How to destroy the myth of cheap wind and solar
Wind and solar advocates often cite a metric called the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) to claim that these energy sources are cheaper than coal, natural gas, and nuclear power plants.1 However,…
Wind and solar advocates often cite a metric called the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) to claim that these energy sources are cheaper than coal, natural gas, and nuclear power plants.1 However,…
The Dakota Resource Council recently told the North Dakota Monitor that it supports the Biden Administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations that experts from the North Dakota Division of Environmental…
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data show wind generation in Minnesota fell by 2.8 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, which is more than the 2 percent decline in wind…
I was recently on Hawaii Today with Joe Kent of the Grassroot Institute to discuss the rolling blackouts that occurred in early January. As Mitch and I wrote in our…
American Experiment Policy Fellow Isaac Orr appeared on the Power Hungry Podcast with Robert Bryce to discuss the work he and Mitch Rolling are doing to calculate the cost of…
On January 8, 2024, a confluence of factors forced the Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) to initiate rolling blackouts that affected about 120,000 electricity customers in two dozen communities on the island of…
On January 4, the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued a two-page letter to Xcel Energy urging them to delay the closure of the two remaining units at the…
On New Year’s Eve, 2023, Xcel Energy shut down Unit 2 at the coal-fired Sherburne County (Sherco) generating station. Unit 2 was a 680-megawatt (MW) facility capable of powering 25…
In many ways, 2023 feels like the eye of the hurricane threatening the reliability of the American electric grid. It was the first year since 2019 that rolling blackouts didn’t…
On Christmas Eve, 2022, millions of American families experienced rolling blackouts as frigid temperatures brought by Winter Storm Elliot caused fuel supply problems for natural gas power plants throughout the…
Last week, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the international regulatory authority with the mission to ensure the reliability of the electric grid, released the latest version of its…
Grid operators in Texas are worried that the state might not have enough reliable power plants to keep the lights on this winter. As a result, they are asking the…
In 2019, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced his plan to mandate that 100 percent of Minnesota’s electricity come from carbon-free sources by 2050. As part of his pitch, the Governor…
Minnesota families who buy their electricity from Xcel Energy are paying the highest prices of any investor-owned utility in Minnesota, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.…
I’ve been hesitant to attempt any predictions about potential blackouts on the grid this year because I don’t want to become a Boy Who Cried Wolf. Also, it hasn’t felt…
On August 8, four regional grid operators, Pennsylvania Jersey Maryland (PJM), the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO), the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), and Southwest Power Pool (SPP) issued…