Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are set to face off for the first time tonight in their highly-anticipated presidential debate. POLITICO’s Matt Daily breaks down how Trump and Harris offer vastly different visions for the country in terms of energy policy and how the issue may show up in tonight’s debate. Plus, the Biden administration says it has purchased another 3.4 million barrels of oil for the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

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Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO. Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. Kara Tabor is an audio producer for POLITICO.Alex Keeney is a senior audio producer at POLITICO. Gloria Gonzalez is the deputy energy editor for POLITICO. Matt Daily is the energy editor for POLITICO.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices