# Giving clean electricity a political voice of its own

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Podcast: [Volts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/volts-3501275)
Published: 2026-05-29T16:02:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.volts.wtf/p/giving-clean-electricity-a-political
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## Resource

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribe Why is clean electrification, the most exciting, dynamic, hopeful sector of the US economy, still such a 98-pound weakling in DC backroom fights? In this episode, I talk with investor and entrepreneur Steve McBee about Amped, his new effort to boost the industry’s political influence and give it a little swagger — by telling a more compelling story, getting better information to lawmakers, and pulling hundreds of billions of dollars in stranded capital off the sidelines.

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