Unreliable energy advocates claim solar panels and battery storage are now able to deliver "baseload" power at a lower cost than coal or nuclear.
But we ran the numbers in ERCOT, and solar and storage aren't low cost, they are the most expensive energy out there.
A thread:
i think we're seeing the breaking down of the "affordability as climate" skinsuit gambit that a lot of climate groups tried to run after november, 2024 https://t.co/1RG3VsKcLr
Following their first Keystone XL win, anti-pipeline activists killed a Kinder-Morgan gas line in MA resulting in predictable consequences -- more pollution from burning oil, higher energy prices, and now political headwinds for Democrats.
Democratic political operatives:
Don't blame our climate policies for driving up your energy costs. We care about affordability now.
Environmentalists:
Of course our climate policies are driving up your energy costs. That's how it's supposed to work!
@seanluomdphd@DKThomp@BadreNicolas I think this is right. There was a massive exploitation of autism services in Minnesota and I would assume that it happened elsewhere, too.
If states like Colorado insist on factoring a social cost of carbon into utility proceedings, then they must also include the costs of grid failure. @AlwaysOnEnergy calls this the Social Cost of Blackouts. B/C THE existential threat is a lack of power. https://t.co/pEvisHKtC1
The Solar Energy Industries Association announced that Tim Pawlenty will serve as its next CEO. He’s the latest recruit in an industry push to buy credibility as Republican support for solar power collapses, write @TheFrackingGuy and @SarahMontalban0
https://t.co/wDKu6VAsU5
Republicans shill for solar subsidies. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty was against them in 2012. Now he’ll head the industry association, write @TheFrackingGuy and @SarahMontalban0
https://t.co/w7RgOiXMD5
Xcle "also asked the commission to explicitly classify 363 MW of gas-fired generation at the Gaines County facility as "zero-carbon," based on its ability to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas production."
In 2018, @xcelenergy became the first utility to announce it's 100 percent carbon free by 2050 plan.
Now, its New Mexico subsidiary is asking regulators for an exemption for new gas capacity from the state's carbon free electricity by 2045 mandates.
@SteveGuest Opposition was smeared with "denier" label. Now, Dem mid-term strategy is to make utilities the bad guys. But it was Dems, w/ help from media and NGO accomplices, who built the money-making machine. Here are the receipts. @TheFrackingGuy@mitchrolling https://t.co/45rwsR9Y1V