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26Jun

When Markets Undermine Reliability

Air conditioners are running at full throttle as summer descends in all its sticky, suffocating glory. As those ACs kick on, electricity demand is creeping up, potentially hitting record levels in some states. In Texas, as temperatures climb towards triple digits, customers are wondering if the AC – and a reliable flow of power – […]
  • On June 26, 2019
  • baseload power, Dallas Morning News, electricity grid, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Texas, wind
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19Jun

A Legal Approach to Emissions Reduction, An Eye Towards a Global Challenge

The EPA rolled out the final version of its long-anticipated Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule this morning. The rule is the replacement for the so-called Clean Power Plan (CPP), which the previous administration claimed as its crowning environmental achievement. Quite an achievement it was. Along with never being implemented due to an unprecedented stay from […]
  • On June 19, 2019
  • ACE rule, China, Clean Air Act, clean power plan, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Hal Quinn
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12Jun

A Roll of the Dice

Jerry Jones, the enigmatic, billionaire, oil-man owner of the Dallas Cowboys just made a big bet on the future of natural gas. His gamble is a timely reminder that low prices and cheap energy don’t tend to stay that way. Predicting just when natural gas prices rise is anyone’s guess, but Jerry is rolling the […]
  • On June 12, 2019
  • American Chemistry Council, baseload power, coal, IHS Markit, Jerry Jones, natural gas, nuclear, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
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05Jun

Driving Up the Cost of Power for Consumers

Making an apples to apples comparison of new weather-dependent renewables against existing coal or nuclear power plants cannot be done – at least not with our existing tools. Not only are you trying to compare one source of variable power to dispatchable, baseload generation that’s available 24-7, but you’re also attempting to compare a facility […]
  • On June 5, 2019
  • baseload power, coal-fired power plants, electricity prices, renewable energy, solar, utilities, wind
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29May

The Real Energy Story in the U.K.

From the tone of the coverage announcing that the U.K. has gone more than 10 days without generating any electricity using coal, one would think Britain had singlehandedly turned the tide against rising global emissions. Renewable boosters and climate hawks have fallen over themselves in praise of this “accomplishment.” But what this fawning coverage has […]
  • On May 29, 2019
  • coal, Germany, renewable energy, United Kingdom
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22May

The ACE Rule is Right on Target

The final Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule is reportedly coming in June. It will replace the Clean Power Plan (CPP), bringing much-needed regulatory certainty and an approach to reducing emissions that, notably, doesn’t torpedo the economy. Any analysis of the ACE rule requires a comparison with the rule it’s replacing; or rather, the problems it’s […]
  • On May 22, 2019
  • ACE rule, clean power plan, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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15May

American Infrastructure Requires American Mining

Sound the trumpets, it’s infrastructure week again. While it remains anyone’s guess whether or not a bipartisan compromise can be brokered for a deal, the urgency for action on the nation’s crumbling infrastructure is greater than ever. The clock continues to tick. In 2017, the American Society for Civil Engineering released its most recent infrastructure […]
  • On May 15, 2019
  • coal, economy, infrastructure, metallurgical coal, mining, steel, supply chain
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08May

Affordability and Reliability First

In a nation that holds polarizing views on nearly everything, it’s telling when a poll returns decisive, bipartisan consensus on an issue. That’s precisely the case in a new poll from Morning Consult which asked Americans how they believe the current transformation of the grid should be approached. Asked if they would like to transition […]
  • On May 8, 2019
  • California, electricity grid, Ernest Moniz, grid reliability, polling, renewable energy, University of Chicago
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01May

Subsidizing Grid Unreliability

As the share of coal power on the Texas grid continues to decline and as greater reliance is placed on renewable sources of generation, Texans are crossing their fingers that they don’t face rolling outages this summer. There’s ample reason for concern. ERCOT, the state’s grid operator, is working with a razor-thin reserve margin of generating […]
  • On May 1, 2019
  • electricity grid, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), grid reliability, renewables subsidies, Texas, Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPFF), wind
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24Apr

Mandating Higher Electricity Prices

The suspicion for some time has been that renewable portfolio standards are an incredibly costly and inefficient energy policy. Yet, they have grown in popularity and ambition with 29 states and the District of Columbia employing these mandates and policymakers from time to time flirting with a national standard. Suspicion has now been replaced by […]
  • On April 24, 2019
  • electricity grid, renewable energy, University of Chicago Energy Policy Institute
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