Earlier this week, the Washington Post reported that in 2020, “ the average American home endured more than eight hours without power, according to the U.S. There is no doubt that our electric grid is becoming less reliable. My remarks will focus on the decline in the grid’s reliability, the policies that are undermining the integrity of the grid, and what policymakers should be doing to assure our energy grids are resilient and able to deliver affordable and reliable energy and power to American consumers 24/7/365.ĭeclining grid reliability. That’s a largely fanciful notion given that the electric grid is faltering under existing demand. Furthermore, they would require an electric grid with more than two times the capacity of today’s grid.

Banning the use of liquid and gaseous fuels will reduce America’s energy security because it will concentrate our energy risks on a single energy network, the electric grid. These policies are not just wrongheaded, they are deeply dangerous. This would force consumers to rely solely on electric vehicles and battery-powered outdoor equipment.

They are also pushing efforts to “electrify everything.” These efforts include bans on the use of natural gas for heating and electricity generation and bans on the sale of automobiles and equipment with internal combustion engines. Despite the grid’s growing fragility, climate change activists and policymakers are pushing for dramatic increases in the use of wind and solar energy.

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