Pennsylvania legislators have prioritized electricity affordability this year. First, they exited the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the multistate carbon-tax compact. Then, with the newly passed state budget, they defeated Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Lightning Plan, which would have layered an additional in-state carbon tax and expanded Pennsylvania’s clean-energy mandate.  But Pennsylvania’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS) remains on the books, unexamined for 20 years. […]

Always On energy policy analyst Sarah Montalbano joined the Steve Gruber Show to talk about why electricity bills keep climbing in Michigan and around the country. Montalbano explains that regulated utility monopolies recover costs through guaranteed rate increases, which is why wind and solar mandates and the infrastructure buildout they require add so much to […]