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Ringside: How to Deliver Affordable Energy Again in California

February 29, 2024 2:45 amFebruary 29, 2024 2:46 am

Californians pay some of the highest prices for energy in the United States. Gasoline last year averaged $4.89 per gallon, and diesel fuel $5.07 per gallon, both the highest in the country. Electricity rates had California 45th in the nation in 2023 at $0.27...

Is the Electric Car Market Collapsing or Cooling?

February 3, 2024 10:00 amFebruary 3, 2024 10:00 am

The electric car market is cooling – in fact, many say it is downright chilly. “Electric vehicle sales have hit a tipping point,” Yahoo Finance reports. “Research firm Kelley Blue Book (KBB) finds that US EV sales in the third...

Gov. Newsom’s Latest Scheme Will Not Lower Energy Prices for Californians

November 15, 2022 1:05 pmNovember 15, 2022 12:10 pm

After several failed attempts by Washington, DC, Democrats to bring the cost of energy down, gas prices are predictably rising once again. Democrats are now looking for a new scapegoat to blame on their failed policies, and it appears that...

Wildfires and Rolling Blackouts: CA Democrat Lawmakers Pushing Electric Vehicles

August 24, 2020 8:44 amAugust 24, 2020 10:01 am

With wildfires burning 1.3 million acres throughout the state, and rolling power blackouts from the weak electrical grid, the California State Senate Appropriations Committee voted to pass Assembly Bill 326 to make driving an Electric Vehicle “more accessible for all...

The Opportunity Cost of Shutting Down Diablo Canyon

July 27, 2019 6:26 amJuly 30, 2019 10:09 am

The flawed policies and phony accounting that are used to present renewables as competitive need to be replaced by honest analysis. For nearly 35 years, Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant has pumped just over 2.0 gigawatts of electricity onto...