{"id":354026,"date":"2024-12-12T08:40:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T07:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=354026"},"modified":"2024-12-12T08:40:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T07:40:21","slug":"how-to-fix-us-energy-after-biden-broke-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=354026","title":{"rendered":"How To Fix US Energy After Biden Broke\u00a0It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Science Matters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Energy Bad Boys provide a road map at their blog 7 Quick Energy Takeaways from the 2024 Election<\/strong><\/a>.  Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How a Donald Trump second term could reshape energy policy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump\u2019s comeback victory in the presidential election, which included carrying all seven swing states and winning the popular vote, along with Republican majorities in the Senate and potentially the House of Representatives, means big changes are coming to our nation\u2019s energy policies.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are 7 quick takeaways for what might change in the next administration.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Regulatory Rollback<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The incoming Trump administration will take concrete steps to repeal or scale back the regulatory overreach<\/strong> emblematic of the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s energy and environmental policy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the regulations that could see a repeal or rework under the Trump administration include the tailpipe emission standards<\/strong> (which were effectively an electric vehicle mandate<\/strong>), the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS<\/strong>), and of course, the rules on carbon dioxide emissions on power plants. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The D.C. Circuit Court is set to hear arguments on the Clean Power Plan 2.0<\/strong>\u2014which we determined would leave millions of Americans in the dark<\/a><\/strong>\u2014in the coming months.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Capacity shortfall events \u2013 or blackouts \u2013 in Southwest Power Pool (SPP) when we modeled EPA\u2019s proposal for carbon mandates, stemming from the agency\u2019s use of 80% or higher capacity values for solar energy.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to stay the rules at this time, so the outcome of the case will likely impact the Trump administration\u2019s strategy<\/strong> in addressing these rules. They may opt to do a scaled-down version of the rules<\/strong>, similar to when they replaced the Clean Power Plan 1.0 with the Affordable Clean Energy rule. Time will tell.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we know now is this: the Biden Administration\u2019s goal
of imposing carbon dioxide limits on existing
natural gas plants is dead in the water.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. A Re-emphasis on Federalism<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The repeal or reworking<\/strong> of several of the electricity-sector mandates<\/strong> imposed by the Biden-Harris administration will mean states have more say in their energy affairs.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is both a blessing and a curse, as blue states pursue aggressive renewable buildouts<\/strong>, and utilities in red states<\/strong> attempt to boost their corporate profits by \u201cgreen plating<\/a>\u201d their grids.<\/strong> Utilities do this by enacting internal carbon-free goals that are similar to policies in blue states, hoping it goes unchecked by regulators and lawmakers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Xcel Energy\u2019s profits in Minnesota have been skyrocketing since the state\u2019s first renewable energy mandate, signed into law in 2007.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Policymakers in moderate and conservative states need to understand that the\u00a0utilities pursuing wind and sola<\/strong>r in their resource portfolios are\u00a0not<\/strong>\u00a0working\u00a0in the interest of their constituents<\/strong>, and appropriate market signals are desperately needed through reforms that value reliability and affordability.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is why we are seeing a groundswell of interest in\u00a0our \u201cOnly Pay for What You Get Act<\/a>,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0where utility\u00a0companies<\/strong>\u00a0would\u00a0only<\/strong>\u00a0be\u00a0allowed to charge<\/strong>\u00a0their customers\u00a0for the\u00a0reliable\u00a0portion<\/strong>\u00a0of a power plant that will bolster grid reliability while keeping costs as low as possible.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This shows the difference between profits earned by utility companies under normal regulation and what profits would be under Only Pay legislation.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Please feel free to reach out to us if you are interested in learning more about how Always On Energy Research can help policymakers in your state understand the stakes of getting their energy policy correct, and offer forward-looking solutions to the challenges we\u2019ll all face in the coming years.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Repeal the IRA?<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

As we noted in our piece, Grassley v. The Grid,<\/strong><\/a> subsidies paid to wind and solar operations are no longer harmless feel-good incentives for alternative energy. Today, these subsidies are actively undermining the reliability of our nation\u2019s electric grid.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IRA subsidies paid to wind and solar developers are used as an\u00a0excuse by utility companies to justify closing down reliable coal, natural gas, and nuclear plants<\/strong>\u00a0while pretending that their plans to replace them with wind, solar, and battery storage facilities are better for consumers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As Travis Fisher has noted at his Substack,<\/strong><\/a> he estimates that the IRA will cost<\/strong> more than $1 trillion over the next 10\u202fyears and between $2 trillion and $4 trillion by 2050.<\/strong> These massive subsidies are so lucrative that companies are pursuing projects that only make sense if the subsidies exist, irrespective of whether they make any sense for customers. This is a recipe for enormous malinvestment of taxpayer dollars.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repealing the investment tax credits and production tax credits<\/strong> for wind and solar facilities will be an indispensable part of reversing this trend and restoring rational market signals to the electricity sector.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4. Keystone Pipeline<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

During his appearance on the Joe Rogan Podcast, President Trump said he liked Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s ideas on a lot of things, but we were relieved the President said he would need to keep him away from environmental policy decisions because he was hostile to \u201cthe black gold.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Always On Energy Research\u2019s oil and gas analyst, Trevor Lewis, notes that beginning day one, the Trump administration can take several steps to ensure America\u2019s economy will have enough oil and gas to fuel decades of growth.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restarting construction on the Keystone XL pipeline<\/strong> should be at the top of the list of priorities, which would bring job opportunities and economic activity<\/strong> to countless small towns from North Dakota to Kansas while simultaneously bolstering America\u2019s energy security<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While America has vastly improved its energy independence from the rest of the world, our nation is still importing several million barrels of heavy sour crude from OPEC and other foreign nations. Restarting Keystone will allow American refineries to friend-source crude from Alberta<\/strong> and would, as an added benefit, reduce SO2 emissions from tanker ships, which negatively impact air quality and contribute to ocean acidification.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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5. Drill Baby Drill<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For domestic production, Trump\u2019s Bureau of Land Management (BLM<\/strong>) will reverse the Biden Administration\u2019s disastrous drilling policies.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first two years of the Biden Administration, total leases offered declined by 70 percent. By 2023, Biden\u2019s BLM leased 95 percent fewer acres than Trump in 2019. Trump\u2019s BLM can reverse this trend and award prime oil-rich lands to eager drillers<\/strong> in Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado. Offering these leases will replenish acreage inventories and reverse the 20-year decline in active acres<\/strong>, and the royalties paid on federal lands will be distributed through BLM\u2019s oil and gas revenue splitting program with state governments and local communities.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trump will also likely reverse the Biden Administration\u2019s\u00a0pause on permitting new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities<\/strong>\u00a0and appoint commissioners to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC<\/strong>) that will\u00a0approve the construction of new natural gas pipelines.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6.  Solar and Wind on Federal Lands<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, the Biden Administration\u2019s Department of Interior (DOI<\/strong>) gave renewable energy developers a sweetheart deal slashing the annual lease rate for wind and solar on federal lands by 80 percent<\/strong>. Months later, Biden\u2019s BLM announced the Western Solar plan which will bridle 31 million acres of Federal lands<\/strong> \u2013 most of which in Western States<\/strong> thousands of miles from Washington D.C. \u2013 with 25 gigawatts of solar power.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unless reversed by the Trump Administration\u2019s BLM, the Western Solar Plan will erect inefficient solar panels over pristine western landscapes<\/strong> while damaging fragile ecosystems in the process. Worse still, communities would not be compensated<\/strong> for the damages done by these solar developers because, unlike oil and gas leases, BLM does not share the revenues paid by wind and solar lease rents or bonus payments on the Federal lands with local communities.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The revenues communities receive from royalties strengthen local budgets, create jobs, and support the care and maintenance of the local environment, which wind and solar currently don\u2019t contribute to. Trump\u2019s BLM will have an opportunity to\u00a0end Biden\u2019s free ride for wind and solar developers.<\/strong>\u00a0President Trump can advocate for western lands and their inhabitants by leveling the playing field by ensuring renewable energy developers pay rates equivalent to those paid by oil and gas producers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7. Halting Offshore Wind<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Biden Administration has pledged to install 30 gigawatts<\/strong> of offshore wind capacity by 2030. To meet this target, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) offered 10 offshore wind leases and scheduled auctions for 12 more leases through 2028.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Offshore wind energy is one of the most expensive energy sources on the grid<\/strong>\u2014even before accounting for the hidden costs of maintaining reliability with intermittent electricity generation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, offshore wind has been the center of ongoing environmental controversies, from killing whales to the breakdown of blades<\/strong> in the middle of the ocean, only to washup onshore<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To prevent another Vineyard wind disaster, in addition to saving consumers from expensive and unreliable energy, Trump should direct the BOEM to terminate the 12 scheduled leases.<\/strong> As for the 10 auctioned leases, Trump could (and should) rescind these leases from offshore developers, in a similar move to Biden rescinding Alaskan oil and gas leases.<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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French Fishermen Join U.S. Fishermen in Fighting Offshore Wind \u2013 IER<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Biden Bad, Trump Good.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 4 years of one of the worst presidencies for reliable and affordable energy, the Trump administration has the opportunity<\/strong> to unleash energy dominance by ensuring a level playing field for all energy resources<\/strong>, ending the subsidies and handouts<\/strong> to renewable and battery developers, repealing egregious regulations<\/strong> aimed at prematurely retiring coal and natural gas plants, and promoting an energy dominant policy which will help end Bidenomic\u2019s policy of energy inflation.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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