“Affordable, Reliable and Clean Energy Security Act” (ALEC blueprint for state legislatures)
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- October 4, 2024“The updated definition of ‘green energy’ will apply to all programs in the state that fund any ‘green energy’ or ‘clean energy’ initiatives.”
The Affordable, Reliable and Clean Energy Security Act of the American Legislative Exchange Council has just been released. ALEC model legislation, considered conservative (Republican vs. Progressive), is important for state legislatures as they debate various issues.
The short (365 word) model act follows:
… Continue ReadingEnergy Security is paramount to economic growth. Energy Security that is Affordable, Reliable, and Clean leads to prosperity for our families and communities. Therefore, the following Energy Security-ARC is proposed as a common sense energy agenda for the future.
Section 1. Energy Security
Domestic Production: The fuel source must be primarily produced domestically within the United States.
Infrastructure Security: The infrastructure necessary to deliver energy to the customer should minimize reliance on foreign nations for critical materials or manufacturing.
U.S. Offshore Wind: GE Vernova’s Big Problems
By Kennedy Maize -- October 3, 2024“European energy companies Orsted, Equinor and BP have taken a combined $5 billion of writedowns on U.S. offshore wind projects that are mostly in development, in part because their existing power sales contracts would not cover the cost of building and financing the projects.” (- Reuters, below)
Facing a series of costly physical problems and a becalmed market, GE Vernova, the largest offshore wind turbine developer in the U.S., has informed European authorities that it plans to lay off up to 900 workers around the world as it scales back its offshore business. The Maritime Executive reported that the General Electric wind development spinoff notified the European Works Council for France of its planned downsizing.
Under EU law, member states have established councils to “facilitate the information and consultation of employees with a focus on transnational issues….”…
Continue ReadingRule of Law vs. Eco-obstruction
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- October 2, 2024“[I am] worried that events like this could harm the cause to which I (and so many) have devoted my life. From a communications standpoint, the protest seemed like an even bigger mess than the soup-splattered painting.” – Michael Mann (below)
The activist climate fringe finds their cause in trouble. Their termite cause is losing to consumers who want the best energies in terms of price and reliability; losing with taxpayers who are on the hook for ‘energy transition’ bribes; losing with the public that is tired of the rhetoric, exaggeration, and now targeted inconvenience. And, losing with nature as energy sprawl accelerates with industrial wind, solar, and batteries.
Yet the anti-modern-living Deep Ecologists myopically target carbon dioxide (CO2), the green greenhouse gas, the gas of life. Turning to civil disobedience only inflames the public against a selfish fringe.…
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