Lisa Martine Jenkins
Lisa Martine Jenkins is Latitude Media’s editor. She was previously a reporter for Protocol and Morning Consult, and her work has appeared in Heatmap, The Guardian, and Civil Eats, among others. In 2017, she was the Overseas Press Club Foundation’s Stan Swinton Fellow, placed at The Associated Press in Mexico City. Earlier in her career, she worked in production for both the Marketplace Morning Report radio program and San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club.
Lisa has an M.A. from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, where she studied energy and environmental policy. While there, she conducted research on both rural electrification in Myanmar and the impact of sea level rise on nuclear spent fuel storage; the latter was published in Energy Policy. She has a B.A. from UC Berkeley.
She lives in Brooklyn, and is originally from the Bay Area. You can find more of her work at lisamartinejenkins.com.
Get in touch with Lisa at [email protected], or securely on Signal at lmj.5709.
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The Department of Energy is reorganizing
The new DOE is officially dropping two renewable energy offices, and realigning under nuclear and fossil fuel priorities.
Lisa Martine JenkinsNov 20, 2025 -
Google teases plans to fund ‘resilience hubs’
In a Virginia meeting, the company said it will use battery storage for community backup power — but details are still light.
Lisa Martine JenkinsNov 14, 2025 -
Where does FERC go from here on interconnection rulemaking?
The ANOPR has left more questions than solutions — and a too-tight timeline to answer them.
Lisa Martine JenkinsNov 12, 2025 -
Data centers are beginning to embrace batteries for onsite power
But can battery storage systems compete with thermal options?
Lisa Martine JenkinsNov 3, 2025 -
Can the US bring solar installation to below $2 per watt?
Two reports, from Tesla and Permit Power, unpack how to get U.S. rooftop solar prices down — and up to $1.2 trillion is on the line.
Lisa Martine JenkinsOct 27, 2025 -
Wright directs FERC to fast track large load interconnection
In a notice of proposed rulemaking, the Energy Secretary endorsed accelerating interconnection for flexible loads like data centers.
Lisa Martine JenkinsOct 23, 2025 -
Why are electricity prices going up?
An analysis by Lawrence Berkeley National Labs turned conventional wisdom about load growth on its head.
Lisa Martine JenkinsOct 23, 2025 -
Brookfield makes a $5 billion bet on Bloom’s fuel cells
The AI infrastructure deal comes as large power users like data centers increasingly rely on onsite generation.
Lisa Martine JenkinsOct 14, 2025 -
Which awards does DOE plan to cut? Visualizing the funds on the line
There are two lists of award terminations circulating Washington, D.C. Here’s a compilation of both — with a searchable dataset.
Lisa Martine JenkinsOct 10, 2025 -
Xcel proposes nation’s first distributed capacity procurement in Minnesota
The utility would deploy up to 200 MW of battery storage capacity, in partnership with DCP provider Sparkfund.
Lisa Martine JenkinsOct 9, 2025
