Lecture 9: How the Electric Grid Controls Progress on Decarbonization @mitocw

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MIT 22.04 Social Problems of Nuclear Energy, Fall 2025
Instructor: R. Scott Kemp

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This lecture talks about the history of the electric grid and the regulatory, political, and business interests that shape its structure—which in turn controls the rate at which the U.S. electric sector is decarbonized.

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