Minnesota wind generation fell in 2023
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…
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…
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…
It has been nearly three years since Winter Storm Uri caused more than 24 million Texans to suffer through four days of rolling power outages due to inadequate electricity supplies. …
There is finally some good news on the inflation front: your home heating bill should be lower this year thanks to lower natural gas prices, according to a new forecast…
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…
Photo: Daniel Schwen, Wikimedia Commons (CC 4.0) Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Jr. has become popular in some conservative circles due to his criticism of the nation’s response to the COVID-19…
In early August, four of the largest electric grid operators in America warned that President Biden’s proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations limiting carbon dioxide emissions from new and existing fossil-fueled power…
American Experiment Policy Fellow Isaac Orr joined Rich Gruber on the radio to discuss the findings of our study on the Environmental Protection Agency’s new regulations on carbon dioxide emissions…
I recently appeared on the Republican Roundtable, a public access television program that appears on stations in the Twin Cities, to discuss the state of energy policy in Minnesota as…
On May 19, the regional electric grid to which Minnesota belongs, the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO), announced the results of its recent capacity auction. MISO concluded that the region…
On Wednesday, May 17, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) issued its 2023 Summer Reliability Assessment. Summarizing the report, Utility Dive noted that most of the United States will…
One week after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) warned that shutting down the nation’s coal-fired power plants would increase the risk of rolling blackouts in the United States, the…
Lazard’s LCOE analysis is frequently used by wind and solar advocates to claim that new wind and solar facilities are cheaper than new coal, natural gas, and nuclear plants. However,…