Category: Energy › American Greatness

Going fossil-fuel-free: Surprise expenses, reams of red tape, higher bills

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April 15, 2025

After spending $41K to go all-electric, a California writer finds her utility bills doubled—proof that green dreams can come with a hefty, and ironic, price tag.

Lowering Energy Costs in America

By Jake Morabito

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April 10, 2025

States with market-driven energy policies enjoy lower electricity costs, while progressive mandates drive prices higher, ALEC's latest affordability rankings show.

‘Drill, baby, drill’ is a great idea. Let’s codify it into law.

By Gary Abernathy

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April 4, 2025

A push to redefine natural gas as “green energy” gains traction as lawmakers push back against renewable mandates, citing reliability and national security concerns.

The Golden Age of Nuclear Energy Is Here

By Daniel Turner

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March 23, 2025

Biden pushed costly renewables while ignoring nuclear; Trump can cut red tape and unleash a nuclear energy boom to lower costs and power America's future.

Revive Nuclear Energy in America

By Edward Ring

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March 19, 2025

Reviving nuclear power in the U.S. is key to energy independence, lower costs, and cutting emissions—but bureaucracy, myths, and politics keep America lagging behind global leaders.

Treasury Secretary Nominee Bessent: ‘There Is Not a Clean Energy Race’ With China

By AG Staff

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January 16, 2025

A confirmation hearing exchange between Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Treasury Secretary Nominee Scott Bessent is highlighting a sharp contrast between Democratic and Republican energy […]

Trump’s Going Places With Energy, but Biden’s the Backseat Driver

By James Varney

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January 4, 2025

Biden champions a government-led renewable shift, while Trump vows a fossil fuel revival, but both face challenges in undoing entrenched policies and programs shaped by their predecessors.

Proposed Model Bill Would Improve Electric Reliability

By H. Sterling Burnett

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October 11, 2024

ALEC has introduced model bills to improve energy security, grid reliability, and affordability, focusing on holding Big Tech accountable for power costs and prioritizing domestic energy sources.

Former Pipeline Protestor Repents, Calls Protests ‘A Misplaced Movement of Idealistic People’

By AG News Staff

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October 6, 2024

A former protestor who attended and filmed the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protests of 2016 and 2017 now calls the protests “a misplaced movement of […]

Kamala Harris Is Keeping Voters in the Dark

By Kevin Roberts

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September 26, 2024

In California, policies that Kamala Harris endorsed have driven prices of energy to nearly 33 cents per KWH, almost double the national average, and left tens of thousands of people in the dark.

American Natural Gas Is America’s Clean Energy Standard

By Jason Hayes and Timothy G. Nash

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August 26, 2024

Hardworking Americans deserve a sensible energy strategy that maximizes the use of our existing nuclear plants and our abundant supplies of natural gas.

Taking Back California – Part Four: Abundant Energy

By Edward Ring

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May 22, 2024

Possibly the most powerful and unifying political opportunity in California today is to promote policies that will restore abundance and reject policies that involve rationing.

The Case for an Inclusive Energy Strategy

By Edward Ring

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April 24, 2024

By encouraging energy development on all fronts simultaneously, humanity can eliminate energy poverty, which is one of the most problematic obstacles to peace and prosperity.

Floating Offshore Wind Projects Will Squander Hundreds of Billions of Dollars

By Edward Ring

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March 27, 2024

From a financial perspective, offshore wind, should it go forward, will be the biggest waste of money ever imposed on the backs of working Californians.

The Delusions of Davos and Dubai – Part Three: Alternatives to Wind & Solar Energy

By Edward Ring

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February 7, 2024

Can humanity eventually overcome its reliance on fossil fuel? The answer to that is certainly yes in the very long run, but an emphatic no in the next 25 years.