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 lisa@latitudemedia.com, or securely on Signal at lmj.5709.
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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 -
There’s a second DOE project cancellation list
According to a leaked document, DOE appears poised to cancel an additional $16 billion worth of Biden-era awards.
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NextEra sells its distributed generation platform to Madison Energy Infrastructure
Exclusive: The purchase comes as Madison doubles down on DG, even as others in the space pull back.
Lisa Martine JenkinsOct 2, 2025 -
Interconnection reform and load growth: CAISO’s paradigm shift
CEO Elliot Mainzer talks interconnection overhaul, coordination across California, and the need for load flexibility in the AI era.
Lisa Martine JenkinsOct 1, 2025 -
Eni signs a billion-dollar PPA with Commonwealth Fusion Systems
The Italian energy giant is already a strategic investor in CFS.
Lisa Martine JenkinsSep 22, 2025 -
Gas turbine prices are up — and aren’t going down anytime soon
As power demand soars, a new report finds that installing gas is getting pricier, and taking longer, than ever before.
Lisa Martine JenkinsSep 17, 2025
