California is reeling from decades of bad energy policy, and it is now expecting residents living in saner states to pay for their mistakes. On Friday, July 9, 2021, and…
On Monday, Center of the American Experiment detailed how California’s electric grid is already struggling to keep up with demand. One facet of this story that deserves greater examination is…
The managers of California’s electricity system can’t promise they’ll be able to keep the lights on this summer, reports the Sacramento Bee. California electricity providers have taken steps to procure…
A picture can say a thousand words. The graph below shows electricity generation in New York state after the closure of the Indian Point power plant. Nuclear generation falls substantially…
The General Manager of the Minnesota Valley Co-Op, Pat Carruth, issued a dire warning about the reliability of Minnesota’s electric grid in the co-op’s April newsletter. In his letter, he…
Xcel Energy has announced its plan to spend $575 million building a 460 megawatt (MW) solar facility in Becker, Minnesota, right next to coal plants they will be prematurely retiring.…
After the Texas blackouts, American Experiment launched a campaign to educate Minnesotans about the importance of reliable energy and share that message with elected officials. In total, we’ve sent more…
We continue to unravel what went wrong in the Texas blackouts, but one key piece of information that is often left out of the conversation is the fact that grid…
We have received a tremendous number of signatures on our petition stressing the importance of reliable energy to lawmakers in St. Paul (sign here if you haven’t already!). Our petition…
Renewable energy advocates have claimed that Texas had rolling blackouts because its grid, the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), is isolated from the rest of the country, meaning Texas…
The fallout from the Texas Blackouts continues to reverberate. In this episode, Robert talks to Steve Brick, a consulting engineer who has 40 years of experience in the power sector,…
Blackouts occurred in Texas and other parts of the country in February 2021. Why? It’s happening because of a complex, market-distorting (and ridiculous) system of having electricity producers bid to…
We’re still unraveling what happened in Texas to cause rolling blackouts for millions of people. One of the most interesting pieces I’ve seen on the power outages is from Dr.…
The following article was written by Robert Bryce. It originally appeared in Forbes. The massive blast of Siberia-like cold that is wreaking havoc across North America is proving that if we humans want…
On January 21, 2021, Governor Walz announced his administration would require 100 percent of Minnesota's electricity to come from "clean energy" by 2040. The plan also seeks to increase mandates for…
The regional electric grid operator expects there to be enough reliable power plants to keep the lights on this winter, but extreme weather may bring the risk of power outages.
In Mid-August, more than two million California families and businesses lost their electricity during a record-breaking heat wave because the sun was setting, rending The Golden State’s fleet of solar…
The following article was written by Isaac Orr and originally appeared in the Faribault Daily News: Millions of California families and businesses recently lost their electricity during a record-breaking heat…
California’s energy grid is a mess, and the liberal politicians who have been in charge of the Golden State are to blame. Unsurprisingly, those same politicians are trying to blame…
California is giving America a preview of the Green New Deal. Millions of families have had their power shut off because of the bad decisions made by politicians. These politicians…
Last weekend, two million Californians suffered through rolling blackouts during record-breaking heat because cloud cover reduced the amount of electricity generated from solar power, and low wind speeds resulted in…
Texas is often held up as an example by wind advocates of the free market choosing wind. These talking points may appear to be persuasive, but there are three main…
California is often thought of as a leader on environmental issues by moderates and liberals who sincerely want what’s best for the planet. However, there is a growing realization among…
California is incurring yet another round of blackouts to try and prevent strong winds from causing power lines to break and starting fires. The result is approximately 318,000 California customers…