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VA Grid Games & Nuclear Gains at LibertyU

Under bright spring skies filled with aircraft taking off from the school-operated airport, and with a steady flow of prospective students visiting campus, CFACT Collegians at Liberty University turned a routine orientation day into a hands-on lesson in energy reality. On April 10th, campus representatives Silas Pearson and Colton Smith—joined by National Director Nate Myers fresh off CFACT’s ICCC16 conference in Washington, D.C.—hosted a dual event combining a nuclear soda giveaway with an interactive “Power the Grid” beanbag toss. The setup was simple, but the impact was anything but. Silas engaged students at the table, handing out sodas alongside flyers highlighting [...]

By Emma Arns |2026-06-10T16:45:05-04:00April 22nd, 2026|Comments Off

EV’s destined to pay for upgrading electrical grids

Due to an already unstable grid, the UK will soon be requiring EV chargers to be separately metered which allows the electricity used for charging EVs to be charged and taxed at a higher rate than domestic electricity.

By Ronald Stein |2022-01-09T12:52:09-05:00January 10th, 2022|Comments Off

Utility leader: New England headed for an energy ‘tipping point’

"The New England electricity market will rapidly worsen, requiring further out-of-market actions to adequately compensate generators in order to preserve grid reliability... State subsidies will beget reliability subsidies, driving consumer costs ever higher and doing away with future market-based investments for new or existing power generation."

By CFACT Ed |2018-09-06T21:03:08-04:00September 6th, 2018|Comments Off

Solar power wrecking CA power grid — blackouts likely

Solar power is causing damage to California’s electrical grid and could lead to blackouts this summer, but the state’s plan to solve the problem is vehemently opposed by The Sierra Club.

By CFACT Ed |2016-04-06T14:57:51-04:00April 6th, 2016|9 Comments

Green power gridlock: why renewable energy is no alternative

President Obama pledged that under his administration electricity prices would necessarily skyrocket -- presumably so that wind and solar could become more acceptable financially as alternatives. The problem, notes Professor Larry Bell, is that renewable energy does not work that well with the existing power grid system in the U.S. To accommodate increasing wind and solar, Germany will have to spend up to $96 billion in transmission and distribution system upgrades in the next decade. Imagine what the cost would be for the U.S., with is massively larger population and acreage.

By Larry Bell |2013-12-16T15:11:20-05:00December 16th, 2013|2 Comments