When Energy Secretary Rick Perry requested a study of electric grid reliability, wind and solar energy lobbyists were predictably alarmed. Perry wanted to know how federal policies were shaping wholesale electricity markets and whether public policies were responsible for forcing the premature retirement of baseload power plants.
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American Thinker – Ivanpah is unable to meet its intended electricity generation of 940,000 megawatt-hours per year, despite its designation as the largest concentrated solar plant in the world. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) received only 45 percent of the electricity it expected from Ivanpah in 2014 and 68 percent in 2015. Output is so low…
Inside Sources – Ivanpah is a 640,000 megawatt-hour solar farm in California that received $1.5 billion in taxpayer-funded federal loans. The project benefited from a loan-guarantee program where taxpayers bear the risks and the solar industry gets favorable rates to protect their profits…
Salt Lake Tribune – Strata Director of Academics Ryan Yonk discusses the effects of government decisions based on lobbyists and activists rather than decisions made based on the free choice of individuals…
Salt Lake Tribune – Strata Director of Academics Ryan Yonk and Student Research Associate Josh Smith comment on mandated renewable energy contracts that are funded by taxpayers…