A Secretary of Energy who understands energy. How refreshing...
New York Post (6/27/25) opinion: "As secretary of energy — and someone who’s devoted his life to advancing energy innovation to better human lives — I, too, know how these Green New Deal subsidies are fleecing Americans. Wind and solar subsidies have been particularly wasteful and counterproductive. When Americans most needed dependable power to heat their homes and businesses to stay alive, solar and wind were non-factors. Our homes, hospitals and businesses only continued to operate because there was enough reliable, baseload energy from natural gas, coal and nuclear available to meet demand. And the more we load our grid with intermittent generation, the worse the grid performs during times of maximum stress and demand. Subsidies are meant to drive prices down and boost supply. But subsidizing wind and solar has done exactly the opposite. These sources force grid operators to maintain two separate systems — one for legacy power and another for renewable sources. When wind and solar come online, legacy resources must be scaled back. But it’s difficult to store electricity from wind and solar. So when wind and solar aren’t available at times of peak demand, reliable baseload sources must scale up. Bottom line: higher costs. Indeed, wind and solar subsidies not only cost taxpayers but also force providers to add more dispatchable resources to the grid, at their expense."
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Gain Commercial - 2017 (USA)
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"The latest version of the Senate's BBB is a death sentence for US energy leadership and a giant gift to China. It eliminates tax cuts for solar that have been around since 2005, adds a new tax on solar after 2027, and creates a new direct subsidy for coal."
– Zeke Hausfather, The Breakthrough Institute
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