Duluth-based electric utility Minnesota Power (MP) announced this week that they had received approval from the state’s Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) for a $1 billion upgrade of an existing interstate…
The left-wing energy agenda at the Minnesota legislature was, thankfully, much less ambitious than their 2023 program. Tucked into the 2,800-page last-second omnibus bill are a handful of wins for…
Now is your chance to say NO! to the controversial transmission line that Xcel Energy is planning to build from Becker to Lyon County. Worst of all, Xcel wants to…
A room full of farmers and other residents at a public meeting in Marshall this week let Xcel Energy know they want nothing to do with the utility’s latest proposed…
Xcel Energy has been cashing in on Minnesota’s renewable energy mandates. Minnesota passed the Renewable Energy Objective (REO) in 2001, requiring utilities to make a “good faith effort” to reach…
Xcel Energy is seeking to use its new fleet of 500,000 “smart meters” to make “time-of-use” (TOU) pricing the default billing option for its customers. These TOU rates will double…
Electricity prices in the United States are skyrocketing, with all-sectors electricity rates reaching new all-time highs in 2022 and 2023, but wind and solar advocates like to pretend that these…
A judge panel from the First Court of Appeals in Houston ruled this week that electric companies in Texas can’t be held liable for failing to supply electricity to consumers…
Electricity rates are on the rise for commercial electricity users, which include Minnesota grocery stores, schools, and small businesses, adding to the rising costs these firms already face due to…
For years, Mitch Rolling and I have been warning that rising electricity prices will negatively impact education for American students by depriving schools of much-needed resources, resulting in teacher layoffs…
The Twin Cities have an affordable housing problem as the result of excessive taxes, fees, and regulations that effectively make it illegal to build affordable housing there. Occasionally, when I…
There’s only one reason to construct a carbon dioxide pipeline to dispose of emissions from ethanol plants in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota — fear and loathing over climate…
Catch up on the latest American Experiment events, initiatives, and policy work.
Lawmakers in St. Paul are busy scheming new ways to spend the state’s $17 billion surplus and finding new ways to raise your taxes, to boot. Sadly, liberal lawmakers are…
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission unanimously voted to approve the construction of a 200-megawatt (MW) solar facility on 1,550 acres of prime farmland in Dodge County at a cost of…
Late Thursday evening, the Minnesota State Senate passed the 100 percent carbon-free electricity mandate by 2040. American Experiment nicknamed this legislation the Blackout Bill because it will force electricity prices…
Xcel Energy is proposing a massive 20 percent price hike on its electricity customers in Minnesota to finance its own version of the Green New Deal. Unfortunately, the left-leaning Minnesota…
Next Monday, the Minnesota Senate Environment and Natural Resources Finance committee will hold a hearing on the Walz Administration’s California car mandates. You can watch the hearing below This is…
American Experiment’s campaign to persuade Xcel Energy and the Public Utilities Commission to delay the retirement of Unit 2 at the Sherburne County Generating Station (Sherco) is gaining steam. Make…
Xcel Energy is attempting to spend roughly $300 million dollars building electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and buying electric school buses with your money. The proposal would force Minnesota families…
On August 2, 2022, Xcel Energy submitted its plan to spend more than $300 million on building 730 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and increasing the use of electric school…
Minnesota’s lawmakers had a chance to make the honor roll; they chose to settle for ‘Did Not Pass’ instead.
Saturday, May 14, 2022, was likely the first time many Minnesotans were told that our electric grid could suffer from rolling blackouts in the near future. Our readers have known…
The Star Tribune has finally said the “b-word:” blackouts. Several of our readers reached out to me over the weekend to share this article from the Star Tribune, entitled “Midwest,…