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A week ago, Donald Trump was sworn in as president of the United States.

He's made no secret of his opposition to the Inflation Reduction Act,

describing it as the biggest tax hike in history.

But how big is the threat really to the IRA?

This is Sylvia Leva Martinez. Welcome to the interchange. Today, we're getting the view from a global renewable energy company. Fundamentally, we need to

have a different approach in terms of how we are looking at the grid, how seamlessly people

can actually deploy capital. Capital needs certainty. I always say that. How can you give the folks

who want to build transmission? How can you give them certainty so that they are able to build

lines across the U.S.? Sustainability and profitability can actually go hand in hand. You don't

have to compromise one

for the other. That was Sandia Ganapati, CEO of EDP Renewables North America. She joins me on

the show now to talk the present and future of U.S. renewables, the opportunities for the industry

and the forecast for U.S. energy policy.

I am honored to have Sandia Ganapathy on the show.

Among her many accolades, she has been named Changemaker in CNBC's Women Transforming Business List, Tamarindo's Energy Transition Power List, among many others.

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