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Energy Policy
Recent ArticlesFraudulent Fantasy
Jan 23, 2024•
The UN and numerous national governments are promoting the fantasy that the global energy economy can transition to a fossil-fuel-free, all-electric everything energy economy by 2050. In this fantasy, intermittent renewable generation combined with electricity storage provides a reliable energy system at lower energy cost than the predominantly fossil fueled energy system it would replace.
This fantasy is a complete and utter fraud, since those promoting it know that the generation technology they are promoting is intermittent and that the storage that they suggest would be required to overcom
Electricity Prices Are Soaring
Jan 18, 2024
Electricity Prices Are Soaring: It’s Time to Hold the “Energy Transition” Accountable
Rate cases throughout America tell the same story about the high cost of going green
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 energy sources are not responsible for the rising electricity costs paid by American families and businesses.
However, recent reports from Regulatory Research Associates (RRA), a division of S&P Global Commodity Insights, evaluating r
Utility Cost Allocation
One of the most contentious issues in utility ratemaking has been the issue of allocation of both capital and operating costs among customer classes. This allocation has been accomplished through monthly service charges, time of day rates, seasonal rates, demand charges and various demand side management approaches.
However, the proposed transition from the current fossil and nuclear based electricity generation system to a system based largely on intermittent renewable generation presents a very different set of cost allocation issues. The current system costs include fuel supply costs and fu
Ethics
Recent ArticlesDemo Post 2
Mar 23, 2024•By Karah Brackin at KSL TV
Bootleggers, Baptists, and The Jones Act
Suppose that a freak Atlantic storm pummels the city of Boston, leaving it flooded for days and cut off from services by land and air—trucks cannot reach it and planes cannot land. But a Canadian transport ship happens to be passing by, loaded with fruits and bottled water, en route from Florida to its home port in Halifax.
What should the ship do?
(a) It should divert from its course and deliver emergency supplies to Boston.
(b) It should do nothing and continue its original trajectory.
The correct answer is: (b) Nothing.
In 1920 the United States adopted the Jones Act, requiring that
Climate Change
Recent ArticlesFraudulent Fantasy
The UN and numerous national governments are promoting the fantasy that the global energy economy can transition to a fossil-fuel-free, all-electric everything energy economy by 2050. In this fantasy, intermittent renewable generation combined with electricity storage provides a reliable energy system at lower energy cost than the predominantly fossil fueled energy system it would replace.
This fantasy is a complete and utter fraud, since those promoting it know that the generation technology they are promoting is intermittent and that the storage that they suggest would be required to overcom
Electricity Prices Are Soaring
Jan 18, 2024
Electricity Prices Are Soaring: It’s Time to Hold the “Energy Transition” Accountable
Rate cases throughout America tell the same story about the high cost of going green
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 energy sources are not responsible for the rising electricity costs paid by American families and businesses.
However, recent reports from Regulatory Research Associates (RRA), a division of S&P Global Commodity Insights, evaluating r