Recharged with the State Impact Center

State Energy & Environmental Impact Center

Recharged with the State Impact Center is a new podcast from the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at NYU School of Law. Recharged is designed to highlight emerging issues related to state action on climate, the environment, energy, and environmental justice. We also bring attention to what is needed in building the profession.

  1. Breaking Down Energy Affordability and AI Infrastructure with Kent Chandler

    Feb 6

    Breaking Down Energy Affordability and AI Infrastructure with Kent Chandler

    In this episode of Recharged with the State Impact Center, we spoke to Kent Chandler, who is currently a resident senior fellow in energy and environmental policy at the R Street Institute and was formerly Executive Director, and later Chair, of the Kentucky Public Service Commission and also served in the Kentucky Attorney General’s office. Along with our Deputy Director & Energy Director Jessica Bell, Kent discussed his career in public service and energy law, and the importance of state commissions. Hear his perspective on energy affordability, data centers, and infrastructure siting.  Energy wonks and regular folks perplexed by the energy landscape alike will gain valuable insights from this episode.  You’ll hear the word “RTO” in this episode, which stands for regional transmission organization. Show Notes: R Street: Learn more about the R Street Institute. Energy Law Resource Library: Check out the State Impact Center’s collection of educational resources to help you in your energy law practice.Powerlines PUC Job Board: Browse this jobs board reflecting the latest public utilities commission job openings.National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Career Center: Take advantage of NARUC’s career center to find employment opportunities in the regulatory utility space.National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Job Board: Look through this jobs board to see state utility consumer advocate opportunities across the country.

    34 min
  2. The Detail is in the Data: How to Talk about Shared Environmental Concerns with Dana Johnson and Joshua Low

    07/30/2025

    The Detail is in the Data: How to Talk about Shared Environmental Concerns with Dana Johnson and Joshua Low

    In this episode of Recharged with the State Impact Center, we talk to Dana Johnson, policy advocate, fundraiser, government affairs consultant, and founder of Strategic Movement Collective LLC, and Joshua Low, Partnerships Director at the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. We discuss polling data and what people think about climate change, along with the importance of connecting to people through storytelling (yes, even in legal practice!). We also do a case study on clean energy: what the data says, how to translate that data into a message, and how to address opposing messages.   You’ll hear the word “appropriations” in this episode. An appropriation is a law of Congress that delegates budget authority to federal agencies.  Climate Change in the American Mind: Read the various reports by YPCCC that investigate, track, and explain public climate change knowledge, risk perceptions, policy support and behavior.Global Warming’s Six Americas: Learn more about the six unique audiences within the American public that each respond to climate change in their own distinct way (and take their quiz to find out which of the Six Americas you are in!)Voters Say Lawmakers Should Listen to Communities Over Fossil Fuel Interests: Read Dana’s blog post breaking down a Data for Progress and WE ACT survey on energy permitting and the Environmental Justice for All Act.Climate Change in the American Mind: Public Perceptions of the Health Harms of Global Warming, Fall 2024: Read more about the YPCCC study conducted in late 2024 that, among other things, looked at public perceptions of federal agencies in terms of climate change.Americans’ support for climate justice: Learn about what Americans think of climate justice in this YPCCC article, which Dana helped with.Fifteen AGs Sued Federal Administration Over “National Energy Emergency”: Check out how AGs are pushing back against the federal administration’s bypassing of environmental review projects for energy projects.

    41 min

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Recharged with the State Impact Center is a new podcast from the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at NYU School of Law. Recharged is designed to highlight emerging issues related to state action on climate, the environment, energy, and environmental justice. We also bring attention to what is needed in building the profession.