Last week I joined my former colleague H. Sterling Burnett on The Heartland Institute’s daily podcast. We chat about how zero-emission energy mandates are undermining grid reliability and substantially increasing…
We are experiencing one of the coldest Christmases in years, and our energy system is increasingly unable to keep up with dipping temperatures. Centerpoint Energy and Xcel Energy are warning…
Xcel Energy is warning Minnesotans that wholesale natural gas prices are rising, which could cause sticker shock for heating bills this month. Fox 9 reports: In a message on Wednesday,…
Grid monitors warn that the electricity system that serves Minnesota and 14 other states, the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO), is at a high risk of blackouts, and this threat…
Mike Hughlett at the Star Tribune wrote an excellent story last week detailing how Xcel Energy dropped its highly contested request for a $122 million rate increase in 2023, which…
On November 17, 2022, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) issued its 2022-2023 Winter Reliability Assessment, a document that identifies risks to the electric grid for all of North…
The recent elections gave Minnesota Democrats total control of the state government for at least the next two years. According to an article in The Sahan Journal, they are wasting…
Last week, Republican Gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen released his 10-point plan for Northern Minnesota. Among his proposals was a plan to save the Boswell Energy Center, a 922-megawatt coal-fired power…
American Experiment is ramping up its efforts to inject some much-needed energy sanity into our public policy debates by putting pressure on Xcel Energy and the Public Utilities Commission to…
A Missouri electric company has announced they will no longer shut down a large, 1,195 megawatt (MW) coal plant at the beginning of next month because it is needed for…
American Experiment North Dakota has released a new report outlining the need for American energy leadership to make the world a safer place. Key points of the report include: Russia…
Mark Nelson, managing director of the Radiant Energy Group, joins us for his second masterclass, this time all about coal. Much maligned by environmentalists and a significant source of air…
American Experiment policy fellow Isaac Orr joins Robert Bryce on the Power Hungry Podcast. In his second appearance on the podcast (his first was on August 10, 2021), Orr talks…
Yesterday, Dr. Scott Jensen, the Republican candidate for Governor, released his plan to “Unleash Minnesota Energy,” and there is a lot to like among the policies listed in this proposal.…
Rolling blackouts may hit Minnesota this summer because electric companies have closed down too many reliable power plants — think coal, nuclear and natural gas — on the regional electric grid and…
Electric companies in Wisconsin have announced they will delay the closure of three coal plants in the Badger State due to a shortage of reliable power plant capacity on the…