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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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…
New York Times – Responding, Ryan Yonk says that the study is based on sound data and the findings are valid because of the rigor involved in the research process…
Salt Lake Tribune – Strata’s Randy Simmons and Jordan Lofthouse’s op-ed on the unreliability of wind power and the waste of funds that comes with it…