“Commissioner Christie said the red lights are flashing, problems are coming. The problem generally is not the addition of intermittent resources primarily wind and solar but the far too rapid subtraction of dispatchable resources especially coal and gas.”
What Others Are Saying
Below is a collection of quotes from industry experts, policymakers, officials, and others on various electrical grid issues. Use the filters below to find perspectives on topics like coal retirements, reliability, regulations and more.
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- Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Ranking Member
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- 05/04/2023
“It would be wonderful if carbon capture technology could be mature to where you could run coal or gas generating units with carbon capture and actually remove all the carbon and have that benefit. I don’t think the technology is anywhere near being mature yet, but time will tell.”
- Mark Christie
- Commissioner
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
- House Energy and Commerce Committee, Energy Subcommittee
- 06/13/2023
“By imposing unworkable deadlines and unproven technologies not commercially available, this latest version of Democrats’ so-called Clean Power Plan poses an existential threat to providers of affordable and reliable American energy.”
- Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Minority Leader
- U.S. Senate
- Response to EPA’s Proposed Carbon Rule
- 05/11/2023
“Mandating more electrification while making it harder to produce electricity is a recipe for disaster. The Biden EPA’s new proposed rules for power plants will put Americans at risk of blackouts, energy shortages, and higher prices by shutting down reliable energy sources.”
- Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3)
- Chair
- House Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security
- Response to EPA’s Proposed Carbon Rule
- 05/11/2023
“Today’s proposal further risks the security and reliability of our country’s electric grid, which could lead to energy shortages and rolling blackouts like those experienced across several states this past winter.”
- Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9)
- Chair
- House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Response to EPA’s Proposed Carbon Rule
- 05/11/2023
“With nearly 60% of our nation’s energy generated from natural gas and coal, this (Carbon Rule) will either require deployment of still nascent technologies at an impractical pace or force those plants to shut down entirely. With the many threats to global energy security, that is a grave risk to our economy and to our families. The U.S. cannot afford to shut down more than half of our power generation and grind our economy to a halt.”
- Brandon Farris
- Vice President
- Energy and Resources Policy, National Association of Manufacturers
- Response to EPA’s Proposed Carbon Rule
- 05/11/2023
“EPA’s new powerplant regulations go too far, too fast. Regulations must be grounded in what is technologically feasible and commercially available. Going beyond that, as this regulation does, could threaten electric reliability, and raise energy prices to unsustainable levels, harming the entire economy.”
- Marty Durbin
- President
- U.S. Chamber’s Global Energy Institute
- Response to EPA’s Proposed Carbon Rule
- 05/11/2023
“It makes no sense at all to take tools out of the toolbox. No energy resource is immune to weather disruptions whether that be frozen wind turbines, frozen gas wells, or frozen coal stockpiles, all of which we saw in recent winters.” […] “There is no doubt that our electric grid is undergoing a rapid transition both in generation sources and in the types of demand the grid is called on to serve. The speed of this transition must be balanced against reliability and affordability of electricity.”
- Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)
- Chairman
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- FERC Oversight Hearing
- 05/04/2023