The clean energy battle ahead: Is New England a harbinger of things to come?
By Elisa Wood, Energy Changemakers
As clean energy advocates brace for battle in Washington, DC., they might want to look to New England for a sense of the arguments that await them.
A coalition of conservative groups recently attacked the region’s climate initiatives in a new report, “The Staggering Costs of New England’s Green Energy Policies.”
The report says New England's decarbonization plans through 2050 will cost $815 billion, double electricity rates for businesses and households, and cause rolling blackouts.
The Acadia Center, the Alliance for Climate Transition, and Renew Northeast have offered rebuttals. Among other things, they say the report overestimates the price of energy storage by 25-30 times and fails to understand how storage is used as a grid resource.
Acadia’s point-by-point rebuttal is here. An op-ed from the Alliance for Climate Transition and Renew Northeast is here.
Representative Maine House District 146
4 个月When you attempt to forecast the future looking at things as if a 75 year old obsolete paradigm was still valid, and allow ideology to distort reality you end up with the kind of nonsense those of a certain persuasion love to spin.
Business Creation, Banking & Finance, Community & Corporate Energy Governance
4 个月The largest transfer of capital in the history of mankind is called the Industrial Ecolution. There is no stopping replacement cycles nor capital investments that make good business sense, modern technologies and design. Watch as infrastructure and energy become top fixed investment allocations in 2025. Hopefully focus shifts to financial success inherent within the Industrial Ecolution over political rhetoric.
Professional Geologist / Soil Scientist - B.F. Environmental Consultants @PACleanwater @KnowYourH2OPath
4 个月Simple clean energy loses - why? Because you can not make clean energy without the "dirty energy" and you still need a backbone and there is not enough storage or distribution and then in 20 yrs the clean energy is hazardous waste?? Please stop !
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4 个月You mean all the coastal towns that are against whales washing up on their shores? Or the ones that don't like their power bills doubled? If we're really in trouble with the ocean rising, better get some realtors to help all the elites like Kerry and Obama to sell their beach homes.. #climatescam