
Cy McGeady is a fellow in the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He covers power markets, the energy transition, climate finance, and the macro trends affecting investment in the energy sector. Cy has years of experience working in the power sector across a series of roles at Genscape and Wood Mackenzie. Cy has experience consulting on project development, managing assets in short-term markets, and originating long-term transactions with a wide range of parties in the power sector. Cy has also closely studied transmission systems, generation dispatch, and price formation in power markets. Cy has recently worked in a capital advisory role with private funds seeking to invest in sustainability and climate solution projects. He is currently studying for a MA in liberal arts at St. John’s College and holds a BA in economics from the University of Rochester.
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U.S. electricity demand is set to explode. That will make it harder to cut climate pollution
Cy McGeady in NPR — January 17, 2025
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The Electricity Supply Bottleneck on U.S. AI Dominance
Event — March 5, 2025
Experts React: DOE LNG Study Highlights and Implications
Commentary by Joseph Majkut, Jane Nakano, Kevin Book, Arvind Ravikumar, Ben Cahill, Leslie Palti-Guzman, Cy McGeady, Kunro Irié, and Janet M. Whittaker — December 20, 2024
The Past and Present of Strategic Transmission Expansion
Commentary by Cy McGeady — December 19, 2024
Powering the Commanding Heights: Towards an American Strategy For Electric Demand Growth
Event — December 11, 2024
Strategic Thinking on Electric Transmission in the Age of AI
Commentary by Cy McGeady — December 10, 2024
Powering the Commanding Heights: The Strategic Context of Emergent U.S. Electricity Demand Growth
Brief by Cy McGeady — October 28, 2024
AI Makes Nuclear Viable, Not Yet Inevitable
Commentary by Cy McGeady — October 4, 2024
AI Additionality Is the Wrong Solution to a Real Problem
Commentary by Cy McGeady — September 24, 2024
Battery Bonanza: Lessons from Two States
Podcast Episode by Cy McGeady and Nitika Nayar — September 5, 2024

Power Plays: Europe’s Response to the Energy Crisis
Report by Max Bergmann, Cy McGeady, Otto Svendsen, Mathias Zacarias, and Ignacio Urbasos — September 3, 2024