‘I Don’t Think Energy Policy Matters Much Over The Long Run’

Jesse Ausubel is one of America’s top thinkers on science and energy. In my 2007 interview with him, … [+] reprinted here, he said, “I do not think energy policy matters much over th...

In Big Win For Nuclear, California Legislators Vote To Save Diablo Canyon

Thanks to today’s passage of SB 846 by the California legislature, Diablo Canyon Power Plant will … [+] continue operating until at last 2030. Robert Bryce Sometimes facts and rationality ...

NRG-Funded Report Says Texas Ratepayers On Hook For $10.5 Billion Due To Uri, Oklahomans Facing $2.8 Billion In Debt

Transmission towers near the CenterPoint Energy power plant on July 11, 2022 in Houston. Ratepayers … [+] in ERCOT are being saddled with $10.5 billion in debt due to losses utilities incurred d...

Texas Consumers On Hook For $10 Billion In Debt Incurred During Winter Storm Uri

A resident of Fort Worth, Texas pulls a sled on February 17, 2021, after Winter Storm Uri hit the … [+] state. Texas ratepayers are now on the hook for some $10 billion in debt incurred by utili...

Big Wind And Big Solar Will Collect $113 Billion In Tax Credits This Decade, Manchin-Schumer Assures Billions More

The reconciliation bill now pending in Congress, known as Manchin-Schumer, (or Schumer-Manchin) … [+] assures that the lavish federal tax credits for wind- and solar-energy become permanent. (Th...

MidAmerican Energy Abandons Plan To Add 30 Wind Turbines, Madison County Residents Celebrate: ‘How Awesome’

MidAmerican Energy Company has cancelled plans to put 30 wind turbines in Madison County, Iowa, a … [+] province famous for its covered wind bridges. The decision was cheered by county residents...

Invenergy Sues An Iowa County, Uses ‘Nefarious Tactics’ To Push More Wind Turbines

Invenergy, a company controlled by billionaire Michael Polsky, sued Worth County, Iowa last month … [+] claiming the county’s wind regulations are “onerous and extreme.” Julie ...

Rolls-Royce’s SMR Needs 10,000 Times Less Land Than Wind Energy, Proves ‘Iron Law Of Power Density’

Rolls-Royce’s new SMR will produce 470 megawatts of power and require just 10 acres of land, giving … [+] it a power density that is 10,000 times greater than that of a wind project. Getty...

Newsom’s About-Face On Diablo Canyon Underscores Foolishness Of Indian Point Closure And Need To Save Palisades

On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he wants to prevent the premature shutdown of … [+] the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, the state’s only nuclear power plant. Bettmann A...

Big Solar Gets Spanked Again, This Time In Maine

Last Saturday, residents of Lovell, Maine voted by a margin of 80% to 20% to reject a large solar … [+] project that was proposed to be built in their town. The vote (202-30) provides yet more e...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Pressed Grid Operator To Keep Prices At $9,000 Per Megawatt-Hour During Crisis

Bill Magness, president and chief executive officer of Electric Reliability Council of Texas … [+] (ERCOT), speaks during the 2018 CERAWeek conference in Houston. Photographer: Aaron M. Sprecher...

ERCOT Market Design, Subsidies For Renewables, ‘Fails To Adequately Pay For Reliable’ Generation

A pedestrian walks through the snow in McKinney, Texas, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. … [+] Photographer: Cooper Neill/Bloomberg © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP Many reports have been published a...

What’s Good For Generac Is Bad For America

The declining reliability of the U.S. electric grid has resulted in a surge in sales of home … [+] generators. This photo, from 2006, shows John Kelly of Kelly Generators with two examples of Ge...

Jessica Petersen Provides An Update On Battle Against Big Solar In Iowa

The Petersen family has been farming in Iowa for six generations. They are opposed to the large … [+] solar projects that are being proposed near their farm. From left to right: Jessica Petersen...