Colorado’s Renewables Milestone Looks More Like Subtracting Coal than Adding Wind and Solar
Allen Best, at his blog Big Pivots, published recently that Colorado hit a milestone of 53% renewable generation: Colorado achieved an energy and climate milestone during the first quarter of 2026. During those three months, 53% of electricity in Colorado came from renewable sources, up from 43% in 2025, according to an Energy Information Administration report […]
Stringent Building Codes For Thee, But Not For Me
The solar and wind industries (and Xcel Energy) are really, really mad that the International Codes Council (ICC) is considering beefing up resiliency standards for new wind and solar builds in the next iteration of its triennial building codes. According to Utility Dive: A Federal Emergency Management Agency advisory panel proposal that would increase construction […]
Glitzy headlines can’t hide the failure of subsidy-rich solar
Despite billions in taxpayer subsidies, the United States currently generates less energy from solar and wind, the darlings of government favoritism, than it did from renewables in 1950.
