Joseph Majkut

Washington, D.C., United States

Energy Security and Climate Change Director at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

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Experts React: Energy Policy in the Reconciliation Debate

1 month ago | csis.org | Joseph Majkut |Clayton Seigle |Kyle Danish |Leslie S. Abrahams

This week, committees in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled their initial legislation responding to instructions in the fiscal year 2025 budget resolution. As budget reconciliation has evolved into a key procedural mechanism for U.S. policymaking, these bills propose changes to energy subsidies, strategic reserves management, and low-carbon innovation that will affect the energy landscape in the United States.
Undercharged: Energy, Climate, and the Evolving Transatlantic Relationship

Mar 28, 2025 | csis.org | Max Bergmann |Joseph Majkut |Federico Steinberg

As U.S. and European policies evolve under new governments, there will be opportunities for cooperation as well as triggers for conflict. The approach that the United States and European Union will take on energy and manufacturing supply chains will be a key element of the transatlantic relationship.
U.S. Low-Carbon Leadership

Mar 6, 2025 | csis.org | Mathias Zacarias |Ray Cai |Joseph Majkut

The IssueThe United States is strategically positioned to become a global leader in low-carbon technologies by facilitating their deployment in emerging markets.
The Electricity Supply Bottleneck on U.S. AI Dominance

Mar 3, 2025 | csis.org | Cy McGeady |Joseph Majkut |Barath Harithas |Karl Smith

The overwhelming dominance of Texas in deploying new generation resources, with solar the dominant category, must be noted. Texas attracts investment with a low-barriers permitting environment, fast access to grid connection under the ERCOT “connect-and-manage” model, and plentiful land. In Texas, which is served via a competitive market rather than an integrated utility, interconnection queue data indicates incredible interest in developing solar and storage.
Power and Planet: Lessons from a Climate and Trade Tabletop Exercise

Nov 13, 2024 | csis.org | Joseph Majkut |Guillaume Ferlet |William Reinsch

IntroductionIn July 2024, CSIS’s Energy Security and Climate Change Program, in collaboration with the Scholl Chair in International Business, hosted a one-day trade and climate simulation game titled Power and Planet. The focus was on how players representing key nations make decisions at the intersection of climate and trade policy to reduce emissions, boost economic opportunity, and ensure security.
Meeting the Energy Demands of Economic Competition

Oct 29, 2024 | csis.org | Joseph Majkut

As the United States adopts a more assertive approach to economic security and technological competition, it must adapt its energy policy. These efforts promise an economy that will be better able to weather global challenges, revitalizing regions with innovative technology and productive jobs and establishing a strong lead in twenty-first-century technologies.
The Future of European Energy Security

Oct 16, 2024 | csis.org | Joseph Majkut

The energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 reshaped global energy markets and placed Europe on a new energy trajectory. Today, I want to highlight three key themes which have emerged from that crisis:First, Europe managed the loss of Russian gas supplies through a combination of liquified natural gas (LNG) imports and the acceleration of renewable energy. Second, the financial and infrastructure challenges this transition brought still need resolution today.
Strategic Equilibrium: The United States’ Manufacturing Resurgence and the Role of Natural Gas in a Carbon-Competitive World

Sep 10, 2024 | csis.org | Jane Nakano |Joseph Majkut

The expansion of strategic manufacturing demands construction, which requires raw materials such as iron ore and aluminum. In supplying these resources, the United States has a relative advantage over major competitors such as China. A 2019 report comparing steel industry emissions across the 15 top steel-producing countries found that U.S. production is one of the least carbon intensive, while China ranked last.
CSIS: What Happened to Hydrogen in the EPA's Power Plant Rule?

Jun 13, 2024 | energycentral.com | Mathias Zacarias |Joseph Majkut

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following Q&A on June 12, 2024:By Mathias Zacarias and Joseph MajkutOn April 25, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final rule for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired generating units in the power sector (see this previous commentary from the authors' colleague Cy McGeady).
What Happened to Hydrogen in the EPA’s Power Plant Rule?

Jun 12, 2024 | csis.org | Mathias Zacarias |Joseph Majkut

On April 25, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final rule for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel–fired generating units in the power sector (see this previous commentary from the authors’ colleague Cy McGeady). Key changes between the EPA’s originally proposed rule and the final rule were the exclusion of rules for existing gas-fired power plants and the use of hydrogen as a low-carbon fuel.