Politico is expanding its energy coverage

Politico deputy editor-in-chief Joe Schatz and energy and environment editorial director Debra Kahn sent out the following on Wednesday:

Dear Readers,

Energy is rapidly becoming the central policy and political story of this moment — it’s shaping decisions in tech and AI, finance, defense, infrastructure and more, and it comes up constantly wherever and whenever we engage with you, our POLITICO Pro and E&E News subscribers.

POLITICO has always invested heavily in energy and environmental journalism — with more than 100 reporters and editors covering these issues in our global newsroom, our breadth and depth in this space is already unmatched. But now we’re building on that foundation, deepening our commitment to energy and environmental journalism to give you even sharper insight into the policy and politics driving this moment. We want to share a few of the ways we’re doing that:

• Expanding our focus at the state level, where many of the most consequential debates are unfolding — in governors’ offices, legislatures, public utility commissions and regional power bodies.

We’re connecting and strengthening our state energy reporting — from Arizona and North Carolina to Missouri, Colorado, Vermont and the broader Northeast, alongside our established teams in California, New York, Florida and New Jersey — to better capture how policy is made, contested and implemented on the ground. We’re also launching dedicated Texas energy coverage to capture the political and market forces reshaping one of the most important power economies in the country.

• Intensifying our coverage of the intersection of federal energy policy and the energy industry, with more in-depth and exclusive reporting on the political and economic forces shaping decisions at the White House, the Department of Energy, FERC, EPA and on Capitol Hill. Across POLITICO Pro and E&E News, we’re sharpening our focus on how power is exercised, how regulation is crafted and how those decisions ripple through markets and state capitals — and what they mean for you.

• Engaging more directly with you, including through our first-of-its-kind media partnership with CERAWeek, the premier annual gathering of the global energy sector in Houston this March.

POLITICO will bring its signature convening format — the POLITICO Pub — to CERAWeek, featuring live interviews and conversations with global executives and government leaders, led by POLITICO journalists and grounded in our reporting. We hope many of you will join us there.

• Bringing more of our reporting to you via podcast, with the relaunch of our award-winning daily POLITICO Energy podcast. We’re hosting top policymakers each week — Energy Secretary Chris Wright joined us recently to discuss Venezuela — and future conversations will draw on the full expertise of our global newsroom.

As our new Editorial Director for energy and environmental coverage, Debra Kahn is leading these moves; Debra has spent the last two decades reporting and editing across E&E News, Pro and our California policy team, and brings a deep understanding of your needs and a clear vision for how we can make our energy journalism even more indispensable to you.

Thank you, as always, for reading — and listening. We’re grateful for your support.

We’ll also both be at CERAWeek, and we hope to see you there.

Joe Schatz, Deputy Editor in Chief
Debra Kahn, Editorial Director, Energy and Environment