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Narayan Subramanian

@narayansub.bsky.social
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Former Director for Energy Transition at White House NSC, Advisor to Secretary of Energy. Wistful for energy twitter.

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Joel Dodge @joeldodge07.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Wrote for @heatmap.news with @narayansub.bsky.social about a largely forgotten effort at American energy industrial policy—the Energy Security Act of 1980—and the lessons it holds for new efforts today: heatmap.news/ideas/energy...
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The Last Time America Tried to Legislate Its Way to Energy Affordability
Lawmakers today should study the Energy Security Act of 1980.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 28/07/2025
The Quad must move beyond fragmented supply chain coordination and articulate a shared vision for energy cooperation, Larry W. Schwartz and Narayan Subramanian argue.
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Put the Quad to Work On Energy Security
Each country in the alliance offers distinct strengths.
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Avi Zevin @azevin.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
In addition to the AI Action Plan, a few new AI-related EOs out this evening. The most interesting for energy nerds is the Data Center Infrastructure EO. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section  1.  Policy and
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Avi Zevin @azevin.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Trying to reduce dependence on Chinese supply chains and bolster U.S. and allied manufacturing makes total sense. But the bill will do the opposite by undercutting U.S. energy supply and manufacturing with a web of unworkable red tape.
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Narayan Subramanian @narayansub.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The Senate text on energy removes the stackability provision in the 45X manufacturing credit (i.e. a manufacturer could get the credit for every segment of a value chain) discouraging vertical integration - the thing that PRC firms benefit most from: www.utilitydive.com/news/china-v...
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US needs vertically integrated solar manufacturing to fight China’s market dominance: RE+ speakers
“China has done so much work to be vertically integrated ... from the polysilicon all the way to the modules,” said Arielle Brown, director of government affairs at chemical company Wacker.
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Avi Zevin @azevin.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Check out this really clear piece from @narayansub.bsky.social on a part of our industrial strategy that really was working. And that the current admin is walking away from. Which will make us poorer and will just entrench the global leadership of China. Shame. foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/05/e...
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America’s Electric Vehicle Surrender
If Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passes, the entire supply chain could be ceded to China.
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Narayan Subramanian @narayansub.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Latest w/ @milomcbride.bsky.social: “The U.S. is at a strategic crossroads on whether it can compete in the global EV market, innovate next-gen batteries, and secure mineral supply chains. The first step is recognizing that all three imperatives are intertwined.” foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/05/e...
foreignpolicy.com
America’s Electric Vehicle Surrender
If Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passes, the entire supply chain could be ceded to China.
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Sam Alvis @samalvis.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Why even bother with long-run economic change & industrial policy if you don't get the chance to see it through? Biden went all in on economic change, giving other progressives confidence to back things like industrial policy. But after the Democrats loss many are questioning whether it's worth it?
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Narayan Subramanian @narayansub.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
The House bill is anything but a recipe for energy dominance, security, or affordability. Everything you need to know here:
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Eric Goode @esgoode.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
#EnergySky: Any and all DOE probationary employees, here’s your memo of reinstatement. Hope you come back and work for the department. Your voice, knowledge, and ethic are incredibly important to the ongoing effort to transition our country’s energy system: www.energy.gov/hc/office-ch...
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Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer
Summary of the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer
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Narayan Subramanian @narayansub.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Nice shoutout from @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social of the Hanford 2GW solar + storage project part of DOE’s Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative. Wonk alert: this project uses Atomic Energy Act leasing authorities !
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Narayan Subramanian @narayansub.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Yup, and organizations like the Environmental Law Institute continue to train govt officials from other countries on the success of Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act programs and how they can be replicated.
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Narayan Subramanian @narayansub.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
While the confusion persists on the federal funding “pause” and rumors of widespread grant award cancellations, it’s worth flagging potential statutory and constitutional claims awardees can bring: 1/x
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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
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The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come
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Bentley Allan @bentleyallan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Today we @nzpolicylab.bsky.social are launching our geopolitical brief on Brazil's opportunities in the energy transition. Brazil has the potential to be a great power in the new energy order. But to do that, it will need a focused industrial policy. www.netzeropolicylab.com/brazil-new-w...
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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 31/01/2025
Everyone seems to be framing Trump's freeze on federal grants as a Constitutional fight over powers of the purse & whether presidents can disregard Congressional appropriations. It is that. But also at stake is the fundamental validity of government contracts! I see much less discussion on this... 🧵
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Narayan Subramanian @narayansub.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Cannot emphasize this more. Please give this thread a read. The same story is playing out with DOE-funded projects—tens of billions of dollars of awarded *contracts* tied up as a result of the “pause.” This will have ripple effects across the economy and companies/NGOs/states should make it known.
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Avi Zevin @azevin.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Brought to you by the IRA's clean energy tax credits.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/01/2025
If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi... They need to hear from you.
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Avi Zevin @azevin.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Hot tip: if you do a google search and hit a 404 page when clicking on a Whitehouse.gov link, just add "biden" to the front of the URL: "bidenwhitehouse.gov/XXX"
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Narayan Subramanian @narayansub.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
“Germany should support EU protection of viable European industrial sectors facing an onslaught as a result of China’s active industrial policies. At the same time, it should allow cheap imports in areas where Europe has little to no manufacturing.” IEA’s tech perspectives report Ch6 is good on this
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Narayan Subramanian @narayansub.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Imagine the results in four years if the new admin simply just continued the implementation of BIL, IRA, and CHIPS….would be legacy-defining for any president.
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Narayan Subramanian @narayansub.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Great read from @amyturner.bsky.social if you’re looking for more analysis on what the practical impact of the day 1 energy EOs will be:
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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 23/01/2025
For more on this massive story, listen to our most-downloaded SHIFT KEY episode yet, How China's EV Industry Got So Big with @ilariamazzocco.bsky.social heatmap.news/podcast/shif... 🔌🚗 🔌💡
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How China’s EV Industry Got So Big
Inside episode 20 of Shift Key.
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Narayan Subramanian @narayansub.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Important to note the vast majority of BIL/IRA grant and loan $ is going towards manufacturing/supply chain + grid projects--none of which is implicated in Sec. 2 of the Day 1 EO. Also, @romany-webb.bsky.social perfectly captures the implications of the BIL/IRA disbursement "pause" in this piece.
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Narayan Subramanian @narayansub.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Sec. Granholm in the NYT on why to keep BIL/IRA/CHIPS intact: "Other governments are waiting with bated breath for us to pare back our grants, loans and tax credits so they can use the same tools to sweet-talk the next generation of factories to their shores." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/o...
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Opinion | China Will Be Thrilled if Trump Kills America’s Green Economy
President Trump seems poised to roll back the very incentives that are reviving American manufacturing.
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Narayan Subramanian @narayansub.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Great summary of the Day 1 EOs. Most telling is the declaration of a national energy emergency that leaves out the largest source of new energy capacity (solar) from the definition of “energy.”
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