Rebuild Strong, Not Green, in Puerto Rico
Wall Street Journal Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico’s electric grid, destroying half the island’s long-distance transmission lines and compromising most local distribution capacity.
What’s Missing From Long-Term Energy Forecasting?
Real Clear Policy With the release of the DOE Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest International Energy Outlook, we are witness to a duel between two visions of the long-term energy future.
The Cyber Age Has Hardly Begun
Wall Street Journal Apparently American companies can be organized now into two camps: smoking-hot tech firms and old economy roadkill. Economists cite soaring tech stock valuations as evidence of a two-speed economy. Yet Silicon Valley magic hasn’t benefited most companies or created jobs for most Americans.
Grid Reliability: DOE Throws Down Red Flags On Unreliable Wind And Solar
Last week the Department of Energy released “Electricity Markets and Reliability,” a 154-page magnum opus on the state of America’s electricity system. It’s the perfect government report.
Do Electric Vehicles Spell OPEC’s Doom?
REAL CLEAR POLICY This summer Elon Musk made good on his promise to introduce a people’s electric wagon, an addition to the $100,000 Tesla S beloved by the virtue-signaling wealthy. In late July, the slick $35,000 Tesla 3 went on sale, joining a crowded field of some three-dozen other electric vehicle (EV) offerings.
Geopolitical Implications of the Invisible Digital Oil Revolution
TESTIMONY BEFORE SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE Five years ago this summer, when a different party was in charge of both the White House and Senate, I proposed in my Manhattan Institute paper entitled “Unleashing the North American Energy Colossus,” that new realities should lead policymakers to “go beyond the pursuit of energy independence” and instead “push…