I'm on the Dakota Rural Action committee that brought you the net-metering bill this Legislative session. Net metering (paying people for the useful surplus power that they produce with renewable power devices) is one way to promote small-scale, community-based energy…
Posts tagged as “energy”
Reporter Bob Mercer blames the Obama Administration for killing coal-fired electricity plants. Mercer apparently only reads corporate press releases. As I have previously reported on both the NextGen coal-fired plant near Selby that Basin Electric canceled in 2010 and the…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission says the United States added 433 megawatts of new electrical production capacity last month. Every erg-per-second of that juice came from renewable energy installations. 300 megawatts of wind power, 133 megawatts of solar power—all green.…
The District 33 Senate race pits Republican Rep. Phil Jensen against Independent Matt McGrath. Both men have brave mustaches. That makes this race a hard choice. But if neither man can win by a whisker, maybe one can win by…
Heartland Consumer Power District proudly announces that its pro-oil and pro-coal general manager Mike McDowell and paid lobbyist/state senator Russell Olson will participate in the Plain Green Conference in Sioux Falls on Friday. McDowell and Olson will contribute to a…
Rep. Kristi Noem has a disappointing record of non-achievement and public avoidance to address. Where's the Farm Bill? Why'd you waste so much time lying about dust regulations that don't exist? Why have you had 33 show votes on repealing…
I can think of only two logical explanations for Mitt Romney's reiteration of the GOP's Drill Baby Drill energy plan: He just got some big donations from Big Oil executives. He's a catastrophic millennialist: Jesus is coming, so why save…