Always On Vice President of Research Isaac Orr joined Good Morning Liberty to explain why grid reliability went from a 2030s worry to a near-term one. AI data centers and electric vehicle mandates are piling new demand onto a system that keeps retiring coal and nuclear capacity, and Orr points to NERC warning of high […]

Isaac Orr, vice president of research, and Sarah Montalbano, energy policy analyst at Always On Energy Research, were published in The Wall Street Journal on May 27, 2026. The Solar Energy Industries Association announced on May 11 that former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will serve as its next CEO. He’s the latest recruit in an industry push to buy credibility as […]

Always On Energy Research Vice President Isaac Orr joined Brian Nichols on The Brian Nichols Show to dig into the real forces behind America’s surging electricity bills. While data centers and AI get most of the media attention, what’s really inflating your power bill is the cost-of-service regulatory model that governs monopoly utilities in most […]