Environment
known and speculative national security risks
Citing classified information, the U.S. Department of the Interior last month halted five offshore wind projects under construction, including Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Offshore wind facilities pose well-known risks to…
Fact-checking a “fact check” on solar and wind energy
On Sept. 5, 2025, the U.S. Energy Department’s official X account posted an Aug. 23, 2025, Washington Examiner article featuring Energy Secretary Chris Wright. The accompanying text in the post stated, “Wind and solar energy…
The lingering effects of bad policy choices
On Nov. 20, Duke Energy announced that it had requested rate increases from the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) of 15.0 percent for Duke Energy Carolinas (DEC) customers and 15.1 percent for Duke Energy Progress…
Oregon’s 19th Century Energy Strategy
By John A. Charles, Jr. Recently the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) published its “Oregon Energy Strategy.” State legislators who mandated the 2023 study assumed we already had the ideal strategy: eliminate the use of…
MVP Southgate gets a key state permit after years of denials
With the MVP Southgate project getting a critical state water permit, North Carolina is finally set to get its second interstate natural gas pipeline The state would have already had more pipelines were it not for Gov. Roy…
Examining the ‘too good to be true’ boasts of solar and wind
Center of the American Experiment recently posted a short (2:40) video, “Wind & Solar: Too good to be true?” (see below for the embedded video). The video is based on this recent report by Sarah Montalbano, “Shattered…
Duke plan confirms greater productivity of nuclear, natural gas
Duke’s latest resource plan filing shows how unreliable its planned new solar capacity is relative to new nuclear and natural gas capacity The plan shows that natural gas is roughly twice as productive as solar, while nuclear…
More reliability coming for North Carolina power consumers
The latest resource plan filed by Duke Energy reflects a rapidly changing energy environment in North Carolina The good news is that there will be much more reliable, baseload-capable natural gas and nuclear capacity added to…
Behind the Rallies, Slogans and Rhetoric, Clean Virginia Pushes Its Energy Agenda with Voters
Share this Story on Facebook, X, Text, LinkedIn, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or Outlook“The energy bills are…” shouts the emcee on the stage. “Too damn high,” comes the immediate response from a crowded meeting room in the east end of…
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