A subsidiary of one of the largest U.S. providers of renewable energy was ordered to pay over $8 million in fines and restitution, after at least 150 eagles were killed at its wind farms in eight states: Wyoming, California, New Mexico, North Dakota, Colorado, Michigan, Arizona and Illinois. ESI Energy, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, was sentenced to five years of probation, after being charged with three counts of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act  for the deaths of nine eagles at...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced “Phase 1” of its rollback of Biden’s “Good Neighbor” rule, which would approve the plans of eight states to address the interstate transport rules for the 2015 eight-hour ozone standards  that the Biden administration rejected as insufficient. The eight states whose plans would now be accepted are Alabama, Arizona, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, and Tennessee. The concept of the “Good Neighbor” rule is...

Electricity outages across the United States reached nearly a million customers early Sunday afternoon, but by 10:30 p.m. Sunday, utility crews had reduced the number of outages to fewer than 805,000, mostly in the South, according to poweroutage.com. Utility generators had to rely on natural gas, coal, and nuclear power to keep the lights on as the lack of sun wiped out solar power and limited wind and/or freezing equipment reduced wind power output. In the Northeast, oil and wood  saved...

Electric vehicle owners reported a loss of range of as much as 30 percent when the polar vortex swept through the Midwestern and Northeastern states in late January. The reason is that lithium-ion batteries are generally most efficient at about 70 degrees . While it varies from vehicle to vehicle, operating in subzero temperatures can cut the range of electric vehicles by as much as half. There are a variety of technical reasons why battery cars routinely deliver less range in extreme...

President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to rescind an Obama-era ruling that currently serves as the legal basis for federal greenhouse-gas regulation. The 2009 “endangerment finding” determined that six greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health and welfare. Despite Obama’s EPA indicating the rule was based on science, there is no scientific evidence that carbon dioxide is a pollutant or a danger to human health. Criteria pollutants  (e.g., lead, sulfur...

The American Energy Alliance has conducted and sponsored a number of surveys in recent years to reveal public sentiment on key energy issues.

The Statistical Review of World Energy reports that coal accounted for 58% of China’s primary energy consumption in 2024. Oil was at 20% and natural gas at 10%. That means that 88% of China’s energy came from fossil fuels. Carbon-free energy (nuclear, hydroelectric, solar, wind, and most other renewables) only provided 12%. Since 2000, China has more than tripled  its coal consumption and now uses more coal than the rest of the world’s combined usage, burning 56% of the world’s coal....

Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) overtook those of gasoline-powered vehicles in the European Union in December 2025 for the first time, with “hybrid” vehicles outselling both. The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association found that registrations of battery electric vehicles reached 217,898, up 51% year-on-year from December 2024, with a market share of 22.6%. Sales of gasoline-powered cars in the EU fell 19%  year-on-year, from 267,834 in December 2024 to 216,492 in December...

New Jersey’s governor, Mikie Sherrill, declared a formal emergency over rising electric bills  and ordered regulators to intervene in rate hikes, using the Disaster Control Act. Sherrill directed regulators to stop electric rate increases, effectively freezing rate hikes that were to go into effect in the coming months. She also warned that, without structural changes, nuclear power and other long‑term investments into renewable energy and battery storage will be needed to stabilize...

E&E News reported recently that Senate Democrats gathered to “reinforce a core midterm message: Republican policies have driven up energy prices for Americans.” Before Democrats cast blame for electricity prices, they need to look in the mirror.  

The Map That Tells the Story

Recently, along with Always On Energy Research, the Institute for Energy Research (IER) released a report called "Blue States, High Rates " that tells the real story of the electricity prices in the United...