Isaac Orr

Minnesota

Policy Fellow at Center of the American Experiment

Podcast Co-Host at In The Tank Podcast

I grew up on a dairy farm in WI, work on energy and environmental issues. Geology enthusiast. Tweets and typos are my own.

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Articles

The Big Beautiful Bill Must Stop Subsidizing Unreliable Power Grids

1 week ago | hotair.com | Isaac Orr
A Massive Win and Five Slides From Our Report on Arizona Public Service's Push For Net Zero

1 week ago | energybadboys.substack.com | Isaac Orr

Before we dig into the billion-dollar boondoggle that Arizona Public Service (APS) has in store for its customers, we’d like to take a moment to share with our Energy Bad Boys family that we scored a massive win last week. Writing on Twitter, Congressman Josh Brecheen stated that Mitch’s graph of the wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) extensions was shown to countless people in the Republican conference and helped turn the tide on sunsetting the phaseouts sooner than Congress had initially planned.
Analysis of Governor Shapiro's PACER and PRESS Proposals

1 week ago | commonwealthfoundation.org | Isaac Orr

The Price Tag: Governor Shapiro’s Pennsylvania Climate Emissions Reduction Act (PACER) and Pennsylvania Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard (PRESS) proposals would impose $157.2 billion in new electricity costs on Pennsylvanians through 2035—$155 billion from PRESS compliance and $2.2 billion from PACER, even after a 70 percent rebate.
Wind and Solar Fanboys Are Big Sad

2 weeks ago | energybadboys.substack.com | Isaac Orr

“To the people of this country, I have but one answer on this subject. Judge me by the enemies I have made. Judge me by the selfish purposes of these utility leaders who have talked of radicalism while they were selling watered stock to the people and using our schools to deceive the coming generation.”-Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Wind and solar advocates are Big Sad.
GOP's "Phase Out" of IRA Subsidies Isn't Good Enough

3 weeks ago | energybadboys.substack.com | Isaac Orr

This week, the House Republicans released their initial draft reconciliation package for the energy subsidies in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Unfortunately, it appears they are not working to immediately eliminate the IRA subsidies for wind and solar, but are instead looking to "phase them out" starting in 2028 and completely eliminating them by 2032. This is simply not good enough because we’ve seen this movie too many times already, and it’s a bad one.
The Great STATE of Alberta!

4 weeks ago | energybadboys.substack.com | Isaac Orr

In one of the most remarkable political turnarounds we’ve seen, on April 28, 2025, Mark Carney of Canada’s Liberal Party won the election to continue serving as Canada’s Prime Minister.
El Blackout: Everything you need to know about Spain’s power outage

1 month ago | climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Isaac Orr

https://energybadboys.substack.com/p/el-blackoutBy Isaac Orr and Mitch RollingExcerpt:On April 28th, 2025, 50 million people in Spain, were affected by a massive country-wide blackout.
El Blackout

1 month ago | energybadboys.substack.com | Isaac Orr

A quick note: Hi everyone, we’re back to once a week just in time for the Spanish blackouts. We couldn’t have written this piece without the help of our friend Guillem Sanchis Ramírez, a Spanish nuclear engineer who works with the non-profit Econucleares, an organization working to save Spain’s nuclear plants. If you like this article and you have the means, please send them a little dinero.
Colorado Classifies Nuclear As Clean Energy. Now What?

1 month ago | energybadboys.substack.com | Isaac Orr

The Rocky Mountain Way, is better than the way we had- Joe Walsh, Rocky Mountain WayOn March 31st, 2025, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed House Bill 25-1040 into law, allowing nuclear power to count as a “clean resource” in meeting the Centennial state’s economy-wide greenhouse gas reduction mandates. These mandates require cutting emissions 26 percent by 2025—relative to 2005—50 percent by 2030, 90 percent by 2040, and 100 percent by 2050.
Trump Executive Orders ensure ‘Beautiful Clean' Affordable Coal will continue to bolster US energy grid

1 month ago | todayville.com | Isaac Orr

By President Trump signed several executive orders Tuesday that will allow coal-fired power plants to stay online past planned retirement dates, identify coal resources on federal lands, and bolster the reliability of the electric grid. The orders may help the U.S. face an uncomfortable truth: wind turbines and solar panels can’t cost-effectively meet the U.S.’ growing electricity needs. Coal provides an important source of the reliable and fuel-secure energy needed to keep the lights on.