Lecture 9: How the Electric Grid Controls Progress on Decarbonization

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MIT 22.04 Social Problems of Nuclear Energy, Fall 2025 Instructor: R. Scott Kemp View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/22-04j-social-problems-of-nuclear-energy-fall-2025/ YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEd-FHe0va8k This lecture talks about the history of the electric grid and the regulatory, political, and business interests that shape its structure—which in turn controls the rate at which the U.S. electric sector is decarbonized. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at https://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at https://ocw.mit.edu Support OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQ We encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments.

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