On Fox 5 Live Zone with Guy Lambert, Amy Cooke pushed back on the claim that AI data centers are driving up your electric bill. The affordability crisis dates back to resource and generation policies set 5 to 10 years ago, when states bet on expensive, unreliable power and still needed to maintain a second […]

Always On founder and President Amy Cooke joined Zach Cantu News Talk 710 KURV’s The 956 Drive Home to make the case that the AI data center boom doesn’t have to land on residential ratepayers. The hyperscaler buildout needs what the grid is shortest on, which is always-on dispatchable generation, but consumer-regulated electricity and bring-your-own-power […]

The April 2026 edition of our newsletter, “Is Indiana the Next IT State?” features our most recent study: The Levelized Cost of Electricity in Indiana. Our analysis goes well beyond the traditional LCOE because we calculate the total system cost for each resource in Indiana’s generating portfolio, including but not limited to firming, infrastructure, and cost impacts on […]

Amy Cooke, President of Always On Energy Research, joined Harold Birzer on Hillsdale College’s WRFH (Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM) to discuss the devastating tornado that destroyed a $1 billion solar facility in Indiana and the questions it raises about the feasibility of powering America’s grid on wind, solar, and batteries. The untimely demise of […]

President & Founder of Always On Energy Research, Amy Cooke, joins SiriusXM Patriot’s Stacy on the Right to discuss the overnight destruction of a $1 billion solar facility in Indiana and what that tornado reveals about the cost of fragile power. Broadcast April 6, 2026. For more on this topic, read the work referenced in […]

Isaac Orr, Mitch Rolling, and Sarah Montalbano On March 2, 2026, Xcel Energy filed a report with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) stating the company will likely be in a capacity deficit, meaning it does not meet its reliability requirements, from now until at least 2028, unless it keeps its Colorado coal plants open. The projected capacity […]

On Tuesday, March 10th, an EF-1 tornado destroyed the Dunns Bridge Solar I and II facilities owned by the Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO). The facilities, located outside of Wheatfield, Indiana, had 2.4 million solar panels, totaling 700 megawatts (MW) of power capacity, and reportedly cost $1 billion to construct—a little over $1,400 per […]

The EPA quotes AOER’s Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling.

There couldn’t be a worse time to retire reliable power plants.

West Virginia is putting common sense back into energy policy. The Senate Energy Committee just advanced the Reliable and Affordable Electricity Act, prioritizing coal, gas, and nuclear—the sources that keep the lights on. Wind and solar? They’re fine until the wind dies or the sun sets. This bill tells utilities to consider reliability before jacking up […]