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Exploring the New Math Puzzle of a PJM Intervention

The White House NEDC and partnering agencies released a Statement of Principles to urge PJM to make electricity more affordable for residential customers and strengthen grid reliability by building more than $15 billion of reliable baseload power generation.

Commentary by Arushi Sharma Frank — January 16, 2026

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U.S. LNG: Remapping Energy Security

Europe's wartime shift from Russian gas to U.S. LNG is reshaping global energy trade. A new CSIS interactive feature demonstrates how transatlantic cooperation is critical for ensuring European energy security and hastening the energy transition.

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Undercharged: Energy, Climate, and the Evolving Transatlantic Relationship

Energy and climate policy will likely be a major source of tension in the transatlantic relationship. But forging a joint approach to cleantech manufacturing can ensure mutual energy security, economic competitiveness, and international strength.

Report by Max Bergmann, Joseph Majkut, and Federico Steinberg — March 28, 2025

Power Plays: Europe’s Response to the Energy Crisis

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine triggered an unprecedented energy crisis in Europe. While Europe emerged as a stronger energy actor and its response yielded remarkable results, challenges remain that will impact the continent’s politics and economic competitiveness for years to come.

Report by Max Bergmann, Cy McGeady, Otto Svendsen, Mathias Zacarias, and Ignacio Urbasos — September 3, 2024

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U.S.–EU Energy Cooperation

On this special episode of Energy 360, Ditte Juul Jørgensen, Director General of DG Energy at the European Commission and Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt, Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources at the U.S. State Department, talk with CSIS Energy Program director Joseph Majkut about the U.S.-EU Energy Council and its agenda for jointly addressing energy security and climate change. 

Podcast Episode by Joseph Majkut, Amb. Geoffrey Pyatt, Ditte Juul Jørgensen, and Lisa Hyland — March 20, 2024

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Oil and Gas Methane Regulations

This week Ben Cahill talks with Joseph Majkut about his recent work on efforts to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. 

Podcast Episode by Ben Cahill, Joseph Majkut, and Lisa Hyland — April 4, 2023

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Analyzing the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

The European Union´s new Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) could contribute to the global fight against climate change, but it could also be the source of new trade tensions.

Brief by Emily Benson, Joseph Majkut, William Alan Reinsch, and Federico Steinberg — February 17, 2023

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Update on the Russian Oil Sector

This week, Dr. Tatiana Mitrova (Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University) and Ben Cahill (Energy Security and Climate Change Program at CSIS) provide an outlook for the Russian oil sector, including the EU and G7 price cap on Russian oil and its impacts on the Russian economy.

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Can Russia’s War Chest Withstand the New Oil Cap?

Progress Report on EU Embargo and Russian Oil Price Cap

Podcast Episode by Lisa Hyland and Ben Cahill — January 23, 2023

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