In 2009, the United States surpassed Russia as the world’s largest natural gas producer, driven by surging production from the shale boom and a substantial increase in natural gas pipeline construction. However, since 2017, further increases in gas production in some parts of the country have been restrained by a lack of interstate pipelines to […]

Always On Energy Research’s policy analyst Sarah Montalbano joined the Right Side Broadcasting Network to discuss China’s control of rare earth elements and critical minerals and what she’s watching in the Trump-Xi September 2026 summit. She also takes up DTE Energy’s pending request to raise electric rates for Michiganders by $474.3 million a year, a […]

On The States, The Center Square’s daily podcast, Always On Energy Research’s energy policy analyst Sarah Montalbano explains DTE Energy’s $474.3 million electric rate request. Michigan ratepayers should be asking whether that money is paying for the right things or being squandered on intermittent grid capacity. The Center Square’s write-up of the interview was picked […]

In November 2023, we launched our first Substack article entitled Enjoy the Blackouts, Jack. The article detailed our analysis showing how the Biden administration’s proposed greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations on existing coal and new natural gas plants would cause thousands of hours of rolling blackouts and cost hundreds of billions more than the agency projected. What made […]

Always On Energy Research co-founder and Vice President of Research Isaac Orr joined Right Side Broadcasting Network to discuss growing AI data center electricity demand and whether the U.S. can build the dispatchable natural gas generation needed to serve it. Watch the full interview here.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Monday that it would repeal the Biden administration’s carbon emission rule on coal- and gas-fired power plants. Had the rule remained, it would have forced reliable coal plants off the grid and hobbled their natural-gas replacements, as American electricity demand soars after 15 years of little growth. The Biden Administration’s rule, […]

Always On Energy Research co-founder and President Amy Cooke joined the Scott Sloan Show to dismantle the argument that data centers are driving up electricity prices. Load growth from AI, advanced manufacturing, and reshoring exposed a shortfall of reliable, dispatchable generation that 20 years of bad policy created. Cooke makes the case for new natural […]

Colorado is losing economic ground. My home county, Weld County, is moving the other way. That contrast helps explain why Colorado’s Eighth Congressional District may be one of the most consequential energy races in the country this November. Colorado households are paying more for electricity thanks to bad state policy. In 2025, Colorado’s average retail […]

“The interesting thing about the Green New Deal, is it wasn’t originally a climate thing at all. Do you guys think of it as a climate thing? Because we really think of it as a how-do-you-change-the-entire-economy thing.” – Saikat Chakrabarti, former chief of staff to Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It has been over seven years since then-Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria […]

Affordability and rising electricity demand for data centers are top of mind for the energy industry. As prices have risen, prominent members of the wind and solar advocacy camp, like Jigar Shah, Tyler Norris, and others, claim that prices are rising not because of the massive national malinvestment in wind and solar resources, but because we […]