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.…
The California grid operator, the California Independent Systems Operator (CAISO), has declared an electric grid reliability emergency and is asking the federal Department of Energy to suspend air-pollution rules for…
This morning, the Biden administration announced that it is seeking to have 45 percent of the nation’s electricity generated by solar panels by the year 2050. To put it kindly,…
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…
Yesterday, news broke that the Coal Creek Station, a 1,150-megawatt power plant that is the largest electricity generator in the state of North Dakota, has found a new buyer, which…
Center of the American Experiment is proud to announce that earlier this year, our organization filed 60 pages of comments opposing Xcel Energy’s Green New Deal with the Minnesota Public…
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.…
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…
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…
Wind and solar are often touted as a way of reducing our electricity bills, and our dependence on fossil fuels like coal and natural gas. However, the experience of California…