About the Author
Syllabus notes, coursework, presentations, mentoring guidelines, programmatic materials, podcast materials.
What To Expect
I'm often overwhelmed by the dissonance in media reporting on energy systems and policy topics. Popular news frequently lacks context, almost always lacks historical perspective, and sometimes is just factually incorrect. In my efforts to counteract this anathema of circumstances, I find myself teaching, lecturing, hosting workshops, and writing for various career-oriented websites. I want people to feel comfortable asking questions, enjoy learning and enjoy the thinking that comes with it.
Much of what I do in the real world will appear here. This includes content I discuss with student energy clubs, legislative and agency staffers seeking to learn substantive concepts, fellow seasoned professionals at industry events, and even some winding thoughts that sprout from deeper one-on-one interactions with other curious cats in my field.
Don't be surprised if politics, history, behavioral economics, macroeconomics, statistics, physics, humor, and charivari all make an appearance. Energy as a concept is as vast in breadth as it is in depth, and understanding it benefits from being viewed through various lenses and disciplines.
About the Author
Arushi Sharma Frank is a nationally recognized big energy, grid design, natural gas, electric power and battery expert. She specializes in complex project design for factories and data center campuses, mentors AI companies making tech to optimize data centers for efficient power usage and supports hurricane resilience solar and battery projects. She was advocating at the White House to champion permitting reform for natural gas distribution pipelines in 2012 and fighting for common sense regulations, at the CFTC cutting Dodd Frank red tape for power companies and consumers in 2015, optimizing a multigrid generation compliance program for nuclear, solar, gas, and wind plants at Constellation- Exelon in 2017, opening up residential competition and supporting big battery expansion for Tesla in 2020. Most recently, she advised the 150 bn dollar private equity fund Partners Group on its acquisition of Middle River Power, a 2.2 bn dollar US portfolio installing batteries at nine simple cycle peaking gas plants and two combined cycle gas turbine plants - 1.9 GWs, pairing up gas, solar, and batteries to deliver hybrid energy centers in utility markets. Sharma Frank is a sought after technologist and regulatory mastermind with encyclopedic knowledge and experience that has been critical to shaping the implementation narrative for affordable, reliable, and prosperous energy outcomes for our country.