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 […]

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, […]

Wisconsin voters picked their nominees for governor on August 11, and energy policy was on the ballot in everything but name. Sarah Montalbano, Energy Policy Analyst at Always On Energy Research, joined Right Side Broadcasting Network to explain what the results mean for electricity prices, AI data center development, and grid reliability in the Badger […]

Sarah Montalbano joined The Michael Dukes Show on August 3 to discuss Always On Energy Research’s Blue States, High Rates’ profile covering Alaska, along with the future of Alaska LNG. The hour-long conversation gets into what actually drives Alaska’s electricity rates, the status of the AK LNG project amid a special session, and more. Listen […]

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. […]

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 […]