As American Experiment’s Bill Glahn reported last week, Xcel Energy is proposing to double its battery storage at the Sherco coal plant in Becker, from 300 MW to 600 MW…
The American Legislative Exchange Council released its fourth Energy Affordability Report this month, ranking the 50 states by the weighted average price of electricity. The results truly demonstrate the damage…
The Energy Transition Advisory Committee is a committee established to develop a statewide energy transition plan and to advise the governor, the commissioner and the legislature on transition issues, established…
Center of the American Experiment released a new tool today to calculate the true cost of renewable energy sources. Renewables Blueprint, How to calculate the cost of renewable energy in your…
Xcel Energy has finally told the truth about the cost of solar panels, in North Dakota. In a document submitted to the North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC), the equivalent…
Last evening, I was informed that I was not selected to serve on the Governor's Advisory Council on Climate Change. You can read the email informing me of the Governor's…
Last weekend the Minneapolis Star Tribune ran an article entitled Xcel Looks At New Nuclear Options As it Moves to Carbon-Free Power Goals. The article explains that nuclear energy is critical to…
Standing on the banks of the Mississippi River in Cohasset, Minnesota, the Boswell Energy Center is the most productive, lowest-cost source of electricity in the entire state. Because Minnesota’s mining…
Environmentalists’ call to shutter the Boswell Energy Center would devastate the Iron Range economy, with no measurable impact on future global temperatures.
Hello! Tomorrow morning I’ll be in Moorhead, Minnesota to talk about American Experiment’s award-winning research, Doubling Down on Failure: How a 50 Percent by 2030 Renewable Energy Standard Would Cost Minnesota…
Center of the American Experiment has previously written about push polling conducted in 2018 by the Minnesota Conservative Energy Forum (MNCEF) which claims that 73 percent of Republicans and Independents…
I recently posted my testimony from Rochester on the Clean Energy First (CEF) bill currently circulating around the Minnesota State Senate. Today, I’ll elaborate on the good parts of the…
American Experiment reaches out.
Governor Walz recently announced he would be establishing a Governor’s Advisory Council on Climate Change that sought to bring together a diverse set of stakeholders to discuss Minnesota’s energy future.…
Last night, I drove down to Rochester to testify at a hearing on the Minnesota Senate’s Clean Energy First bill. As you will see in my testimony, this proposed legislation…
Minnesota had more wind turbines and solar panels in 2018 than in any year prior, but carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity generation sector increased compared to 2017 and 2016…
With 2020 upon us, I’d like to reflect back on 2019 because it was a banner year for energy and environmental issues here at Center of the American Experiment. Here…
Tonight I will be in Kiester, Minnesota to talk about the high cost of wind and solar power as part of Center of the American Experiment’s continued mission to reach…
This morning we kicked off our “Morning in Minnesota” breakfast series in Willmar, MN with a conversation about renewable energy standards in Minnesota. Rep. Tim Miller, Rep. Dave Baker, and…
Hi everyone! Don’t forget to mark your calendars for my August 27th talk discussing our award-nominated study (vote here!) Doubling Down on Failure: How a 50 Percent by 2030 Renewable…
I’m excited to announce that American Experiment’s study Doubling Down on Failure: How a 50 Percent by 2030 Renewable Energy Standard Would Cost Minnesota $80.2 Billion has been nominated for the prestigious…
There is a pervasive fiction that solar is somehow lower cost than other sources of electricity and that this form of energy is competing on a level playing field with…
Fresh Energy, a renewable energy advocacy organization, continues to mislead Minnesotan’s on energy issues — and it appears they don’t appreciate our work explaining how wind and solar are driving…
The University of Chicago made waves last week by releasing the findings of a working paper that found renewable energy mandates cause electricity prices to rise. This won’t be surprising…