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Residents in rural states and in more densely populated coastal states are increasingly adopting regulations to block large-scale industrial renewable energy projects, within or near their jurisdictions, says a recent study by the Center of the American Experiment.

Evergy, Kansas’s largest utility, has filed a proposal with the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC), the state’s public utility regulatory agency, to charge customers with solar panels about $25 a month to pay for the cost of servicing the special needs of their homes, which both pull power from and deliver power to the electric grid.

A new proposal offered by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gives additional federal support wind and solar power developers.

Smoke from California’s multiple wildfires added to the state’s electric power woes, reducing the amount of electricity generated by solar cells across the state, demonstrating the continued criticality of fossil fuels for reliable electric power generation.

The Alabama Public Service Commission dismissed a challenge by environmental groups to an existing fee charged by Alabama Power to ratepayers with rooftop solar panels for maintaining the infrastructure needed to manage the electricity they generate and take from the electrical grid.

Fourteen research institute’s joined The Heartland Institute in filing a public comment with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in support of a petition filed with the agency by the New England Ratepayers Association to end the ability of states to pass the costs of roof top solar panel installations on to ratepayers in general.

Inflation Reduction Act disastrous after two years of higher taxes and prices, and more regulations on small business. (Commentary) By Tim Chapman As we mark the...

I and other Heartland Institute scholars have written before about the bird, bat, and marine mammals that industrial wind is killing around the world.

Meet the new boss, worse than the old boss! At least if you care about energy independence and household security.

The problem with the Texas grid is so simple it’s infuriating: Relying too heavily on unpredictable wind and solar, without enough reliable reserve capacity, means higher volatility and outages.