Center of the American Experiment’s influence in the national energy conversation continues to grow with our ground-breaking work modeling the high cost of liberal energy policies in states across the…
Over the weekend, environmental activist Michael Shellenberger cited American Experiment’s new study on the high cost of the Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP) in Arizona in his most recent piece.…
Xcel Energy’s current plans to shut down their coal-fired power plants a decade before the end of their useful lifetime and replacing them with a combination of natural gas, wind,…
Natural gas prices in the United States are soaring, and that could mean Minnesota families and businesses will be sore when they open their heating and electric bills this winter.…
Rising electricity prices could force metal producers in Europe to pack their bags. Reuters reports: Governments across Europe are coming under pressure to help curb soaring energy costs for companies…
Minnesotans are notoriously bad practitioners of the zipper merge. Rather than using two full lanes until it is finally time to merge, something about the collective Minnesota mindset resents the zipper merge as unfair or cheating.…
On Monday, the Minnesota Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that Minnesota Power’s proposed natural gas plant, located in Superior, Wisconsin, is better for its customers than a combination of wind…
The regional electric grid operator, the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO), has issued three alerts suggesting electricity supplies could be tight today due to high electricity demand. The situation will…
In this episode, Orr explains how being raised on a farm shaped his political views, why concerns about “conservation come after breakfast,” mining in Minnesota, the importance of coal-fired electricity,…
Center of the American Experiment notched a major victory last week when 27 out of 28 rural electric co-ops served by Great River Energy voted to approve the sale and…
In May 2020, Great River Energy made a surprising announcement: It would close the Coal Creek Station — a large, 1,150-megawatt coal plant in North Dakota — if it could…
American Experiment is often critical of Xcel Energy because they nearly always mislead the public about the negative impact that wind and solar have on the affordability and reliability of…
The following article was written by Rob Port and it originally appeared in the Fargo Forum, and the Grand Forks Herald: Coal Creek Station, the largest coal-fired power plant in…
On June 24, 2021, the Biden administration announced it would be banning products containing silicon materials from Hoshine, a Chinese company tied to widespread human rights violations affecting ethnic Uyghur…
The article below originally appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune: In the June 7 commentary “Wrong incentives drive energy decisions,” the author correctly notes that utilities have the wrong encouragements. However, these…
Last week (June 17, 2021), the Minnesota House of Representatives debated the omnibus on climate and energy policy. Representative Mary Franson shined during this discussion, issuing a blistering speech that…