the high-voltage interstate transmission system, building new
  natural-gas plants capable of being later retrofitted with carbon
  capture equipment, and establishing rigorous carbon-accounting
  standards.
Creation-Date: 2025-11-01
Keywords: energy economics, industrial policy
File-URL: https://www.economicstrategygroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/An-Energy-Strategy-for-National-Renewal.pdf
File-Format: Application/PDF
Handle: RePEc:cxx:wpaper:an-energy-strategy-for-national-renewal