{"id":452084,"date":"2026-06-25T03:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=452084"},"modified":"2026-06-25T03:37:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:37:22","slug":"affordability-in-renewables-out-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=452084","title":{"rendered":"Affordability In, Renewables Out (again)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"452088\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=452088\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AQOIOfb27dRUrl5mrFWz2-pplBrG2n4_Tzwe7s1HxVBF4i8hs6ohKIfm6hujGug6nYvPNfqIgHAtVtg2juoiktsPU_RXaVrre0eOJ5z5YZluab8jkM7uueR9IIbzrMP3KwgGlLkGoSuAyh5mFOr7CdpuqfZqxA.jpeg?fit=1280%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1280\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AQOIOfb27dRUrl5mrFWz2-pplBrG2n4_Tzwe7s1HxVBF4i8hs6ohKIfm6hujGug6nYvPNfqIgHAtVtg2juoiktsPU_RXaVrre0eOJ5z5YZluab8jkM7uueR9IIbzrMP3KwgGlLkGoSuAyh5mFOr7CdpuqfZqxA.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/climate-messaging\/affordability-in-renewables-out\/\">Master Resource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Robert Bradley Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe EV bust in the U.S. is front-page business news. The domestic battery industry is following suit. The demise of the U.S. rooftop solar industry, despite subsidies, is now all about litigation to get out of long-term contracts. Add the EV school bus bust.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A sea-change is occurring in energy policy as realism overtakes magical thinking. But you would not know it from the social media \u2018denialists\u2019 (thousands of climate-related professionals) who claim that<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wind and solar are cheaper than fossil fuels (some highly dubious studies say so, but government is required for on-grid additions)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recent social\/wind\/battery additions are high (government play: continuing IRA-PTC-ITC subsidies in the U.S.; UK\/EU subsidies; central planning edicts)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wind and solar are inevitable (no, the fossil fuel era is still young with a global boom under way)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a bizarre piece, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Alternative-Energy\/Solar-Energy\/Solar-Is-the-Cheapest-Power-in-History-But-States-Are-Retreating-From-It.html\">Solar Is the Cheapest Power in History, But States Are Retreating from It<\/a>,\u201d Haley Zaremba states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Solar is now the cheapest energy source in human history, yet rollbacks are spreading from California to Virginia as officials blame high costs and a hostile Trump administration\u2026. \u2018Energy costs, vanishing federal subsidies and an administration in Washington hostile to clean energy are giving officials reasons to retreat from efforts to deal with climate change and the political cover to do so,\u2019 [wrote] Andres Clarens, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Virginia\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cheap? Only according to biased analysis. No, solar (and wind power) are cost inflating and dependent on special government favor in the real world. If these intermittent power sources were cheaper, would you buy it without a utility grid to back it up? Would you want to pay less for a vehicle with a trick motor? Want to pay for another vehicle to act as a battery if the primary vehicle stopped running? I doubt it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to reality. The EV bust in the U.S. is&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/news\/g68920984\/evs-discontinued-canceled\/\">front-page business news<\/a>. The domestic battery industry is&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dallasfed.org\/research\/economics\/2026\/0303\">following suit<\/a>. The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/solar-power-issues\/solar-bankruptcies-new-normal\/\">demise of the U.S. rooftop solar industry<\/a>, despite subsidies, is now all about&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/solar-rooftop\/rooftop-solar-litigation\/\">litigation to get out of long-term contracts<\/a>. Add the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Ev+school+bus+problems&amp;sca_esv=e93fdc03d4aa00e2&amp;biw=1674&amp;bih=562&amp;sxsrf=ANbL-n7OIlWwJ2HN6GeADWnBUYJYxDSgdw%3A1779158608994&amp;ei=UM4Lau6xPJuzmtkP47qioQw&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjumY2nqsSUAxWbmSYFHWOdKMQQ4dUDCBI&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=Ev+school+bus+problems&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiFkV2IHNjaG9vbCBidXMgcHJvYmxlbXMyBBAjGCcyBBAjGCcyBBAjGCcyBhAAGBYYHjILEAAYgAQYigUYhgMyCxAAGIAEGIoFGIYDMgsQABiABBiKBRiGAzILEAAYgAQYigUYhgMyBRAAGO8FMgUQABjvBUjUE1CaBliaBnABeACQAQCYAV-gAV-qAQExuAEDyAEA-AEBmAICoAJmwgIOEAAYgAQYigUYhgMYsAPCAgsQABiJBRiiBBiwA8ICCBAAGO8FGLADmAMAiAYBkAYGkgcBMqAHxgmyBwExuAdjwgcFMC4xLjHIBwWACAE&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\">EV school bus bust<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And with the coming (July 4, 2026) end of the ITC and PTC for projects not under construction, and the end of the same for any and all uncompleted projects effective December 31, 2027, the boom will turn to bust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even the legacy media, the pro-climate outlets, are reporting (intermittently) on the problems of public opinion and public policy from the salad days of Obama and Biden. Here is a sampling:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adam Aton and Marie J. French reported in&nbsp;<em>E&amp;E News<\/em>&nbsp;[\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/one-casualty-of-democrats-affordability-pivot-climate-goals\/\">One casualty of Democrats\u2019 affordability pivot: Climate goals<\/a>\u201d (March 30, 2026)]:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Democratic Party\u2019s embrace of affordability politics is pushing what remains of U.S. climate policy to the brink. In a bid to quickly lower electricity costs, a growing number of Democratic-governed states are pulling money away from programs to save power and boost renewable energy, often by cutting charges on utility bills or redirecting those funds toward customer rebates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Governors across New England and the mid-Atlantic are retreating from the blue-state climate model that defined the Biden era: utility-bill charges, public subsidies and strict mandates aimed at cutting emissions and building a cheaper, cleaner grid, even if the payoff would come years later.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Claire Hao reported (\u201cFury at CenterPoint Grows in Indiana.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Houston Chronicle<\/em>, November 21, 2025):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to [rate] protests, Centerpoint launched a series of \u201caffordability actions\u201d last month. The company cancelled $1 billion in renewable energy projects and would keep a coal-fired power plant open longer, in order to maintain rates near the rate of inflation for two years. This meant customers wouldn\u2019t have to pay an extra $18 per month in the future, Centerpoint said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lamented Bill McKibben (\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/billmckibben.substack.com\/p\/a-low-point-fd1\">A Low Point<\/a>\u201d December 19, 2025):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2026 I\u2019m saddened to see how little our representatives in DC seem to really care, even the Democratic ones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Too many Democratic leaders are feeling comfortable waving off climate concerns, because of a feeling that it might be a political problem for them. That was exemplified this morning&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/33458f1b-e66a-48e8-abcf-e3f253c7a7fb?j=eyJ1IjoiM2RhZzkifQ.ul7l_Utn13TpphWuK5kgCDY4OQj1pyFjAwLZbx8YABw\">in the New York Times<\/a>&nbsp;when center-right pundit Matt Yglesias issued a strident call for liberals to \u2018support America\u2019s oil and gas industry\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Appendix: Reality Energy\/Climate Reporting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/collapse-alarmismpolitics\/progressives-chill-climate-energy\/\">Left Progressives Cool It on Green New Deal: Progressive Policy Institute<\/a>&nbsp;(May 13, 2026)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/climate-messaging\/are-we-stupid-on-climate\/\">Is Public Stupidity Behind Climate Change Apathy?<\/a>&nbsp;(March 23, 2026)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/climate-politics-retreat\/democrats-retreat-climate-stringency\/\">Democrats Retreat from Climate Activism (energy affordability, electability in play)<\/a>&nbsp;(March 19, 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/climate-exaggeration\/climate-alarmists-question-exaggeration\/\">Climate Alarmists Question Climate Exaggeration<\/a>&nbsp;(November 4, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/debate-issues\/climate-out-affordability-in\/\">Climate Out, Affordability In<\/a>&nbsp;(October 23, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/climate%20activism%20fail%20from%20the%20inside\/\">Climate Activism Fail from the Inside<\/a>&nbsp;(July 31, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/romm-joseph-climate-progress\/alarmed-alarmists-climate\/\">Climate Messaging: The Alarmists are Alarmed<\/a>&nbsp;(July 29, 2025)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe EV bust in the U.S. is front-page business news. 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