Energy & Environment
The Big Short(fall): Colorado’s Upcoming Power Plant Closures and Planned Replacements
By Ethan Cornell* Introduction The data summarizing planned generation closures in Colorado signals a rapid and profound infrastructural transformation. The schedule details the planned retirement of 10 major coal-fired units between 2025 and 2031,…
Xcel to push batteries through PUC, doubletime
As American Experiment’s Bill Glahn reported last week, Xcel Energy is proposing to double its…
What’s new in the 2025 Critical Minerals List
Last week, the Department of the Interior finalized its 2025 Critical Minerals List, adding 10 new…
Xcel proposes massive battery project at Sherco
From a company news release issued yesterday, Xcel Energy to build Upper Midwest’s largest battery…
Monopolies rattled that they might face competition
In Minnesota, regulated monopolies like Xcel Energy have long enjoyed guaranteed service territories…
The truth about wind and solar
A new video released today by Center of the American Experiment exposes the real environmental costs of wind and solar energy. Wind and Solar: Too Good to be True? is a short video (2:40) that uses data and facts to dispel the myths about alternative…
Minnesota gets ‘D’ for wind and solar decommissioning…
The National Center for Energy Analytics released a report this month that evaluates each state’s…
The pervasive myth of ‘cheap’ wind and solar
A recent letter to the editor in the Star Tribune — from a Minnesota Department of Commerce…
Nuclear IS the answer
Last week, the Pew Research Center issued a report on popular support for nuclear power, Support for…
North Dakota is paying the price for Minnesota’s…
From the Minnesota Star Tribune, North Dakota wants to block Minnesota power lines in fight over…
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