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Great to see Brokers of Power in conversation with @nikki-luke.bsky.social amazing new book! Thanks @gfearn.bsky.social! @uminnpress.bsky.social
Wrote a book review/essay for @antipodeonline.bsky.social on the US electricity system, risk, time and power. Review brings together @nikki-luke.bsky.social's 'Electric Life' and @conorharrison.bsky.social's 'Brokers of Power' - both must reads on electricity! antipodeonline.org/2026/10/15/b...
A really fun conversation about my book with @shelley-w.bsky.social!
🆕 🎧 New on the pod: Conor Harrison and Shelley Welton ask what it means to have powerful financial institutions as the primary agents of change in the fraught and ongoing energy transition. ▶️ z.umn.edu/ep149 @conorharrison.bsky.social @shelley-w.bsky.social
I recently had the pleasure of talking about my book Brokers of Power from @uminnpress.bsky.social with Miranda Melcher on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast. Check it out at the link below! newbooksnetwork.com/brokers-of-p...
Really enjoyed this conversation with @dominicboyer.bsky.social and @cymene.bsky.social about finance and the US electricity sector!
New episode of the Cultures of Energy podcast feat Conor Harrison's work on how the finance industry came to control the future of electricity in the United States. Please listen & share! tinyurl.com/5b8y4mfp
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As coal declines and renewables expand, financial firms are playing an increasingly important role in shaping the US electricity transition. This book traces the shift from regulated monopolies to market pricing. By @conorharrison.bsky.social on @uminnpress.bsky.social buff.ly/DwzUp5k
Today is the official launch!
Today's exciting new releases! -Brokers of Power: The Financialization of the US Electricity System, by @conorharrison.bsky.social -Mississippi River Open School for Kinship and Social Exchange, a beautiful artist-designed volume drawing from eight years of work along the Mississippi.
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authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... New article by me in Energy Research and Social Science that takes a broad look at what the GenAI data center boom means for the US electricity sector. Also includes some potential avenues for research. Available open access here:
New article in The Conversation about why utilities are merging, and who stands to benefit (not us!). theconversation.com/how-wall-str...
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📣 Exciting forthcoming books await! 50+ titles in our Fall/Winter catalog: Essays, memoir, environment, activism, fiction, nonfiction—and so many amazing voices! (more in comments) z.umn.edu/fw26
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