How decades of energy decisions are hitting American families, and what must change now. America’s electric grid is on a trajectory toward an affordability crisis decades in the making. Since the early 2000s, politically motivated energy policies, often prioritizing ideology over reliability, have steadily driven up electricity costs, which working families are now facing. The current administration did not create this trend, but it is now up to them to address it. Data from more than 500,000 federal electricity records show a consistent pattern: as dispatchable fossil fuel generation is retired and replaced with intermittent wind and solar energy, electricity…

Ohio is now seeing a new industrial revolution take place. After more than two decades of relatively flat demand growth for electricity, the burgeoning artificial intelligence (AI) and data center sector — as well as renewed investment in the manufacturing base — are expected to supercharge the need for additional resources. Ohio policymakers owe it to their constituents to ensure reliability and affordability, and that includes adapting to the rapidly shifting levels of demand for electricity. Unfortunately, Ohio has in recent years seen scandals related to abuse of taxpayer dollars and opacity around ESPs that have not benefitted consumers. It…

Like it or not, environmental policy is now impacting every aspect of federal policymaking—and, seemingly, every minute aspect of our lives. This has implications for the cost of goods and services for consumers, employment, American economic self-sufficiency and the safeguarding of supply chains, permitting of critical infrastructure, and even national security. Political candidates often talk about their plans for the future in the environmental and climate policy arenas, but rarely are past federal actions meaningfully scrutinized. Green Fail is an informal series of articles intended to provide examples of how these policies are practically implemented, along with their impacts on…