{"podcast":{"title":"POLITICO Energy","slug":"politico-energy-844843","podcast_index_feed_id":844843,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ASD3100338491","website_url":"https://politico-energy.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b34f0a3a-6477-11ef-9865-47f049e08f61/image/817ea8e79787b6ec20dd0b924cc0d6db.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"POLITICO","episode_count":1565,"summary":"The POLITICO newsroom breaks down the stories and power players shaping energy politics and policy in the United States and around the world by featuring original interviews, along with in-depth reporting and analysis from the largest energy policy newsroom in the world.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T18:21:25.095774+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politico-energy-844843"},"episode":{"title":"FERC's Swett explains the agency’s historic data center plan","slug":"ferc-s-swett-explains-the-agency-s-historic-data-center-plan","published_at":"2026-06-24T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politico-energy-844843/ferc-s-swett-explains-the-agency-s-historic-data-center-plan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politico-energy-844843","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL5051780703.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL5051780703.mp3","summary":"Today, POLITICO Energy reporter Kelsey Tamborrino sits down for an exclusive interview with Laura Swett, the chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, after the agency released a new strategy recently for managing the growing demand data centers are placing on America’s power grid. They discuss why FERC rejected a one-size-fits-all national rule and what this historic decision means for the data center boom and every day Americans. Kelsey Tamborrino is a reporter covering clean energy for POLITICO. Nirmal Mulaikal is the co-host and executive producer of POLITICO Energy. KJ Cline is the video producer for POLITICO Energy. Matt Daily is the energy editor for POLITICO. Debra Kahn is the editorial director for energy and environmental coverage at POLITICO. Veronica Tejera is the deputy head of Audio/Video at POLITICO. Our theme music is by Pran Bandi. Follow the show on Apple, Spotify, Youtube and Instagram. Follow POLITICO here: ➤ X: https://x.com/politico/ ➤ Instagram: / politico ➤ Facebook: / politico For more reporting on energy and the environment, subscribe to Power Switch, our free evening newsletter: https://www.politico.com/power-switch And for even deeper coverage and analysis, read our Morning Energy newsletter by subscribing to POLITICO Pro: https://subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter-archive/morning-energy","meta_description":"Today, POLITICO Energy reporter Kelsey Tamborrino sits down for an exclusive interview with Laura Swett, the chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commis…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1250,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politico-energy-844843/episodes/ferc-s-swett-explains-the-agency-s-historic-data-center-plan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politico-energy-844843/ferc-s-swett-explains-the-agency-s-historic-data-center-plan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}