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Duke Energy keeps the lights on, the power flowing, and our country growing. Hey, everybody, it's Anna Palmer from The Daily Punch. Welcome to our second special edition podcast for The Future of Energy series. This month, we're laying out the state of play, the legislative landscape, engaging in key interviews with leaders in the space,

and the outlook on what's to come. A big thank you to Duke Energy for making this podcast and

whole project possible. You can check out the full project at punchbowl. News. Today, I'm excited

to be speaking with Mika Solner, a congressional reporter at Punch Bowl News,

and we're going to be discussing the legislative landscape for the future of energy.

Mika, thanks for joining me.

Thanks for having me.

All right.

You write, fully in control of Washington, Republicans have made energy one of their top issues on their agenda,

particularly promoting American

oil and gas and speeding up permitting of infrastructure projects across the country.

Now, this is super interesting, obviously, because not only are kind of Republicans saying

drill baby drill from the White House, but we also have this big reconciliation bill, which is the

main vehicle for Trump's legislative agenda. Talk to us about the state of play as it relates

to energy provisions in the reconciliation package. Yeah, definitely. I mean, this is one of the top

issues that Republicans have made a priority, you know, as they are in control of, you know,

both the House and Senate and the White House. This is one of President Trump's biggest priorities,

is energy and promoting oil and gas and, you know, making sure the country's energy independent.

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