Why Turn Back the Clock on Competitive Energy?
The numbers are in. The United States will need tens of thousands of megawatts of new power generation over the next several years extending through the next several decades, requiring the investment...
View ArticlePuerto Rico needs a new energy grid (not just repairs to the old one)
Hurricane María devastated Puerto Rico. As has been widely reported, the U.S. territory’s essential infrastructure is down. A week after María, 60 percent of our homes lacked running water, and 100...
View ArticleTesla fires hundreds of employees
Luxury American electric automaker Tesla fired hundreds of employees this week after a company-wide annual review, according to multiple reports.San Jose Mercury News said that workers estimated...
View ArticleCongress must oppose intervention in the energy market
Fear is the great foe of liberty. Nothing drives fear deeper into energy policymakers’ hearts than predicting blackouts.Owners of unprofitable power plants sometimes seize on this fear to call for vast...
View ArticleA vulnerable power grid: Let's invest in critical national infrastructure
The Atlanta airport blackout this past weekend is yet another example of the vulnerability of our aging electric power grid infrastructure and our critical reliance on the reliable supply of...
View ArticleLet's not wait for a crippling cyberattack before we strengthen the grid
“Grid emergency” is not a household term. At least, not yet. A grid emergency is an event that threatens to shut down all electric power in a specific area, which could be a few states or the entire...
View ArticleNew-age economy can't grow when it relies on an outdated power grid
When you think of America’s infrastructure, what comes to mind? The highway system? The Erie Canal? The new Tappan Zee Bridge? As the discussion around infrastructure heats up, projects like these come...
View ArticleElectric car credits benefit the elite over the many
With November’s midterm election behind us and as we enter the lame-duck session, it’s time for Republicans to acknowledge the successes over the past year and look to where we can continue to...
View ArticleIn Puerto Rico, a glimpse of the future of resilient energy
After the devastation of Hurricane Maria, the island of Puerto Rico went dark. Much of the island remained without power for months, with the last areas re-connected to the grid nearly a year after the...
View ArticleSteps Congress can take to empower economic recovery
In the United States, some 49 million Americans, 2.6 million businesses, and thousands upon thousands of hospitals, police departments, fire departments, water treatment plants and the like rely on...
View ArticleThe downside of a lean electric grid
The electric grid is central to U.S. national security. It is also an extremely complex and expensive system that costs around $750 per customer annually. Public and private utility companies have...
View ArticleTexas power grid operator declares highest state of emergency amid outages
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has declared its highest state of emergency in the aftermath of an unusual winter storm that has battered the Lone Star State, bringing record low...
View ArticleA 21st century economy needs a 21st century grid
As the millions of Texans who were plunged into darkness experienced, our current grid infrastructure doesn’t cut it, and the increased intensity and frequency of these extreme climate change-induced...
View ArticleThree things every state can learn from the Texas utility meltdown
Late-night hosts and pundits were quick to poke fun at the Texas power system when scenes of winter storm devastation there began rolling in. But the challenges facing Texas are not unique to Texas....
View ArticleCalifornia installing 1.7 gigawatts of battery storage to avoid blackouts
California is installing megawatt batteries into its power grid in an attempt to prevent the rolling blackouts that swept through the state over the summer.Bloomberg reports that 1,700 megawatts of...
View ArticleNo easy decisions to ensure a resilient power grid
The power is slowly coming back on for more than a million customers in Louisiana and Mississippi after Hurricane Ida destroyed the grid—though Tropical Storm Nicholas slowed some of that progress. The...
View ArticleHow utilities could offset the coming winter's record-high energy prices
More than 40 percent of U.S. electricity generation comes from natural gas, a fuel that is also commonly used for heating, cooking and other needs. Winter can bring a crunch on natural gas supply, and...
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