
Daniel C. Esty
Former Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection of Connecticut
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Sep 30, 2026
Where does climate progress stand amid federal rollbacks?
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12:05Jake BittleGUEST
And so I think it's hard to extract, you know, one big note if you're covering it, because there's just like hundreds of things going on at any given time.
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12:12Daniel EstyGUEST
And I would say that you end up with a picture coming out of New York last week of other issues competing with climate change for attention and for space in the everyday family in Connecticut's interest in politics.
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12:27Daniel EstyGUEST
And in particular, I think there was a real recognition across those putting on these programs at Climate Week New York, that the average citizen across the country and across the state cares more about affordability.
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12:38Daniel EstyGUEST
They're really eager to make sure that while we address climate change, it does not result in big new costs on folks that are stretched already in their budgets.
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12:46Daniel EstyGUEST
But I do think what was interesting, and maybe this goes to Jake's point, that there are some underlying conversations that were really quite interesting and suggest change that might be helpful.
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12:56Daniel EstyGUEST
I think we are having a more serious conversation now, perhaps in the wake of the AI build-out, about the need for a different model for electric utilities.
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13:06Daniel EstyGUEST
We've had a 100-year-old model that I've been saying doesn't work since I was Connecticut's commissioner of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
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27:02Frankie GrazianoHOST
So then is there any kind of understanding or acknowledgement from the current administration that rolling back on some climate policies now would likely mean shifting the expenses over to health care, emergency response, some of those people that are going to have to deal with some of this later on? Frankie, this is Steve.