Arushi Sharma Frank

Senior Associate (Non-resident), Energy Security and Climate Change Program
Arushi Sharma Frank

Arushi Sharma Frank, Esq., is an expert in energy market economics, law, regulation, and technology. Her work spans the intersection of policy, markets, and infrastructure, shaping how complex energy systems evolve under changing regulatory, economic, and technological conditions. She has served in strategy execution and policy leadership roles at the American Gas Association, Electric Power Supply Association, Exelon Constellation, and Tesla. She now runs Luminary Strategies, a consulting practice focused on high-impact work at the frontiers of power system transformation. She advises private equity teams and portfolio companies engaged in utility grid technology, retail energy, battery storage, hyperscale development, and load flexibility solutions. The firm also supports emerging nonprofit and advocacy organizations advancing American energy dominance, competitive energy markets, and industrial policy objectives. Her areas of expertise span all facets of her work driving energy policy reform and business innovation. They include behind-the-meter grid integration, commercial energy project execution and operations, energy and capacity market design, large-load interconnection with co-located generation and storage, and transmission and distribution interconnection and utility grid planning. She has also led work on complex electric infrastructure development, natural gas commercial regulation, energy metering and telemetry requirements, and the formation, launch, and compliance of both wholesale and retail energy companies.

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Power Access for AI: The Flexibility Compact

An audio version of “⁠Power Access for AI: The Flexibility Compact⁠,” a new Commentary by CSIS’s Arushi Sharma Frank. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs. 

Podcast Episode by Arushi Sharma Frank — July 3, 2025

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Power Access for AI: The Flexibility Compact

Power utilities still plan for worst-case scenarios in both grid forecasting and interconnection studies. But AI data centers do not have to be built—or operated—in ways that trigger those worst-case outcomes. In fact, they can help relieve them.

Commentary by Arushi Sharma Frank — July 3, 2025

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Experts React: Energy Policy in the Reconciliation Debate

An audio version of “⁠Experts React: Energy Policy in the Reconciliation Debate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,” a new commentary by CSIS's Joseph Majkut, Clayton Seigle, Kyle Danish, Leslie Abrahams, Jane Nakano, Arushi Sharma Frank, and Mathias Zacarias. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

Podcast Episode by Joseph Majkut, Clayton Seigle, Kyle Danish, Leslie Abrahams, Jane Nakano, Arushi Sharma Frank, and Mathias Zacarias — May 15, 2025

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Experts React: Energy Policy in the Reconciliation Debate

The House of Representatives released its initial budget reconciliation bill, significantly changing the energy policy landscape in the United States. In this Experts React, our team examines the most momentous, surprising, and nuanced aspects of the proposed legislation.

Commentary by Joseph Majkut, Clayton Seigle, Kyle Danish, Leslie Abrahams, Jane Nakano, Arushi Sharma Frank, and Mathias Zacarias — May 15, 2025