"Can you imagine an America where we are given specific times to heat water, charge our mobile devices, or cool our homes? As recently as February, 14 states required energy companies to start controlled rolling cutoffs of electric service because the demand for power was overwhelming the available generation. In simple terms, rolling blackouts put people in the dark without power.
This is why it was no surprise when Morning Consult reported that 73% of U.S. adults believe reliable and affordable electricity should be a top priority of U.S. clean energy policy. At a time when people see choice and competition as central to success, congressional Democrats, extreme climate activists, and regulators want energy policies that have government deciding the careers we can have, the food we can eat, and the trips we can take.
The good news is that our country is rapidly getting used to cleaner power. We rely more on renewable energy every day. The Environmental Protection Agency’s 2020 annual report on power plant emission trends shows that carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector peaked in 2007 at 2.57 billion tons and declined over the next 13 years by almost 1 billion tons — a 39% reduction."
