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…
Advocates of wind turbines often argue that their unreliability can be offset by building even more wind turbines and transmission lines to distant areas because the wind is always blowing…
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the amount of “non-fossil fuel” sources of energy accounted for 21 percent of U.S. energy consumption in 2020. While anti-fossil fuel activists…
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…
The electric grid in Texas continues to struggle to keep up with electricity demand as a result of higher than normal temperatures, and low output from wind turbines. As a…
Like California, Texas is straining to keep the lights on as unusually warm temperatures increase the demand for electricity for air conditioning. Unfortunately for Texas, their fleet of wind turbines…
The following article was originally written by Sonal Patel, and appeared in Power Magazine: The North American Electric Corp. (NERC) is warning that large swathes of the North American bulk…
Last week, the regional electric grid operator, the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO) declared an emergency, warning that the hot weather, unexpected power plant outages, and high demand was resulting…
Hundreds of out-of-state protestors are flooding to northern Minnesota to protest the replacement of an aging oil pipeline, but reality apparently has a sense of humor: power plants running on…
The regional grid operator for Minnesota and 14 other states, the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO), has declared a “Maximum Generation Emergency Warning” today due to unplanned outages, higher-than-normal temperatures,…
Wyoming is the largest coal-producing state in the country. However, the Cowboy State is also going to be a pioneer in the emerging industry of building small, modular nuclear reactors.…
It turns out that President Joe Biden will not support the domestic mining industry, after all. According to Reuters: (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will rely on ally countries…
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…
The managers of California’s electricity system can’t promise they’ll be able to keep the lights on this summer, reports the Sacramento Bee. California electricity providers have taken steps to procure…
A recent analysis entitled “Copper is the New Oil,” by Goldman Sachs concludes that 1 million metric tons, or 3 percent, of global copper consumption in 2020 was so-called “green”…
While the Biden administration attempts to package the Green New Deal into its “infrastructure” spending spree, it’s important to remember that the electric grids in two of America’s largest states-…