Name: MIC Book Talk: Democracy in Power by Sandeep Vaheesan
Start: 2025-02-12T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-12T13:30:00-05:00
Location: Annenberg School for Communication, Room 500

Join us for this talk from Sandeep Vaheesan on his new book “Democracy in Power: A History of Electrification in the United States.”
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MIC Book Talk: Democracy in Power by Sandeep Vaheesan

Sandeep Vaheesan shows that the path to accountability in America’s power sector was beset by bureaucratic challenges and fierce private resistance. Through a detailed and critical examination of this evolution, Vaheesan offers a blueprint for a publicly led and managed path to decarbonization. Democracy in Power is at once an essential history, a deeply relevant accounting of successes and failures, and a guide on how to avoid repeating past mistakes.

This event is part of Energy Week at Penn 2025, a week of energy-focused events across campus. Learn more at energyweek.upenn.edu.