{"id":383476,"date":"2025-06-17T09:24:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T07:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=383476"},"modified":"2025-06-17T09:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T07:24:18","slug":"net-zero-is-collapsing-in-u-s-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=383476","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Net Zero\u2019 Is Collapsing in U.S. States"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"383484\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=383484\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-17.-Juni-2025-09_23_20.png?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0ChatGPT Image 17. Juni 2025, 09_23_20\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-17.-Juni-2025-09_23_20.png?fit=723%2C723&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-17.-Juni-2025-09_23_20.png?resize=723%2C723&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-383484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-17.-Juni-2025-09_23_20.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-17.-Juni-2025-09_23_20.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-17.-Juni-2025-09_23_20.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-17.-Juni-2025-09_23_20.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-17.-Juni-2025-09_23_20.png?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-17.-Juni-2025-09_23_20.png?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-17.-Juni-2025-09_23_20.png?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-17.-Juni-2025-09_23_20.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-17.-Juni-2025-09_23_20.png?resize=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-17.-Juni-2025-09_23_20.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-17.-Juni-2025-09_23_20.png?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ChatGPT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/goreham-steve\/net-zero-dreams-collapsing-us-states\/\">Master Resource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Steve Goreham<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From New York to California, state renewable electrical power dreams are collapsing. Power demands soar, while the federal government cuts funding and support for wind, solar, and grid batteries. Renewables cannot provide enough power to support the artificial intelligence revolution. The Net Zero electricity transition is failing in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the last two decades, state governments have embraced policies aimed at replacing coal and natural gas power plants with renewable sources. Twenty-three states&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cesa.org\/projects\/100-clean-energy-collaborative\/guide\/table-of-100-clean-energy-states\/\">enacted<\/a>&nbsp;laws or executive orders to move to 100% Net Zero electricity by 2050. Onshore and offshore wind, utility-scale and rooftop solar, and grid-scale batteries were heavily promoted by states and most federal administrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New York State Climate Action Scoping&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climate.ny.gov\/-\/media\/Project\/Climate\/Files\/NYS-Climate-Action-Council-Final-Scoping-Plan-2022.pdf\">Plan<\/a>&nbsp;of 2022 called for 70% renewable electricity by 2030 and 100% by 2040. But 49.7% of the state\u2019s electricity&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/beta\/states\/data\/dashboard\/electricity\">came<\/a>&nbsp;from gas in 2024, up from 47.7% in 2023. A January executive order issued by President Trump&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/temporary-withdrawal-of-all-areas-on-the-outer-continental-shelf-from-offshore-wind-leasing-and-review-of-the-federal-governments-leasing-and-permitting-practices-for-wind-projects\/\">halted<\/a>&nbsp;federal leases for construction of offshore wind systems. New York, nine other east coast states, and California were counting on offshore&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canarymedia.com\/articles\/wind\/which-us-states-are-leading-the-way-on-offshore-wind\">wind<\/a>&nbsp;in efforts to get to 100% renewable electricity, but new offshore wind projects are now halted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wind and solar have benefited from federal tax credits, loans, and outright grants since 1992. But the Trump administration is now working to slash federal government support for these technologies. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sidley.com\/en\/insights\/newsupdates\/2025\/05\/us-house-big-beautiful-bill-accelerates-repeal-of-renewable-energy-tax-credits\">passed<\/a>&nbsp;the House of Representatives on May 22. The bill eliminates Production Tax Credits and Investment Tax Credits for renewable systems that begin construction later than 60 days after passage of the bill or for projects that do not complete construction by year end 2028. The bill also halts the sale of tax credits from renewable projects. If the Senate passes the bill, these measures will choke off green energy projects that have relied on federal funding for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"578\" data-attachment-id=\"383479\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=383479\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-369.png?fit=750%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"750,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-369.png?fit=723%2C578&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-369.png?resize=723%2C578&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-383479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-369.png?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-369.png?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wind and solar advocates attack the OBBB,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/one-big-beautiful-bill-act-called-a-clean-energy-nightmare-scenario\/\">warning<\/a>&nbsp;that the bill would create a \u201cnightmare scenario\u201d for US clean energy. These same advocates claim that wind and solar are the lowest-cost generators of electricity but also demand that huge federal subsidies must continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with federal cutbacks, the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution now drives the nation\u2019s power system, interrupting the renewable electricity transition. Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon, and other giant firms are building new data centers and upgrading existing data centers to power AI. AI processors run 24-hours a day for months to enable computers to think like humans. When servers are upgraded to support AI, they consume 6 to 10 times more power than when used for cloud storage and the internet. Data centers consumed 4% of US electricity at the start of 2024 but are projected to consume 20% within the next decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artificial intelligence drives a massive increase in electricity demand. For years, state legislators forced grid operators to close coal and natural gas power plants as part of a transition to renewables. More than 200 coal-fired power plants were closed. But now, many states face a shortage of generating capacity. Virginia has the highest concentration of data centers in the world, with power consumption&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/virginiamercury.com\/2024\/12\/24\/we-suspected-data-centers-were-creating-an-energy-crisis-for-virginia-now-its-official\/\">forecasted<\/a>&nbsp;to triple by 2040. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas estimates that Texas electricity demand will&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterdynamics.com\/en\/news\/ercot-electricity-demand-in-texas-set-to-soar-to-218gw-by-2031-fueled-by-data-center-growth\/\">soar<\/a>&nbsp;from a record 85.5 gigawatts in 2023 to 218 GW by 2031.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In December, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.electric.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NERC_Long-Term-Reliability-Assessment_2024.pdf\">concluded<\/a>&nbsp;that that over half of North America risks power&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.electric.coop\/nerc-plant-closures-surging-demand-pose-risk-to-grid-over-the-next-decade\">shortfalls<\/a>&nbsp;in the next decade from surging demand and coal and gas plant retirements. Grid operators are now stepping back from the transition to wind and solar. Coal-fired power plant closures have been postponed in Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, and other states. Nuclear plants are being restarted in Michigan and Pennsylvania. But the big winner will be natural gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 200 gas plants are planned or under construction. Gas facilities can be brought online in about three years, compared to ten years for nuclear plants. Gas plants can be built near cities, often on former power plant sites, and require fewer new transmission lines than needed by wind and solar systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest trend is BYOP (bring your own power). AI firms are building their own gas plants to power data centers. Gas turbine manufacturer capacity is now sold out for years. The gas share of electricity production will rise from 43.6% of US&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/totalenergy\/data\/monthly\/\">consumption<\/a>&nbsp;in 2024 to much higher levels. The AI power demand and the push for gas are destroying state plans for a transition to green electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"492\" data-attachment-id=\"383481\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=383481\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-371.png?fit=750%2C510&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"750,510\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-371.png?fit=723%2C492&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-371.png?resize=723%2C492&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-383481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-371.png?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-371.png?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">California, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Texas, and other states are installing grid-scale batteries to try to compensate for wind and solar intermittency. Huge lithium batteries are intended to store excess wind and solar output when the wind blows and the sun shines and then release electricity when wind and solar output is low. But lithium batteries are unproven technology that is prone to spontaneous ignition, creating huge fires that are difficult to extinguish and which endanger residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the last two years, California suffered four grid battery fires, each at facilities less than five years old. The Otay Mesa storage facility near San Diego&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2024\/06\/20\/fire-in-otay-mesa-puts-battery-storage-projects-under-scrutiny\/\">burned<\/a>&nbsp;for more than a week and reignited three times. The Moss Landing battery facility, located south of Santa Cruz,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitydive.com\/news\/moss-landing-fire-battery-storage-industry-lithium\/741283\/\">caught<\/a>&nbsp;fire in January. Forty percent of Moss Landing, one of the largest grid-scale battery facilities in the world, was destroyed in the fire. Residents have sued to prevent the restart of Moss Landing. New York also had three grid battery&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/lithium-ion-battery-plants-sparking-new-concerns\/15262683\/\">fires<\/a>&nbsp;in the last 18 months. Battery fires release toxic gases, force evacuations and school closures, and disrupt communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, grid batteries are very expensive. To back up a wind or solar facility for 24 hours requires batteries that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energycentral.com\/energy-management\/post\/battery-storage---infinitesimal-part-electrical-power-s4u6GXsK5bSuJpk\">cost<\/a>&nbsp;about ten times as much as the wind or solar system itself. But without grid batteries, wind and solar cannot replace coal, gas, or nuclear generation and still provide reliable power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cost of wind, solar, and batteries is hurting the renewable electricity transition. Electricity rates in California, the epicenter of green energy, have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/totalenergy\/data\/monthly\/\">risen<\/a>&nbsp;116% in the last 16 years, more than three times the national average increase of 33%. California\u2019s residential electricity prices are now over 30 cents per kilowatt-hour, the second highest in the nation. Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island complete the top five for the highest US power costs\u2014all states with aggressive green electricity goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Net Zero electricity transition, endorsed by many states for more than a decade, is failing in the United States. Wind, solar, and batteries suffer from the offshore wind cancellation, federal subsidy cuts, inability to meet the demand of the artificial intelligence revolution, grid battery fires, and high cost. A green energy breakdown is underway. States will be forced to return to sensible energy policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steve&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevegoreham.com\/\">Goreham<\/a>&nbsp;is a speaker on energy, the environment, and public policy and author of the bestselling&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=steve+goreham&amp;i=stripbooks&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss_1\">book<\/a>&nbsp;<em>Green Breakdown: The Coming Renewable Energy Failure<\/em>. His prior posts at MasterResource are&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/?s=Goreham\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From New York to California, state renewable electrical power dreams are collapsing. Power demands soar, while the federal government cuts funding and support for wind, solar, and grid batteries. Renewables cannot provide enough power to support the artificial intelligence revolution. 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