All content by Mitchell Rolling
Posts by Mitchell Rolling
-
New Study Finds Wind and Solar Are Still More Expensive Than Existing, Even Brand New, Fuel-Based Generators
A new study published by the Institute for Energy Research (IER) concluded that building new wind and solar farms is up to 120 percent more expensive per megawatt hour of production than existing reso...
Read full post -
Xcel Energy Will Spend More Than $2 Billion To Maintain Existing Wind Turbines Through 2034
If Minnesota policymakers were truly concerned with providing reliable electricity at a low cost, they would be encouraging utility companies to utilize existing resources, like our existing coal, nat...
Read full post -
Electric Bills in Minnesota Reach Record Highs in 2018
According to new information provided by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), monthly residential electric bills in Minnesota reached record highs in 2018, exceeding $103 per month for the fir...
Read full post -
Fears Over Nuclear Energy Are Overblown
Climate change activists have an identity problem – they simply don’t know what they want. On one hand, they cry out for the need for a radical transformation in the electricity markets that would...
Read full post -
If Renewable Energy Saves Consumers Money, Then Explain These Trends Showing the Opposite
Renewable energy advocates in Minnesota often think that by using wind and solar energy over existing and fully depreciated coal power plants, electricity consumers will save money on their electric b...
Read full post