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House Hearing: Shapiro Administration Supports Expanding Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards; Renewables Lower Energy Costs; Increase Grid Reliability; More Work Needed To Improve Gas Reliability

PA Environment Daily

We can work to improve the diversity and resiliency of our electrical grid by introducing the use and preference of available and soon-to-be-available storage technologies combined with intermittent resources such as solar and wind.” Click Here for a copy of the Pennsylvania Solar Center written testimony. global leadership.

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

And, indeed, while wind turbines north of Texas functioned more or less as intended, during the cold snap, they produced very little power for their grids. [11] 11] Part of the reason for inadequate in-state electricity supply in California last August was that state regulators had closed in-state baseload power plants. 1510028112. [43]

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Guest Essay: Solar Power Can Propel Pennsylvania Towards Meeting Energy Demands

PA Environment Daily

As such, its been estimated that distributed solar also known as the solar sitting on top of individual property owners roofs has saved all California ratepayers about $2.17 billion in energy costs since 2006. In Pennsylvania, there is no doubt that an energy reckoning is looming.

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Calling Out Climate Lies for a Living

Union of Concerned Scientists

Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil CEO from 2006 to 2016. Over the last 12 years, I wrote eight columns on the Koch network’s escapades, including: Its attempt in 2012 to scare consumers about the cost of state renewable energy standards, which require utilities to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels by increasing their use of wind and solar power.