In this episode of Path to Zero, host Tucker Perkins welcomes Dr. Kenneth Medlock, one of the nation’s leading voices in energy economics and policy. As Senior Director of the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy,Energy insights 2025 Medlock leads research on global oil and gas markets, hydrogen, and the evolving energy transition. His latest publication, Energy Insights 2025, brings together top scholars to tackle the defining issues shaping our energy future, from supply chain resilience and energy security to the rise of data centers and the role of innovation in decarbonization. “What you’re looking at when you read Energy Insights is really a distillation of the research that’s ongoing across multiple verticals within the Center for Energy Studies,” Medlock explains.