the story continues and it’s worthwhile to take a look back, evaluate the status quo, and look forward.
Xcel Energy has decreased its proposed electricity rate increase for North Dakota customers by half. It’s looking like a bid-down situation: Xcel Energy proposes a ridiculous increase, then cuts back…
Northern States Power Co., part of Minnesota’s Xcel Energy, has asked the North Dakota Public Service Commission for an unusually large rate increase, of 19.34 percent. If the rate increase…
The North Dakota Monitor reported on the North Dakota Petroleum Council’s annual meeting last week: Natural gas is going to be the “savior” of the power grid. That was the…
The New York Post’s Dec. 9, 2024 article contained exclusive polling taken in November of that year showing that most Americans don’t understand the risks of wind and solar or the…
Homer Simpson, patriarch of the Simpson family and the eponymous, long-running animated sitcom “The Simpsons,” is the ineffective safety inspector in Sector 7G of Springfield’s nuclear power plant. The main…
Happy Earth Day! Today is a day to celebrate human flourishing and the ability of capitalism, innovation, and property rights to better conserve the environment than top-down mandates. Between 1970…
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…
President Donald Trump has wasted no time in issuing executive orders to restore the U.S.’ energy dominance. His slew of actions has promised a renewed focus on critical minerals, expedited…
This week saw confirmation hearings for several Cabinet positions that will be crucial to defining energy and environmental policy under the Trump administration. Luckily, all take energy seriously and prioritize…
Data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) show that in 2023 North Dakota was one of just four states which had not at least regained its pre-COVID-19 level of…
Wind and solar energy fail to meet the challenges of U.S. electricity generation, according to a recent report by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The report evaluates energy sources…
This piece was originally published by Independent Women’s Forum on April 12, 2024. See the original here: https://www.iwf.org/2024/04/12/renewables-developers-win-big-discount-on-public-lands/In June 2023, I covered a Department of the Interior (DOI) rule that “proposed to…