Energy & Environment
Xcel planning 600MW of batteries by 2030
Minnesotans already face some of the highest electricity rates in the Midwest, and Xcel Energy is proposing to deploy up to 200 megawatts of battery storage capacity by 2028 in a program called Capacity*Connect. The one to three-megawatt batteries…
Coal is back on the menu with DOE, DOI actions
Last week, the Department of Energy announced it would invest $625 million in coal production and…
BlackRock’s MP buyout approved
The vote by the state Public Utilities Commission (PUC) was unanimous. From the Minnesota Star…
The Iron Range holds the keys to national security
It should come as no surprise to anyone living on the Iron Range that minerals matter. Iron…
Idaho antimony project gets approval
The Stibnite Gold Project in central Idaho has been given the all-clear by the U.S. Forest Service,…
The recipe for reasonable U.S. electric bills
I wrote a letter to the editor in response to a Wall Street Journal op-ed by Rahm Emanuel, former mayor of Chicago and former Illinois representative. Rahm Emanuel wrongly blames the One Big Beautiful Bill Act for rising electricity prices (“Big…
A ratepayer’s guide to rate cases
Center of the American Experiment’s Bill Glahn reported recently on the public hearings for Xcel…
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