Turn off your lights, shrink your bill. That’s the pitch utilities and efficiency advocates have sold for decades. Mitch Rolling, co-founder and director of research of Always On Energy Research, told KXEL’s Jeff Stein on News Talk that the math behind that is broken. On a grid increasingly built around wind, solar, and battery resources […]

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 […]

by Isaac Orr NextEra Energy Resources is descending upon my home county of Waupaca, Wisconsin, seeking to build a 300- to 375-megawatt (MW) solar facility called the Cloverleaf Solar Project. The project would be located on 1,500 acres near Clintonville, Wisconsin. You’d be forgiven if you’ve never heard of Clintonville, or aren’t sure how to pronounce […]

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 […]